By faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0622 EAT on 11 January 2022. Russia and the United States gave no sign that they had narrowed their differences on Ukraine and wider European security in talks in Geneva, as Moscow repeated demands that Washington says it cannot accept. Russia has massed troops near Ukraine’s border while demanding…
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Biden and Putin set to hold diplomatic call amidst Ukrane tensions.
By http://www.twitter.com/FaithNamagembe updated at 0840 EAT on 30 December 2021. US President Joe Biden is set to hold talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin for the second time this month, in a bid to de-escalate tensions over Ukraine. The two leaders will speak by phone on Thursday. They will discuss forthcoming security talks between the countries…
School children killed in Russia’s Kazan
By our reporter MOSCOW – Updated at 16:10 GMT on Tuesday 11 May 2012 At least seven school children and one teacher dead, many more wounded, after lone 19-year-old shooter opened fire in a school in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s republic of Tatarstan. A gunman has attacked a school in the Russian city of…
Putin, Medvedev Set to become ‘Senators for Life’ as Possible 2024 Kremlin Departure date approaches; Parliament Approves Plan.
Moscow – Russia Russia’s State Duma has ratified a Bill that may give Russian President Vladimir Putin a permanent post in the powerful Federation Council for life. Putin has previously indicated he may stand down at the end of his current term. The new legislation, which passed its first reading on Tuesday, states that “a President…
Putin Vaunts Russian Coronavirus Vaccine at UN as Uganda Promises trial vaccines in November.
By Desire Ninsiima & Viola Nabbale Researchers across the world are scrambling to develop a corona virus vaccine and 170 candidates are being tracked by the World Health Organization. Scientists are expressing confidence that effective vaccines will be developed, and much sooner than anyone could have hoped for when the pandemic first emerged, but…
