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World / Crime & Legal Jan 18, 2019
Belarusian model who claimed dirt on Trump arrested in Moscow after deportation from Thailand
A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian interference in the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president was arrested immediately upon her arrival in Moscow on Thursday following deportation from Thailand. Moscow police said in a statement carried by ...
World / Politics Jan 18, 2019
Putin gets hero's welcome in Belgrade as Serbia seeks leverage over EU-leaning Kosovo
Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced Kosovo's creation of an army as destabilizing for the Balkans during a visit to Belgrade that underscored his ally Serbia's conflicted approach to joining the European Union. President Aleksandar Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party, which is itself facing anti-government protests, mobilized ...
World Jan 16, 2019
Nuclear arms treaty faces collapse after failed Russia-U.S. talks
The survival of a key nuclear arms control treaty was cast further in doubt Tuesday after the U.S. and Russia blamed each other for pushing the agreement to the brink of collapse. Senior diplomats from both countries met in Geneva amid widespread concern over the ...
World / Social Issues Jan 15, 2019
At least two killed, 40 rounded up in new gay purge in Chechnya: report
The Russian republic of Chechnya has launched a new crackdown on gays in which at least two people have died and about 40 people have been detained, LGBT activists in Russia charged Monday. The new allegations come after reports in 2017 of more than 100 ...
National / Politics Jan 15, 2019
Abe pledges to advance peace treaty talks with Putin despite show of differences
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he wants to advance postwar peace treaty talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin "as much as possible," a day after a ministerial-level meeting demonstrated the differences between the nations' positions on disputed islands. At a gathering of senior government ...
National / Politics Jan 14, 2019
Putin to visit Japan in June as Foreign Minister Taro Kono looks ahead to 'historic year'
Kono goes to Moscow in hopes of injecting fresh momentum toward concluding a postwar peace treaty.
National / Politics Jan 14, 2019
by Reiji Yoshida
Some questions and answers about the ongoing Tokyo-Moscow territorial talks, which Japan hopes will result in the return of territory off Hokkaido seized by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.
World / Politics Jan 14, 2019
Trump rejects report that he hid details of Putin meetings, seized translator's notes
President Donald Trump has rejected a Washington Post report that he has refused to share details of his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin with top U.S. government officials. Trump, in a telephone interview late Saturday with Fox News, dismissed as "ridiculous" the Post story ...
World / Politics Jan 12, 2019
FBI reportedly probed whether Trump secretly worked for Russia
Law enforcement officials became so concerned by President Donald Trump's behavior in the days after he fired FBI Director James Comey that they began investigating whether he had been working for Russia against U.S. interests, The New York Times reported Friday. The report cites unnamed ...
National / Politics Jan 12, 2019
Russia urges Japan to recognize results of World War II ahead of talks on disputed islands
Russia has urged Japan anew to recognize the results of World War II, including Moscow's sovereignty over three islands and a group of islets claimed by Tokyo, ahead of a closely watched meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers. The most important condition for seeking ...