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Iran Vs US: Russia Finally Speaks, Warns Of World War III

January 15, 2020 2:09 pm
Russian President Vladmir Putin has warned that a full-scale war in the Middle East would be a “catastrophe for the whole world.”

Putin issued the warning in the wake of rising tensions between the US and Iran and the potential of World War 3.

For Putin, any large-scale militarisation of the Middle East between opposing forces is setting the stage for a global disaster.

Putin noted that “large-scale military conflicts” would be a “catastrophe not only for the region, the Middle East, but for the whole world” that would ultimately lead to “new flows of migrants” to Europe and other

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Nuclear Advancement: Russia Begins Training Of Ghanians

January 11, 2020 1:15 pm
Russia and three key Ghana universities are collaborating to help the Ghanaian upcoming engineers, physicists, doctors and researchers to receive world-class masters and postgraduate education in nuclear subjects.

Mr Valery Karezin, Director of Educational Projects and the Human Resources Service at the State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM), made this known in a statement on Saturday.

Karezin said: “About 300 students from more than 15 African countries are already studying nuclear specialties in Russia.

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“We also contribute to the development of higher education in the field, strengthening cooperation between higher

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Russia Reacts To Death Of 176 Persons In Tehran Plane Crash

January 8, 2020 1:19 pm

Russia, on Wednesday, reacted to the death of 176 persons after Ukrainian Boeing-737 crashed near an airport in Iranian capital, Tehran.

The crash happened at a time when Iran was threatening to go to war with the United States, US, over the killing of General Qasem Soleimani.

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Reacting, the Kremlin on Wednesday reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin condoled with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani over the deaths of citizens.

Putin reportedly sent a telegram to Rouhani, expressing deep condolences over the deaths of citizens of Iran and to several …

US Congress Approves Russia-Europe Gas Pipeline Sanctions

December 18, 2019 3:26 pm

The US Senate voted Tuesday to slap sanctions on companies working on Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline, sending a bill to President Donald Trump that is sure to antagonize European nations counting on the project’s natural gas.

The measure, inserted into a huge annual defense spending bill, passed 86 to eight after easily clearing the House of Representatives last week.

It aims to halt further construction of the $10.6 billion pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea and is set to double shipments of Russian natural gas to Germany.

The German-Russian Chamber of Commerce said last week the pipeline was important …

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Russia’s Top Diplomat Opens US Talks Amid Impeachment

December 10, 2019 3:33 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday opened a visit to Washington in which he will meet Donald Trump, the very day when Democrats unveiled impeachment charges against the president.

The timing marks a redux of the veteran Russian diplomat’s last visit to Washington in May 2017, when Trump was fighting off allegations that he cooperated with Russia and was accused of sharing classified information with Lavrov.

Lavrov began the day of talks by meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said the Trump administration was determined to pursue its work despite the politics at home.

“We didn’t …

Ukraine Crowds Protest Over Russia Summit

December 9, 2019 2:48 pm

Some 5,000 Ukrainians rallied in Kiev on Sunday warning President Volodymyr Zelensky to resist pressure from Russia’s Vladimir Putin when the two men meet on Monday for talks on the conflict in Ukraine’s east.

Protesters held placards with slogans such as “No to capitulation”, “Stay away from Moscow” and “Russian gas is a noose around our necks” during the rally, led by Zelensky’s political opponents.

The two leaders are due to meet for the first time since Zelensky’s election in April at the talks in Paris, mediated by French and German leaders Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel.

The meeting is …

Olympic Chief Ensures Russia At 2020 Games

November 28, 2019 4:28 pm

Russia’s Olympic Committee will do all it can to ensure Russian athletes take part in the 2020 Games, its chief said Thursday, as the country faces a four-year doping ban.

“We will do everything in our power to ensure our team is in Tokyo under the Russian flag,” news agency RIA Novosti quoted Stanislav Pozdnyakov as saying.

He said there were no “objective obstacles” to the “vast majority” of Russian athletes fully participating in the Olympics.

The compliance review committee at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday recommended a four-year sporting ban over falsified lab data it received from …

Russia Hits Back At ‘Political’ Doping Ban Threat

November 28, 2019 4:22 pm

Russia on Thursday hit back at a proposed four-year ban on the country’s athletes, denouncing accusations of a doping cover-up as a politically motivated attempt to block its athletes from competing.

A committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday made a bombshell recommendation for Russia to be barred from all sporting competition for four years.

It accused Moscow of falsifying laboratory data handed over to investigators as part of a probe into the doping allegations that have plagued Russia for years.

If WADA chiefs adopt the committee’s recommendations at a meeting in Paris on December 9, Russia faces exclusion …

Call For Four-Year Sports Ban Over Doping Shocks Russia

November 27, 2019 2:41 pm

Russia’s anti-doping chief said Tuesday he expected the country to be barred from all sporting competition for four years, after a bombshell recommendation from the World Anti-Doping Agency that shocked Russia.

WADA’s Compliance Review Committee recommended the ban on Monday, accusing Moscow of falsifying laboratory data handed over to investigators.

It recommended Russia also face a four-year ban from staging or bidding for major international sporting events.

The International Olympic Committee said in a statement it supported the “toughest sanctions” against Russia for “flagrant” manipulation of the doping data.

The recommendation is set to go before WADA’s Executive Committee at …

Risking Doping Ban, Russia Pledges ‘Cooperation’

November 27, 2019 2:38 pm

The Kremlin on Wednesday said it regrets a proposed four-year ban for the country’s athletes over doping but Russia is still open to cooperation to resolve the scandal.

“This is definitely concerning information. We regret this,” President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

Anti-doping watchdog WADA’s compliance review committee on Monday recommended a four-year sporting ban over falsified lab data it received from Russia.

If WADA chiefs adopt the review committee’s recommendations, Russia faces exclusion from key sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

In the Kremlin’s first reaction, Peskov stressed that Moscow was still open to cooperation with …

Olympic Doping Ban Looms For Russia After WADA Panel Ruling

November 24, 2019 2:11 pm

The prospect of Russia being banned from next year’s Tokyo Olympics moved a step closer as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommended the country’s drug-testing authority be declared non-compliant, with charges racking up against Russia and the clock ticking ahead of next July’s Games.

WADA said in Canada overnight Friday its Compliance Review Committee (CRC) recommended the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be suspended again when the global watchdog meets in Paris on December 9.

If WADA chiefs adopt the recommendation, Russia faces severe sanctions including a possible ban from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Russia’s anti-doping chief Yury Ganus described the …

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Russia Picks New Athletics Chief As Doping Crisis Deepens

November 23, 2019 3:35 pm

Yulia Tarasenko was appointed as interim president of Russia’s athletics body on Saturday following the suspension of previous head Dmitry Shlyakhtin by World Athletics.

Tarasenko, the RUSAF sports director and head of the athletics federation of St. Petersburg, immediately saught to reassure Russian athletes she would fight their corner.

“We’re not in a very joyful mood, the situation is very difficult in the federation, but we think there is a chance to fight for the federation,” she said.

“We represent athletes and they should not suffer,” the new acting president Tarasenko told journalists.

Tarasenko was picked from three candidates after

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