Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine’s leader, Petro Poroshenko, of trying to boost his ratings ahead of 2019 elections with a naval confrontation off Crimea. Russian FSB border guards opened fire on two Ukrainian gunboats and a tug before…
Putin: Sergei Skripal is a scumbag and traitor who betrayed Russia (CNN)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday dismissed the furor over the Salisbury nerve-agent poisoning, calling former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal a “traitor” and a “scumbag” and suggesting the incident was being “artificially blown up” by the media. Asked at…
Russia is preparing for war, British military experts warn (Mirror)
Russia is preparing for war, a top Defence Minister warned senior military officers on Wednesday. Tory Mark Lancaster insisted the Kremlin was getting ready for conflict after learning lessons from recent battles it has fought. And the new head of…
Dangote ranked 66th world’s most powerful person
Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote, has been ranked among 75 most powerful persons on the planet, ahead of the Vice President of the United States of America, Mike Pence. According to the Forbes’ latest 2018 ranking of the World Powerful…