‘Shocking’: Putin critic handed 25 years in prison

‘Shocking’: Putin critic handed 25 years in prison

[ad_1] MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday slapped opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza with 25 years in prison for treason and other claimed offenses. Moscow City Court sentenced Kara-Murza to a penal colony for spreading “fake news” about the army and “cooperation with an undesirable organization,” as Russian President Vladimir Putin steps up his crackdown…

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’A whole appeasement psychology’: How America let Putin off the hook after Crimea

’A whole appeasement psychology’: How America let Putin off the hook after Crimea

[ad_1] Friends don’t let friends investigate? In public comments, Justice Department officials have stressed that a past lack of international cooperation was a major hurdle to pursuing many of the cases. Despite years of questionable Russian activity in many places, “executing on U.S. requests for search warrants, and subpoenas, and interviews, and other legal process…

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Putin says Russia to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

Putin says Russia to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Moscow would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russian state media reported. Russia will “complete construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus on July 1,” Putin said, according to a report by Ria Novosti. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has agreed to the deployment,…

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