Contents tagged with Russia
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Erdogan: Turkey will not join coalition that includes Syrian government
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refuses to take part in a coalition of Syria, Iran, Iraq and Russia against the so-called Islamic State.
President Erdogan made this known in an interview with Al Arabiya, which will be broadcast in full on December 27th. In response to the invitation to join the coalition, Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he could not sit next to a president whose legitimacy is questionable. President Erdogan was referring to Syrian President Bashar al- …
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Putin: Victory Day most significant event of 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a New Year’s reception at the Kremlin, summed up the results of this year and noted the most significant event, as reported by TASS. "We sum up the past and build plans for the coming year. In the past year there were many events but the most significant was the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory," Putin said.
He stressed that the country has celebrated this date "with honor to our fathers and grandfathers, whose fate is inspiring." The …
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Danone to close two factories in Russia
The French company Danone, one of the largest producers of dairy products in the world, will close two factories in Russia. According to a statement made by company representatives to the newspapers Izvestia, the French company will close its plants in Tomsk and Cheboksary.
“After a company-wide reorganization, the Tomsk dairy plant will be closed. There will also be a consolidation of production facilities in Kemerovo and Krasnoyarsk. The Cheboksary dairy plant will also be closed and its …
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Mutko: FIFA unfairly scrutinized from every angle
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has voiced his dissatisfaction with the investigation of FIFA corruption. The Minister said that the International Football Federation is under serious pressure from investigators from the US and Switzerland who are in charge of the probe.
"We can see how FIFA is put under a lot of pressure by the law enforcement systems of the United States and Switzerland; they professionally and methodically examine international football piece by piece. He who seeks …
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Putin blames profiteers for Russia’s economic woes
At a meeting with cabinet members, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for increasing the amount of high-quality but inexpensive Russian products on the market. Putin said that profiteering has led to a decline in living standards in the country, and has produced an unjustified increase in the cost of products, goods, and services.
“Today, unreasonable, frankly profiteering price hikes on goods and services are leading to lower living standards. We need to use all market instruments …
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Russia test fires Topol ballistic missile near Astrakhan
The Russian Defense Ministry’s Strategic Missile Forces announced that a Topol RS-12M Intercontinental Ballistic Missile was successfully test fired on Wednesday. The warhead was launched from the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region in southern Russia and hit its designated target at the Sari-Shagon test range in Kazakhstan.
The RS-12M is Russia’s latest mobile intercontinental ballistic missile system. The 45,000 kilogram, 20 meter long rocket has a range of 10,500 kilometers (6,50 …
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Russia issues 100 ruble Crimea banknote
On Wednesday, Russia’s Central Bank released a new 100 ruble banknote dedicated to the Crimea.
The design features an image of the famous Crimean castle Swallow’s Nest on one side, with the other side showing the Monument to the Flooded Ships in Sevastopol.
The Central Bank said it plans to print 20 million copies of the new banknote.
The Crimean peninsula was occupied and incorporated into Russian territory by Russian forces in early 2014. At the time of the annexation, a 100 ruble banknote …
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Russians who fought in Donbass want veteran status
The "Donbass Volunteers Union" hopes that during the next session of the Russian State Duma their members will be granted the status of combat veterans, reports TASS.
"We are applying all efforts to assign the Donbass conflict parties a status of war veterans. We prepared an appeal to MPs and hope that the Duma will respond to this during the new session,” the Head of the Union, Andrey Pinchuk, said. He went on to stress that “volunteers” need to be provided with medical assistance.
The …
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Vishnevsky: The Kremlin wants to keep the situation in eastern Ukraine unresolved
For Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of the main reasons for starting the war in the Donbas region was the ease with which Russian Special Forces were able to occupy and annex the Crimean peninsula in early 2014. This opinion was expressed by Russian opposition leader Boris Vishnevsky in an interview with Apostrophe.
"The hypothesis that seems plausible to me is that Vladimir Putin doesn't consider Ukraine to be a state, and it's possible that he seriously considered a scenario in which a …
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Deutsche Bank Tallies $10 Billion in Suspected Russian Money Laundering
The money laundering scandal in the Russian branch of Deutsche Bank expands.
According to new data, Russian customers conducted illegal bank operations worth 10 billion U.S. dollars, reported Reuters on Tuesday, December 22nd, citing sources familiar with the situation. Previously, the amount was estimated at about $6 billion but the internal investigation into the bank turned up new suspicious transactions.
This September the bank sent the results of the investigation to the authorities …