Saudi visit signals Putin’s growing Middle East influence
Oct 14, 2019 – swissinfo.ch By Olesya Astakhova and Stephen Kalin RIYADH (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin signalled Moscow’s growing Middle East clout on Monday on his first visit to […]
Cypriot to Russian Church: keep out of breakaway north
Source: Associated Press By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Ties between the Orthodox Church of Cyprus and its Russian counterpart frayed Friday over a series of services conducted by […]
Nearly 25000 Russians to perform Hajj this year
Source: IBNA According to Russian Hajj tour operators, the quota has almost been filled, according to islam.ru website. Muslims from about 64 regions of Russia will go to hajj this […]
Russian police detain Crimean Tatar protesters on Moscow’s Red Square
Jul 10, 2019 By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police detained seven Crimean Tatars on Moscow’s Red Square on Wednesday after dispersing a demonstration that had aimed to […]
Putin says US-Russia relations are getting ‘worse and worse’
Source: ET “They (our relations) are going downhill, they are getting worse and worse,” Putin told the Mir TV channel, according to a Kremlin transcript. “The current administration has approved, in my opinion, several dozen decisions on sanctions against Russia in recent years.” The Russian leader contrasted Moscow’s troubled relationship […]
Putin: Children to benefit from reading Bible, Quran, Torah
Source: ABNA Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that reading the Bible, Quran and Torah would prove useful for children since all religions are based on humanistic ideas that will […]
Putin calls for compromise over Orthodox cathedral standoff
Source: Associated Press By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a compromise Thursday to ease tensions over a plan to build a […]
Russia jails Dane for six years in Jehovah’s Witnesses purge
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Wednesday found a Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty of organizing a banned extremist group and jailed him for […]
Pakistan Embarrassed; Russian Vladimir Putin Declines To Meet Imran Khan at BRI Summit
By EurAsian Times – April 29, 2019 In a massive embarrassment to Pakistan, Islamabad could not convince Russia for a bilateral meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Imran […]
The Quick Read About… Russia’s Presence in Venezuela
Source: Time BY IAN BREMMER What Happened This Week: Following Russia’s recent decision to send 100 or so “advisors” (read: soldiers) alongside military equipment to prop up the Maduro regime in […]
Muslim World League chief in plea for ‘civilized leadership’
SPA April 06, 2019 Al-Issa calls for ‘enlightened vision’ to tackle global issues ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: Cooperation between nations and peoples depends on “civilized leadership” and adherence to common values, […]
How Putin Built a Ragtag Empire of Tyrants and Failing States
Source: Time BY SIMON SHUSTER APRIL 4, 2019 Even in the worst of times, Russia had been a reliable friend to the Sudan of Omar al-Bashir. It continued selling him weapons […]
CONTROVERSIAL WEAPONS: Killer robots: ‘do something’ or ‘do nothing’?
By Simon Bradley THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 29, 2019 The US X-47B unmanned autonomous aircraft being tested in 2015 (U.S. Navy Photo by Liz Wolter) Countries […]
Mueller report: White House roasts critics over Mueller
Source: BBC News The White House has assailed President Donald Trump’s critics after he was cleared of Russian election collusion. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told cable morning shows that Mr […]
Mammoth statue of Jesus planned for Russian site once set aside for Lenin
Source: Religion News Service BY Marc Bennetts MOSCOW (RNS) — Authorities in Vladivostok, the largest city in far eastern Russia, are planning to erect a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ […]
Turkey says in talks with Russia on joint patrols in Syrian city
By AFP – Mar 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during a news conference following their talks in […]
Megaphones and more – Mueller details Russian U.S. election meddling
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 7, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Robert Mueller (R) , serving as Federal Bureau of Investigation director, is seen on a TV monitor at the […]
Ukraine’s crisis of faith: Another proof that religion should be individual and not organized
Ukraine’s crisis of faith Source: Politico By Christopher Miller, who is a Kiev-based journalist The Kiev-Kremlin conflict catalyzes a religious schism centuries in the making. VORSIVKA, Ukraine — For years, […]
‘Tit-for-tat steps’ toward a nuclear war
HAKKI ÖCAL@hakkiocal Published24.02.2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to reports that the U.S. would deploy short-range missiles has strong warnings about how they could counter this move. Those missiles, […]
RUSSIA: 100+ Jehovah’s Witness criminal cases
Source: Forum 18 News By Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 At least 26 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in pre-trial detention, 28 under house arrest, and 42 under travel restrictions as more than […]
