Author: Cole Hanson

The Kremlin has confirmed that Anatoly Chubais, the father of Russian privatization after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, has resigned as an advisor to President Vladimir Putin on the climate file. • Read also: direct | The fight has been going on for a month • Read also: Ukraine: A pro-Russian separatist leader announces his arrival in Mariupol “Yes. Chubais voluntarily resigned. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian Interfax news agency, confirming the presence of many anonymous sources in the Russian media, whether he left (the country) or not. Neither Mr. Peskov nor the Russian media…

The Thai Navy on Thursday rescued a Vietnamese man who was trying to force India to join his wife he separated from two years ago due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Ho Hoang Hung had left Phuket, in southern Thailand, at the beginning of March on a small inflatable boat carrying a few water cans and bags of instant noodles. His goal: to cross the Bay of Bengal and reach India some 2,000 kilometers away to see his wife, whom he has been separated from for two years due to strict travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, the…

The attorney general, who emerged from the investigation a month ago, said Donald Trump is “guilty” of “many” crimes, including financial fraud, according to excerpts from his resignation letter published Wednesday by The New York Times. • Read also: Capitol storming: A wanted man in the United States granted political asylum in Belarus • Read also: Trump Suggests He Won’t Bring Back Mike Pence For Vice President In 2024 • Read also: A plane carrying Trump made an emergency landing Mark Pomerantz resigned on February 23, along with other Attorney General Carrie Dunn, from a criminal investigation targeting the former…

Russia on Wednesday denounced the “ridiculous” US accusations, responding to recent statements by President Joe Biden and the White House calling on companies to better protect themselves from potential Moscow-led computer attacks. • Read also: direct | The continuation of the Russian invasion • Read also: Putin produces the opposite of what he wants. • Read also: Putin no longer wants to hand over dollars and euros for Russian gas to the European Union “These accusations against us are absurd,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Siromolotov said in a statement, accusing Washington of engaging in “a new wave of Russophobia…

China spoke out on Wednesday against Russia’s exclusion from the upcoming G-20 summit, which Washington envisioned after the invasion of Ukraine. “Russia is an important member country (of the G20), and no member has the right to expel another country,” Chinese diplomatic spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters. Near the Kremlin, with which it shares hostility toward the United States, the Chinese regime has refrained from condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Westerners are preparing to impose new sanctions on Russia, as they meet Thursday in Brussels in the framework of NATO, the Group of Seven and the European Union, a month…

Demonstrators gathered outside the British representation in Kingston, Tuesday, to protest the visit of Prince William and his wife Kate to Jamaica, to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilee, which in 2022 will celebrate 70 years of her reign. • Read also: Duchess Kate begins a rare solo visit to Denmark • Read also: Pictures | New photos of Kate Middleton on her 40th birthday • Read also: Video | Kate Middleton plays the piano in public for the first time The protesters demanded that the monarchy, a former colonial power, pay reparations and apologize for its role in the slave…

President Vladimir Putin committed a crime of aggression against Ukraine by planning, preparing and initiating an act of aggression that began on February 24, 2012. President Vladimir Putin defines the use of armed forces against the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of a state. The Ukrainian state, this crime is attributed to the President of the Russian Federation, and therefore he is guilty of an international crime that should not remain unpunished. In order for Putin not to get away with it, it is still necessary to bring him to a court, which is likely to open an investigation,…

A Russian judge on Tuesday sentenced Alexei Navalny to nine years in prison in a colony of harsh conditions, further aggravating the crackdown on the Kremlin’s main opponent, in the midst of an offensive in Ukraine. • Read also: Russian prosecutors demand 13 years in prison for opponent Navalny Russian power is strengthening its legal arsenal in all directions to stifle any criticism of the authority. The last example, the adoption of a law, on Tuesday, provides for strict penalties to punish false information about the work of Russian enterprises abroad. The sentence of nine years imprisonment issued against the…

US President Joe Biden said on Monday it was “obvious” that Russia was considering the use of chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine, warning that such a move would prompt a “tough” Western response. “He’s behind the wall,” Biden said of Russian President Vladimir Putin, noting that Moscow recently accused the United States of having chemical and biological weapons in Europe. “This is just a mistake. He insisted during a meeting with American business leaders in Washington. They (the Russians) also claim that Ukraine has chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine. This is a clear sign that he (Vladimir Putin)…

Despite the “exceptional performance” of the economy in 2021, it will be necessary to wait another five years before returning to a balanced budget, as Minister Eric Girard noted, on the eve of presenting his last budget before the elections. “The economy has done well in 2021,” the finance minister repeated, playing the traditional shoe party game, a day before the 2022-2023 budget was presented. Again this year, the minister picked out a new pair of sneakers, he said, and put them in front of the cameras. Stevens LeBlanc / Journal de Quebec Mr. Gerrard took the opportunity to announce…