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Russian Minister Dies in Lifesaving Attempt

Yevgeny Zinichev jumped off cliff to save film director Alexander Melnik; both died

(Newser) - Russia's emergencies minister died Wednesday during a drill exercise while attempting to save a filmmaker, who also died. Film director Alexander Melnik slipped off a cliff at the Kitabo Oron waterfall in the Putorana nature reserve in northern Siberia, landing in water, the BBC quotes Margarita Simonyan, the head...

Pope Inadvertently Uses Putin's Words to Chide West

He was talking about Afghanistan

(Newser) - Pope Francis has criticized the West's two-decade-long involvement in Afghanistan as an outsider's attempt to impose democracy—although he did it by citing Russia's Vladimir Putin while thinking he was quoting Germany's Angela Merkel. Asked during a radio interview aired Wednesday about the new political map...

Putin Doesn't Want Afghan Refugees in Central Asia

Some refugees are headed to Russia's neighbors Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

(Newser) - Russia's president has criticized Western nations for seeking to temporarily house Afghan refugees in Central Asian countries, citing security concerns for Russia. Speaking at a meeting with top officials of the Kremlin’s United Russia party on Sunday, Vladimir Putin blasted what he described as a “humiliating approach”...

Russia Lets Scores of Fires in Siberia Burn

Blazes surpass combined size of all others worldwide

(Newser) - Russia is used to damaging wildfires. A Greenpeace study found that 4.7 billion trees in Russia were lost to fire last year, seven times the number planted. And this year is worse. The blazes burning now in Siberia are larger than all other wildfires around the world combined, the...

Russian Ransomware Gang Disappears From Dark Web
Ransomware Gang's
Sites Go Dark
Jul 13, 2021 3:29 PM CDT

Ransomware Gang's Sites Go Dark

Suspects include the US, Putin, and REvil itself

(Newser) - The REvil ransomware gang's latest message is: "A server with the specified hostname could not be found." That's what appeared on the Russian hackers' sites on the dark web Tuesday, CNBC reports. The group's sites had been active and were used in negotiating with its...

White House: Biden Called Putin With a Warning

President said US will take 'any necessary action' to stop Russian hackers

(Newser) - President Biden called Vladimir Putin on Friday to deliver a warning about cyberattacks, reports Axios . Biden told Putin the US is poised to retaliate after another ransomware incident blamed on Russian hackers, according to a White House statement. “Biden reiterated that the United States will take any necessary action...

French Champagne Makers Decry 'Scandalous' Putin Law

His legislation suggests the only real champagne is from Russia

(Newser) - French Champagne producers make one thing very clear : The only legal Champagne comes from the Champagne region of France. To their chagrin, Russia sees things a bit differently. Under a law signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday, only local producers can slap the word "shampanskoye," the Russian...

Biden Calls Putin &#39;President Trump,&#39; Corrects Himself
Here Are the Gifts
Biden Gave Putin
Jun 17, 2021 2:24 AM CDT

Here Are the Gifts Biden Gave Putin

Also: an awkward slip of the tongue on POTUS' part

(Newser) - President Biden apparently had a slip of the tongue Wednesday during his news conference following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This tweet by CNN's chief White House correspondent, Kaitlan Collins, got quite a bit of attention: "President Biden refers to President Putin as President Trump, then...

Biden on Putin Summit: 'I Did What I Came to Do'

He says no threats were made, 'just simple assertions'

(Newser) - President Biden spoke to the media after meeting Vladimir Putin in Geneva Wednesday—and he said he had assured the Russian leader that his agenda "is not against Russia or anybody else. It's for the American people." Putin, who held the first press conference , said Biden was...

Putin Compares Presidents Biden, Trump

He addresses the tone of the talks, cyberattacks, the Arctic, and more

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin gave the first press conference following his talks with President Biden, and it stretched nearly an hour. Highlights:
  • He was asked about which topics were discussed in detail, and he said Ukraine was not one of them.
  • The Guardian reports Putin said he and Biden agreed their ambassadors—
...

Biden, Putin Talks End Earlier Than Expected

The two sides spent less than 3 hours together

(Newser) - President Biden and Vladimir Putin have concluded their summit meetings in Geneva, according to the White House, wrapping up more quickly than was expected. Biden and Putin first held a relatively intimate meeting joined by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Each side had...

'No Breaking of Bread' During Biden-Putin Meeting

What to expect at their Geneva summit

(Newser) - The day has arrived: US President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, kicking off what's expected to be a four- or five-hour meeting—or even longer, the New York Times reports. But there will be "no breaking of bread," as no...

He Used to Guard Biden. Parents Ask for Return Favor

Family of Trevor Reed ask president to push Putin to get son out of Russian prison

(Newser) - The parents of a former Marine who is imprisoned in Russia are pinning their hopes on a summit between presidents Biden and Putin Wednesday. Paula and Joey Reed are concerned for their son, Trevor Reed , who was sentenced to nine years in prison last summer, and hope Biden, whom Reed...

Putin Faults US Over Arrests of Capitol Rioters

It's 'persecution for political opinions,' Russian leader tells NBC in interview

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is to meet President Biden at a summit Wednesday, has suggested that the hundreds of people arrested for rioting at the US Capitol are being subjected to “persecution for political opinions," per the AP . The context: Putin is likely to come under strong...

Putin, Biden Private Chats Will Go Down In History

Interpreters and diplomats will be on hand to record next week's conversations for posterity

(Newser) - If President Joe Biden has any private words with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at their meeting next week, US interpreters and diplomats will be standing by to document their high-stakes encounter, per the AP . It’s a decades-old system meant to ensure that senior officials, and ultimately historians, have a...

Putin Offers Views on 'Colorful' Trump, 'Career Man' Biden

In interview with NBC, Russian leader offers his take on current, former US presidents, 'killer' label

(Newser) - President Biden is set to meet with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Geneva, and the Russian leader prepped for that sit-down with an NBC News interview on Friday, offering his views on his US rival, as well as on the man who used to be—former President Trump. "Even...

Biden, in UK, Has a Warning for Russia

'Harmful activities' will lead to a 'robust and meaningful' response, he promises

(Newser) - On his first overseas trip as US president, Joe Biden had serious words for Russia. Biden, speaking to US troops and their families at England's Royal Air Force Mildenhall base Wednesday, said that when he meets with Vladimir Putin in Geneva at the end of his trip, he'll...

Court Rules Against Navalny's Network

Decision is an escalation in Putin's battle against Russian opposition

(Newser) - Alexei Navalny's political organization was outlawed by a Russian court Wednesday as "extremist," theoretically breaking up his opposition movement. The ruling is part of a broad crackdown by President Vladimir Putin on political opposition in general and on Navalny and his Foundation for Fighting Corruption in particular,...

Biden to Meet With the Guy He Called a 'Killer'

President, Vladimir Putin will get together next month in Switzerland

(Newser) - President Biden will meet face to face with Vladimir Putin, the man he recently labeled a "killer," next month in Switzerland. The meeting will take place June 16 in Geneva, and the New York Times expects it to focus heavily on nuclear arms. But the pair should have...

Alexei Navalny: 'I'm Just a Horrible Skeleton'

Russian opposition leader blasts Putin, prosecutors in court

(Newser) - A transformed Alexei Navalny appeared in court in Moscow on Thursday for the first time since launching a hunger strike. The "visibly gaunt" Russian opposition leader didn't have a great time as Judge Kurysheva Natalia upheld his Feb. 20 conviction for defaming a veteran who’d publicly supported...

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