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Russia and the USA meet to discuss Syria

September 13, 2013 // 0 Comments

The official representatives of Russia and the United States, Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry, have met in Geneva this Thursday to discuss the dismantling of Syria’s [...]

Syria: hand over of weapons needs transparency

September 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

The United States has said the process that Syria hands over their chemical weapons to international control needs to be “entirely verifiable, completely accountable, [...]

Russia and USA: Syria Hand Over Chemical Weapons

September 10, 2013 // 0 Comments

Syria has been told to hand over all chemical weapons that they posses. Russia and the United States have both recommended this as an option so as to avoid the possibility of [...]

Muscovites Go To Poll To Elect Mayor

September 8, 2013 // 1 Comment

Citizens in Russia’s capital, Moscow, are going to the polls to choose a mayor. The Kremlin-backed incumbent Sergei Sobyanin is widely expected to win Sunday’s [...]

Syria to Dominate G20 Summit

September 5, 2013 // 0 Comments

The Syrian crisis is not on the official agenda for the two-day Group of 20 global economic summit in Saint Petersburg, but leaders are expected to discuss it on the [...]

Russian President wants to send parliamentary group to lobby congressional representatives to not support a military intervention in Syria

September 3, 2013 // 0 Comments

Vladimir Putin wants a group of Russia’s Parliament, the Duma, to the United States Congress to get congressional representatives to not support a military intervention [...]