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Turkey says will use Russian S-400 defense system despite US warning

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 12:26 AM

Last month, US said Turkey would be spared sanctions under a 2017 law if the S-400 system is not turned on. Read more »

Trump attacks impeachment witness on Twitter, Democrats see intimidation

Reuters
Posted at Nov 16 11:42 AM

President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former US ambassador to Ukraine on Friday while she was testifying to an impeachment hearing in Congress, in an extraordinary moment that Democrats said amounted to witness intimidation. Read more »

MH17 calls 'show ties between Russian officials, rebels'

Danny Kemp, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 12:53 PM

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International investigators looking into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine released intercepted phone calls on Thursday showing close links between "high-ranking" Russian officials and rebel suspects facing trial over the crash. Read more »

Teenager kills 1, injures 3 in Russian college

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 04:27 PM

MOSCOW, Russia - A 19-year-old student in Russia's Far East opened fire in his college Thursday morning, killing one classmate and injuring three other people before shooting himself, investigators said.   Read more »

Russian professor charged with murder after lover's severed arms found in bag

Tom Balmforth, Reuters
Posted at Nov 12 06:09 AM

MOSCOW, Russia—A Russian court on Monday charged a distinguished historian known for reenacting Napoleonic battle scenes with the murder of his partner after he was found in a river with a rucksack containing her severed arms. Read more »

Cash, trolls and a cult leader: How Russia meddles abroad for profit

Michael Schwirtz and Gaelle Borgia, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 11 02:59 PM

Of all the places for Russia to try to swing a presidential election, Madagascar is perhaps one of the least expected. The island nation off the coast of southeastern Africa is thousands of miles from Moscow and has little obvious strategic value for the Kremlin or the global balance of power.   Read more »

Russian e-commerce booms despite economic doldrums

Andrea Palasciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 11 07:37 AM

Russia may be a latecomer to the world of online shopping but e-commerce is experiencing explosive growth in the country despite a stagnant economy weighed down by Western sanctions. Read more »

Russian goat who made unlikely friends with tiger dies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 09:32 PM

The goat died of natural causes, but his health deteriorated following an altercation with a male Siberian tiger he unexpectedly befriended in 2015. Read more »

Russian pilot probed after handing controls to passenger

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 11:06 PM

Russian investigators on Thursday launched a probe following social media posts by a woman who boasted about flying a passenger plane without training after the pilot gave her the controls. Read more »

Philippines unprepared for nuclear energy: Senate energy panel chair

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 01:43 PM

The Department of Energy announced recently its plan to draft a national nuclear program, which the Senate Energy Committee, chaired by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, will investigate. Read more »

Pentagon urges PH: Stick with US weapons despite Russia aid pledge

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 01:33 PM

The Pentagon urged Manila, its defense ally, to continue using US military equipment despite Russia's offer to boost the Philippines' defense capability.  Read more »

Pinay awarded 'Order of Friendship' by Russia's Putin

Niel Caburnay Tero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 05:49 AM

RUSSIA—Honorary consul to Russia Armi Lopez-Garcia received the prestigious "Order of Friendship" from Russian President Vladimir Putin in a ceremony held in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Monday. Read more »

Russia jails Jehovah's Witness member for 6 years amid crackdown on religious group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 06:59 PM

Russia outlawed the Jehovah's Witnesses in 2017, calling them an extremist organization. Read more »

Trump aide said Ukraine behind Democratic party hack: documents

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 03 11:17 AM

Documents released by the US Department of Justice on Saturday indicated that a top advisor to then-candidate Donald Trump said as early as the summer of 2016 that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind a hack of Democratic party emails. Read more »

Microsoft: Russia-linked hackers target sports organizations

Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 04:34 AM

Microsoft Corp. said it has tracked "significant" cyberattacks coming from a group it calls "Strontium" or "Fancy Bear", targeting anti-doping authorities and global sporting organizations. Read more »

Russian soldier has nervous breakdown, shoots 8 dead

Reuters
Posted at Oct 25 10:37 PM

MOSCOW - A Russian conscript serving in the far east of the country shot dead eight other soldiers and badly injured two others on Friday after having a nervous breakdown, the Defense Ministry said, the Interfax news agency reported. Read more »

Russia ready to help PH boost defense capability

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 12:26 AM

Philippine soldiers could soon be deployed on the battlefield on board Russian helicopters and carrying Russian-made firearms.  Read more »

Russian envoy tells PH allies, partners not to interfere in Manila-Moscow relations

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 09:23 PM

Without mentioning the United States or any specific country, Russian ambassador Igor Khovaev said the two countries’ defense cooperation is not against any country.  Read more »

Semirara Island can host nuclear plant, says gov't scientist

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 04:31 PM

It will be "fantastic" if the Consunjis, who run the coal plant, will operate the nuclear facility should it happen, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute director Carlo Arcilla said. Read more »

Venezuela's Guaido holds 'exploratory' talks with China, Russia: envoy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 07:45 AM

SAO PAULO - Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido has asked China and Russia to help end a political crisis crippling the Latin American country during "exploratory" talks, his diplomatic representative in Brazil said Monday. Read more »