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No need yet to send troops to Ukraine: Putin
AFP – Russia has no need yet to send troops into Ukraine but reserves the right to use “all means” to protect citizens should the necessity arise, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. “We reserve the right to use all means to protect” Russian and Ukrainian citizens in Ukraine, Putin said in comments live on state television, …
No Ukraine solution, German FM says after talks with Lavrov
AFP – No “solution is in sight” on the Ukraine crisis, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Tuesday after a “difficult” talk in Geneva with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. “I had a difficult, long and very serious talk but it wasn’t enough to say that a solution is in sight,” Steinmeier told reporters after the meeting with Lavrov …
Israel PM vows to resist ‘pressures’ on US visit
Although Netanyahu would like the talks with Obama on Monday to focus on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the White House appears to have a different agenda.
Ukraine mobilises army as west warns Russia
Russia’s parliament voted Saturday to allow President Vladimir Putin to send troops into its western neighbour – a decision US President Barack Obama swiftly branded a “violation of Ukrainian sovereignty”.
Pro-Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea
The new government was dealt a new jolt when Russia’s energy giant Gazprom bluntly warned Kiev that it had accumulated a “huge” debt for unpaid natural gas that needed to be urgently paid.
Egypt dismisses Erdogan remarks
Turkish PM’s remarks on Egypt fall on deaf ears in Cairo, says foreign ministry
Putin backs Sisi’s ‘run’ for Egyptian presidency
The 59-year-old Egyptian field marshal has not actually declared his presidential ambitions but is overwhelmingly predicted to run in elections
Putin supports Sisi bid for Egypt presidency
“It’s a very responsible decision,” Putin said
Ukraine PM resigns, MPs scrap protest laws to ease crisis
The European Union and United States cranked up pressure on Yanukovych to impose serious reforms to end a standoff that has turned parts of Kiev into a war zone patrolled by masked protesters and that has left three activists dead.
Putin: Western states must bring Syrian opposition to peace talks
Russia, which backs Assad, and the United States, which supports the opposition, announced plans in May to convene a “Geneva 2” conference to try to end the Syrian conflict
US not being replaced: Fahmy
Foreign minister meets acting US ambassador in light of Russian delegation’s visit, Putin invited to Egypt
Foreign Ministers stress importance of Egypt-Russia relationship
Fahmy congratulates Russian diplomacy following US-Russia agreement on Syria chemical weapons
US, Russia in crucial Syria talks after Putin appeal
Revealing details of the proposal for the first time Thursday, Russian daily Kommersant said Moscow had given Washington a four-step plan for the weapons handover
Fahmy to travel to Russia
Russian and Egyptian foreign ministers to hold discussion in Russia later this month
Putin, Cameron, discuss Syria in late night talks
Cameron and Putin met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg
Putin demands proof as Obama gains support for Syria strike
Putin’s comments came as US lawmakers began rallying behind President Barack Obama’s plan to launch military strikes against Syria over a suspected poison gas attack outside Damascus that killed hundreds last month.
Putin, Rowhani agree chemical weapon use ‘impermissible’
The two presidents discussed the Syrian conflict “at the initiative of the Iranian side”.
US-Russia relations in White House press conference
US President Barack Obama is to hold a rare White House news conference on Friday
Anti-Putin rally held in Moscow, member of the opposition in parliament expelled
Thousands of Russians take to the streets in a “Russia without Putin” demonstration
Pussy Riot festival takes place despite pressure from Kremlin
Festival organised in support of imprisoned Pussy Riot members held in spite of pressure from authorities to cancel the event
On rare Israel trip, Putin talks Syria, Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Israeli leaders on a rare trip to Jerusalem for discussions that focused on continuing violence in Syria and Iran’s disputed nuclear programme.