RUSSIA

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Russian IS women appeal to Putin to bring them home

7:19 pm October 27, 2019

Moscow: Russian women who were held in Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria as Islamic State group supporters have recorded emotional appeals to President Vladimir Putin to help them return home. The audio recordings released by RBK news website late Saturday were provided by Chechen rights ombudswoman Kheda Saratova, who has been involved in repatriating IS widows […]

Erdogan says will clear ‘terrorists’ from Syria border if Sochi deal fails

9:02 pm October 26, 2019

Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would “clear terrorists” on its border in northern Syria if Syrian Kurdish militia did not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia. “If the terrorists are not cleared at the end of the 150 hours, we will take control and clean it […]

13 people die in dam failure at Siberian gold mine: ministry

3:04 pm October 19, 2019

Moscow: At least thirteen people were killed as a result of a dam failure at a gold mine in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk early Saturday, the Russian emergencies ministry said. “As of now, there’s information about 13 dead,” the ministry said in a statement. The workers died when a dam on the Seine River […]

Russian man drops lawsuit claiming Apple turned him gay

7:47 pm October 17, 2019

Moscow: A Russian man who filed a lawsuit against Apple after claiming an iPhone app turned him gay has withdrawn his complaint due to privacy fears, his lawyer said Thursday. “Today we abandoned the legal demands,” his attorney Sapizhat Gusnieva said after a first hearing behind closed doors in a Moscow court. Her client, identified […]

Russia offers to mediate in Syria, asserting its role

9:07 pm October 16, 2019

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey: Russia offered Wednesday to mediate a resolution in northern Syria, further asserting Moscow’s role as a regional force, ahead of a mission by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence to press Turkey for a cease-fire in its attack on Syrian Kurdish fighters. Ahead of talks with Pence, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defied U.S. […]