Humouring Putin
The geopolitical question of the moment is: how important is it to humour Russian leader Vladimir Putin? The answer is: not very. Throw him a...
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Putin says unilateral actions on Varosha ‘unacceptable’
Unilateral actions that violate UN Security Council Resolutions on Varosha are unacceptable, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President Nicos Anastasiades, the Cyprus presidency said...
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny makes allegations of Putin wealth ahead of protests
Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic who was jailed at the weekend, on Tuesday released a video in which he and his allies...
After Kremlin raises eyebrow, state poll shows Putin’s trust rating surging
Russia’s state pollster on Friday showed public trust in President Vladimir Putin surging to 72.3% under a new methodology for canvassing public opinion that was...
Diplomats, financial policy, armies pressuring the Middle East
By Farid Mirbagheri Diplomatic, economic and military elements are all hard at work in western Asia. Turkey’s rising inflation to a staggering 25 per cent in...
Putin accuses US forces of trying to ruin Trump summit outcome (Update 1)
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed forces within the United States on Thursday for marring what they called the success of...
For Putin’s Russia, a poisoned spy sends a political message
By Peter Apps Among those who knew Sergei Skripal in the quiet English city of Salisbury, few seem to have been aware of his background...
Putin says will seek new presidential term in 2018
President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday he would seek re-election in March 2018, a contest opinion polls show he will win comfortably, setting the stage...
17 MEPs slam Cyprus over aiding Putin against Browder, laundering
By Stelios Orphanides THREE days after Interpol dismissed for the fifth time a Russian arrest warrant against Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder, a group of...
Our View: Anastasiades’ Russia trip left the impression he was eager to please Putin
NOTHING should surprise us from President Anastasiades any longer. He has become a model of inconsistency in his quest for re-election. It is not only...
Putin raises Browder issue with Anastasiades, expects satisfactory decision
By Stelios Orphanides Contrary to what was announced just one day prior, Cyprus’s ministry of justice and Russia’s prosecutor general’s office did not sign a...
UNSC permanent members should participate in future talks, spokesman says
The five permanent UN Security Council members are obliged to participate in talks to reunify Cyprus if they want a positive outcome, government spokesman Nicos...
Anastasiades-Putin sign joint action plan (update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday signed a joint action plan with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, while state officials of the two countries signed six...
Anastasiades to wrap up Russia visit with Putin meeting (Update 1)
President Nicos Anastasiades will on Tuesday conclude his two-day working visit to Moscow with a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, which will be followed...
Anastasiades in Moscow, due to meet Medvedev Monday
Bilateral relations between Cyprus and Russia, the developments on the Cyprus problem, EU-Russia relations, as well as regional and international matters will be on the...
Anastasiades to meet Putin
President Nicos Anastasiades will hold a meeting next week with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, within the framework of his...
Trump, Putin send messages to mark independence
President Mr Nicos Anastasiades received congratulatory messages from his USA and Russia counterparts, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, on the occasion of the anniversary of...
Putin warns N. Korea situation on verge of ‘large-scale conflict’
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that the tense standoff between North Korea and the United States was on the verge of large-scale conflict...
President Putin hits back after additional US sanctions
President Vladimir Putin said the United States would have to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia by 755 people and that Moscow could consider additional...
The emperor has no clothes
By Alper Ali Riza I dedicate this piece to the memory of Loucas Charalambous, my fellow columnist at the Cyprus Mail, who died suddenly last...
