Contents tagged with Putin
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Macron calls on Putin to find humanitarian solution to Sentsov case
On Friday, during the phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke about the Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov.
Macron called on Putin to find a humanitarian solution to the case of the Ukrainian filmmaker, who was sentenced to imprisonment in Russia and has been on a hunger strike for three months, reported the Deutsche Welle.
Macron expressed concern about the fact that Sentsov’s health has worsened critically, announced the Elysee Palace. …
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Putin signs laws on tax-free zones in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a package of laws on the establishment of special administrative regions (SAR) on the Russky Island in the Primorsky Territory and Kaliningrad Region. Relevant documents have been published on the website of the Russian Government's legal information.
According to the adopted laws, only foreign legal entities will be allowed to apply for residency on the islands. The law provides for the procedure of re-domiciliation (change of the legal address from one …
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Croatian president invites Putin to Zagreb
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović told Russian news outlet Kommersant in an interview that she has invited her Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to come to Zagreb on a state visit.
“I invited him to come when I was in Sochi last year (on an official visit in October 2017), and repeated the invitation in Moscow. This would be the first state visit of a Russian president to Zagreb, and I think that now is the time for it. We are looking forward to receiving Vladimir Putin,” the Croatian …
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Putin speaks of Trump’s 'big advantage'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the American leader Donald Trump’s big advantage is his desire to fulfill pre-election promises, reported Interfax news agency.
“President Trump’s big advantage is that he strives to fulfill all the promises that he gave foremost to his voters, the American people,” Putin said. He explained that this is a “positive characteristic” of the US president. Also, according to Putin, you can criticize Trump’s actions, but it is quite obvious that he strives …
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Putin invites Trump to Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he is ready to meet with Donald Trump both in Washington and in Moscow. The Russian side has already invited the American leader to Moscow, said Putin at a press conference in Johannesburg, at the press conference after the BRICS summit.
“We are ready to invite President Trump to Moscow. By the way, he already has received an invitation from us. I told him so. I am ready to go to Washington if appropriate conditions will be established for work,” …
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Media: Trump and Putin have reached an agreement on partition of Kosovo
In a summit in Helsinki, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached an agreement on a possible partition of the breakaway state of Kosovo, reports Gazeta Ekspres, citing diplomatic sources.
According to these sources, the Trump administration has agreed that Kosovo should cede territory, particularly in the northern regions, to Serbia in exchange for recognition.
“It is clear that the Trump administration is of one mind with Russia when it comes to the partition of …
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Estonian intelligence uncovers a network of Russian agents
The Director General of the Estonian Department of Foreign Intelligence, Mikk Marran reports that Russian agents have been discovered among public figures, journalists, diplomats, businessmen and politicians, according to Delfi.
“We have discovered a network comprised of Russian agents, who receive instructions of what to do. We can clearly see that these people are carrying out a Russian agenda,” reports Marran.
He has warned that despite the meeting between US President Donald Trump and …
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Putin and Macron discuss the situation in Syria
The French president Emmanuel Macron and Russian president Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation on Saturday, July 21, according to the Kremlin’s press office. In the conversation, they discussed “a series of current international and regional issues,” with special attention paid to the question of Syria.
In particular, Putin and Macron discussed the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and the implementation of “a joint Russian-French initiative to provide aid for the population of Eastern Ghouta. …
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Putin closes research site where Novichok nerve agent was developed
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to close the research site of Shihany in Russian Saratov region, news.rambler.ru news outlet reports. The corresponding decree was published on the Russian government’s website of legal information.
According to the decree, the site will cease to exist after January 1, 2019. The Cabinet of Ministers of Russia and the Government of the Saratov region are responsible for closing the site.
According to the British newspaper the Times, the nerve agent …
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Herashchenko: Putin’s statements about ‘referendum’ in Crimea should be used in court
The first vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Contact group for Donbas, Iryna Herashchenko, stated that Ukrainian diplomats and lawyers must use the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin about Moscow’s organization of the so-called referendum in the Crimea, for the lawsuits in international courts.
“The most important thing that was said at the press conference (Russian President Vladimir Putin and President …