Tag: Russia
Putin: ‘Unfriendly’ embassies may face Russian hiring bans
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing the country to limit the number of Russians employed at embassies of countries...
Belarus leader seeks to empower son in succession move
KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus’ authoritarian leader says he will change the law on presidential succession so that power in the Eastern European nation will...
Dutch Supreme Court adviser: Reject Russia’s Yukos appeal
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A key legal adviser to the Dutch Supreme Court on Friday recommended dismissing Russia's appeal against the reinstatement of a...
Baltics expel Russian diplomats in solidarity with Prague
VILNIUS, Lithuania — The three Baltic countries on Friday ordered the expulsion of a total of four Russian diplomats as an act of solidarity...
UK spy chief says West faces ‘moment of reckoning’ on tech
LONDON — Western countries risk losing control of technologies that are key to internet security and economic prosperity to nations like China and Russia...
Russia expels 5 Polish diplomats in quid pro quo move
MOSCOW — Russia expelled five Polish diplomats Friday in retaliation to Polish authorities expelling three Russian Embassy workers last week.
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Biden to make first overseas trip in office to UK, EU
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will embark on his first overseas trip in office in June, the White House is set to announce Friday,...
Russia to resume flights to Egypt after 6-year hiatus
MOSCOW — Russia plans to resume direct flights to Egypt’s Red Sea resort towns more than six years after the downing of a Russian...
Russia puts widely read news site on ‘foreign agents’ list
MOSCOW — Russia’s justice ministry has placed a widely respected news website on its list of “foreign agents,” a sign of increasing efforts to...
Danger in the depths: submarine disasters highlight risks
BANGKOK — The disappearance of an Indonesian submarine off the resort island of Bali follows dozens of other disasters in the depths of the...
