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Articles with tag "Kremlin"

Stalled talks

Kremlin: Preparations for Normandy Summit on Ukraine Have Ground to a Halt

"The demands of one of the parties are constantly changing," the Kremlin's spokesman said.
bizarre correspondence

Kremlin Questions Language of 'Unusual' Trump Letter to Erdogan

"You don't often encounter such language in correspondence between heads of state," the Kremlin spokesman said.
Free Speech Arena

Is a Sports Website Russia’s Most Vibrant Forum for Free Expression?

On Sports.ru, users discuss sports but they also spar over politics, economics, even identity.
NO THOUGHTS

'We Don't Want to Entertain Possibility of Clash With Turkey in Syria,' Kremlin Says

Moscow had already warned all sides in the Syrian conflict to avoid any action that could escalate the situation.
Powers revoked

Disappointed Kremlin Won’t Entrust Moscow Elections to City Hall – Vedomosti

The Kremlin is looking not to repeat last month's losses in next year’s gubernatorial elections and the 2021 State Duma vote.
Secrets don't make friends

Trump-Putin Phone Calls Can Only Be Disclosed With Russian Consent, Kremlin Says

Congress is determined to get access to Trump's calls, citing national security concerns.
Keep it secret

Kremlin Says It Doesn't Want Trump-Putin Transcripts To Be Made Public

The comments come in the wake of a scandal that erupted over Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s leader.
Protest politics

Russian Protesters Don't ‘Get Shot’ Like They Would In the U.S., Putin’s Spokesman Says

Peskov's comments were leaked on social media following Moscow's largest sustained protest movement in years.
rainy day

Kremlin Plan to Tap Wealth Fund Fuels Tension With Central Bank

Russia expects to begin spending the money early next year and the battle over where it will go is already heating up.
covert source

Russia Calls Suggestion That Suspected CIA Mole Unmasked Election Meddling Slander

"What is happening in terms of such interpretations is just the piling up of one lie on top of another and the multiplication of slander about us."
news

Москвичи не поверили в ложь Кремля, но власть может править и без их поддержки

У Кремля получается показывать свою поддержку только с экранов телевизоров.
Corruption allegations

Kremlin Vows to Investigate Moscow Lawmaker Accused of Fraud Ahead of Elections

“They usually ignore [requests] or it’s a janitor who responds,” a State Duma member remarked.
opinion
Ilya Nuzov

The Kremlin Is Trying to Whitewash Russia’s Stalinist Past

Driven by the desire to forge a strong national identity, the authorities are excavating the graves of victims of Soviet repression.
opinion
Tatyana Stanovaya

How the Russian State Is Losing Its Instruments of Governance

No one in the Kremlin is currently working on long-term political strategy.
murder investigation

Kremlin Says Russian State Had Nothing to Do With Chechen's Murder in Germany

German prosecutors are considering whether there was a political motive behind the killing of a veteran of the second Chechen war.
Everything's fine

Kremlin Says Chernobyl-Style Explosion Cover-up ‘Impossible’

Suppressing information about the explosion “is out of the question, I can tell you dutifully,” the Kremlin's spokesman said.
arms control

Putin Orders Reciprocal Russian Response to U.S. Missile Test

Russia cannot stand idly by, Putin told Russia's Security Council.
No interference

Kremlin Jabs at Trump’s Greenland Purchase Idea

“We don’t engage in international shopping of that kind.”
opinion
Leonid Bershidsky

Stop Comparing the Moscow and Paris Protests

The fundamental difference between them stems from the state of the basic freedoms in France and Russia.
opinion
Maxim Trudolyubov

Ask Not What the Kremlin Will Do Next

More and more Russians seem to be breaking free of the old habit of trying to guess the party line.
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