Court puts Russian journalist charged with drug dealing under house arrest

A Moscow court has placed Ivan Golunov under two-month house arrest, siding with his defense. The investigative journalist stands accused of possessing illegal drugs with intent to supply. He denies all the allegations. Golunov, who works for Latvia-based Russian news outlet Meduza and specializes in anti-corruption investigations, was detained in Moscow on Thursday. Investigators say […]

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He says what others want to hear: Top Iranian official blasts Macron for kowtowing to Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron, who downplayed Europe’s differences with the US over Donald Trump’s Iran policies when meeting the US leader face to face, showed a lack of integrity, the speaker of the Iranian parliament said. President Macron’s remarks during his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Thursday in Caen, France were “amateurish and […]

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US belief that China wants military bases in Arctic ‘totally baseless’ – Beijing’s envoy to Moscow

Moscow and Beijing cooperating in the Arctic is a win-win model for how nations can work together, Beijing’s envoy to Moscow told RT’s SophieCo, stressing that China is not seeking military bases in the region. Beijing sees itself as a “near-Arctic” state and is actively participating in creating international rules and regulations governing the Arctic, […]

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US won’t train any more Turkish F-35 pilots as Ankara refuses to ditch S-400 – report

Amid escalating threats to boot Turkey from its stealth fighter jet program over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense systems, Washington will reportedly stop accepting Turkish pilots for F-35 training. The US has decided to stop accepting new pilots as part of the training program with Turkey, Reuters reports, citing officials. Currently, four pilots […]

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