| 03/28/2018 13:25 | List of countries expelling Russian diplomats ( Alive For Football )
The choices are the United States consulate general in St. Petersburg, the consulate in Vladivostok, and the consulate in Yekaterinburg. It's the largest such expulsion in USA history. "These expulsions are particularly destructive for US-Russia relations", foreign policy analyst Fyodor Lukyanov wrote in ... |
| 03/28/2018 08:20 | Australia joins 23 countries expelling Russians over Salisbury nerve agent attack ( Mix 96 )
... Vladimir Putin, has hinted Moscow will respond to the expulsions, having already ordered 23 British diplomats to leave. On Twitter, the Russian Embassy in Washington DC asked followers to vote on which US consulate should be closed, listing Vladivostok, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg as options ... |
| 03/28/2018 07:20 | NATO joins 25 nations in Russian expulsions over spy attack ( Channel NewsAsia )
BRUSSELS: NATO joined 25 governments around the world on Tuesday (Mar 27) in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack ... by asking its Twitter followers to vote on which US consulate should be closed, listing those in Vladivostok, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg as options. |
| 03/28/2018 03:30 | NATO expels seven Russian diplomats over UK spy poisoning (Channel NewsAsia)
NATO joins two dozen nations in Russian expulsions over spy attack - Channel NewsAsia |
| 03/27/2018 14:20 | With Expulsions of Russians, the WestâEn MasseâConfronts Putin (The Mercury News)
US expels 60 Russian diplomats, shutters Seattle consulate - The Mercury News |
| 03/22/2018 10:20 | From Russia, with no love for Putin ( The Times )
On the eve of last Sunday's elections in her native Russia, Jana Bakunina received a series of WhatsApp messages from her father, who lives on the outskirts of Ekaterinburg, 3,000 miles away from her north London flat. Relations between Sergey Bakunin and his daughter have been fraught for years, ... |
| 03/21/2018 13:25 | Contradicting opinions over lawfulness of Russian elections ( AmazinessNet (blog) )
Voters also faced billboards celebrating Russian greatness - a major theme of Putin's leadership. "This vote is to demonstrate our trust in him once again", said Valentina Novikova, a schoolteacher from Moscow. Yevgeny Roizman, mayor of Russia's fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, said local officials ... |
| 03/21/2018 13:25 | Putin on track for commanding win as Russians head to polls ( GkMen )
Yevgeny Roizman, the mayor of Russia's fourth-largest city Yekaterinburg, says local officials and state employees have all received orders "from higher up" to make sure the presidential vote turnout is over 60 percent. That move was strongly denounced by Kiev, which sees Moscow as an aggressor in ... |
| 03/21/2018 13:25 | Putin wins fourth term with record vote ( Yankees Unscripted )
Yevgeny Roizman, mayor of Russia's fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, said local officials and state employees have received orders "from higher up" to make sure the voter turnout is over 60 percent. Polls show that most Russians view the takeover of the Black Sea peninsula as a major achievement ... |
| 03/21/2018 13:25 | Putin elected as Russia's president for another six-year term ( The Daily Democrat )
Russia's Central Election Commission recognized that there were some irregularities, but was likely to dismiss wider criticism and declare the overall result legitimate. "In Putin's place, I would now hand them state awards". Yevgeny Roizman, the mayor of Russia's fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, told ... |
| 03/21/2018 13:25 | Why Putin's sham election shows what he's afraid of ( Washington Post )
Monitoring conducted by organizations such as Open Russia, Golos and the Anti-Corruption Foundation documented a plethora of violations, including ballot-stuffing ... They elected Yevgeny Roizman in Yekaterinburg, Lev Shlosberg in Pskov, and nearly 300 opposition municipal lawmakers in Moscow. |
| 03/21/2018 04:25 | Putin gains massive mandate for nationalist policies, but says he doesn't want an arms race ( Toronto Star )
Russian voters felt heavy pressure to fulfil their âcivic dutyâ and vote Sunday in order to maximize the turnout â even though most could accurately tell you who was going to win the presidential race beforehand. Two election observers in Gorny Shchit, a rural district of Yekaterinburg, told The Associated ... |
| 03/21/2018 04:25 | Russians, With No Real Alternatives, Give Putin 6 More Years In Power (Newburgh Gazette)
Vladimir Putin storms to landslide election win in Russian Presidential election - Newburgh Gazette |
| 03/20/2018 13:25 | Putin gains massive mandate for nationalist policies ( Bryan-College Station Eagle )
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a news conference after meeting with his staff at the campaign headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, .... Two election observers in Gorny Shchit, a rural district of Yekaterinburg, told The Associated Press they saw an unusually high influx of people ... |
| 03/20/2018 13:25 | Putin's dilemma: Scrap term limits or choose a successor (New York Times)
Kremlin Credits the West for Big Turnout for Putin - New York Times |
| 03/20/2018 10:30 | Russian Federation votes to hand Putin 4th presidential term ( ExpressNewsline )
Yevgeny Roizman, the mayor of Russia's fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, told The Associated Press that local officials and state employees have all received orders "from higher up" to make sure the presidential vote turnout is over 60%. But the electoral commission dismissed most concerns, saying ... |
| 03/20/2018 10:30 | Putin 'Wins' Election Landslide as NGOs Report Thousands of Cases of Fraud ( Breitbart News )
To be precise, Russia's Central Election Commission claims Putin won almost 77 percent of the vote, a much higher total than his 64 percent victory in ... Two election observers in Gorny Shchit, a rural district of Yekaterinburg, told the Associated Press [AP] they saw an unusually high influx of people ... |
| 03/20/2018 10:30 | Russian Federation votes as Putin eyes 4th presidential term ( Newburgh Gazette )
Yevgeny Roizman, a Kremlin opponent who is mayor of the industrial city of Yekaterinburg, said officials were using bribes and inducements to persuade people to vote. Making 109 million voters eligible for voting the Presidential Election of Russian Federation began today (18 March). Dissatisfaction ... |
| 03/20/2018 10:30 | Turkey's forces capture Syrian Kurdish town of Afrin ( Minot Daily News )
ISTANBUL (AP) â Turkey's president said Sunday that the Turkish military and allied Syrian forces have taken âtotalâ control of the town center of Afrin, a major development in the nearly two-month offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia that controls the area. The Kurdish militia called the assault on ... |
| 03/20/2018 10:30 | 'F-ck it, We're Dancing' â 100 Russians Waltz on Frozen Lake to Protest Elections ( The Moscow Times )
Up to 100 activists waltzed in Russia's fourth-largest city of Yekaterinburg during elections last Sunday to reassure fellow citizens that there is life beyond the ... A record 56.2 million Russian voters handed Putin his fourth presidential term on March 18, extending his presidency into 2024 amid diplomatic ... |
