| 03/20/2018 13:05 | Ukraine: Send British diplomats expelled by Russia to Kiev ( POLITICO.eu )
It also ordered the closure of the U.K. consulate in St. Petersburg and the Moscow office of the British Council, which promotes educational and cultural exchanges. With the diplomatic standoff showing no sign of easing up, Ukraine's foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin, on Monday suggested another way for ... |
| 03/19/2018 05:10 | Salisbury spy attack: UK lab could be responsible, Russian ambassador suggests ( iNews )
... Sergei Lavrov, centre, and Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov after a Russia-EU summit in Strelna, outside Saint-Petersburg in 2012. ... Russia's ambassador to the European Union has suggested the UK's Porton Down research laboratory may be the source of the nerve agent used in ... |
| 03/18/2018 17:00 | British Council shutdown in Russia will not affect other educational programs - minister ( TASS )
Earlier on Saturday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that 23 British diplomats have been declared personae non gratae and will be expelled within a week. Moreover, the ministry stated that Moscow will withdraw permission to open the British Consulate General in St. Petersburg and close ... |
| 03/18/2018 07:15 | May Deciding Next Steps After Russia Expels 23 British Diplomats ( Voice of America )
Russia has also decided to stop the activities of the British Council in Russia. The Council is Britain's international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities. Russia has also withdraw permission for Britain to open a consulate in Saint Petersburg. Earlier this week. Russian Foreign ... |
| 03/18/2018 05:05 | Russia retaliates against the UK over ongoing spy poisoning fight ( Vox )
Russia also revoked permission for the UK to open a general consulate in St. Petersburg, and the British Council, a cultural and educational organization, has been ordered to stop its activities in the country. Russian officials also warned that if Britain takes âfurther unfriendly actionsâ against Russia, âThe ... |
| 03/18/2018 05:05 | Russia boots 23 UK diplomats in spy-poisoning tit for tat ( Washington Post )
It also said in a statement that it is ordering the closure of the British Council, a government-backed organization for cultural and scientific cooperation, and that it is ending an agreement to reopen the British consulate in St. Petersburg. The announcement followed on the heels of Britain's order this week ... |
| 03/17/2018 16:10 | Russia to expel 23 British diplomats in spy poisoning standoff ( euronews )
Russia said it would also withdraw permission for Britain to open a general consulate in St Petersburg and would close the British Council, an international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities, in Russia. The British Ambassador Laurie Bristow was summoned to the Russian ... |
| 03/17/2018 13:05 | Fiction Chronicle: Life Will Deceive You Later ( Wall Street Journal )
Tatyana Tolstaya opens her story collection âAetherial Worldsâ (Knopf, 241 pages, $25.95) by addressing the elephant in the room, the question of her loaded last name: âMy grandfather Aleksey Tolstoy, a famous Russian writer, attended the Saint Petersburg Technological Institute in his youth, starting ... |
| 03/17/2018 05:25 | White House is sanctioning Russians for 2016 election interference and other cyber attacks ( Janesville Gazette )
Trump has not criticized Russia for its election meddling, which included spreading fake news stories and hacking the Democratic National Committee and ... individuals sanctioned was Yevgeniy Prigozhin, founder of the Internet Research Agency, the sanctioned entity based in St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| 03/16/2018 18:35 | Meet the activist who uncovered the Russian troll factory named in Mueller probe ( Minnesota Public Radio News )
Internet activist Lyudmila Savchuk spent two months working in a "troll factory" in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was tasked with writing posts that would inflame anti-American sentiment among Russians. Others at the factory would write negative posts about American politicians, the war in Ukraine and ... |
| 03/16/2018 07:20 | Trump administration sanctions Russia for 2016 election interference, other cyber attacks ( ABC News )
The building known as the "troll factory" or the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, Russia, is pictured in this April 19, 2015 file photo.more + ... The Trump administration is hitting five Russian entities and 19 Russian citizens with sanctions for cyber activity, including their interference in the 2016 ... |
| 03/14/2018 20:05 | Three-fingered mummies found in Peru are not human says scientist and may be aliens ( Herald Sun )
Professor Konstantin Korotkov says three-fingered mummies found in Peru are not human. Picture: YouTube. In a short documentary on the bizarre find, Dr Konstantin Korotkov, a professor at Saint Petersburg University, claimed these features are not a deformity â claiming they are âanother creature, ... |
| 03/14/2018 18:10 | How The Kremlin Silences Youth Protests Ahead Of Elections ( Worldcrunch )
Navalny supporters are being pressured at other universities, as well. Those who openly sympathize with him have been threatened with dismissal, while a medical academy in St. Petersburg has called on its students to avoid taking part in any of Navalny's actions. The Ministry of Education and Science ... |
| 03/14/2018 13:05 | Hungary Keeps Central European University on Ice ( Transitions Online )
In the run-up to the elections, Fidesz relaunched its scapegoat attacks on CEU's founder, Hungarian-American financier George Soros, accusing him, among ... Last year, a Russian university of similar liberal orientation as CEU, the European University at Saint Petersburg, lost its educational license. |
| 03/14/2018 07:05 | Fuel hysteria, sow discord, spread confusion. Detailed account on manipulation attempts before ... ( StopFake.org )
The report covers solely the actions conducted by the St Petersburg âtroll factoryâ, officially called the Internet Research Agency and known by many other names too, starting with âOlgino trollsâ (based on the first location of the agency in this St Petersburg district). Later it moved to Savushkina street and, ... |
| 03/13/2018 20:10 | Three-fingered mummies found in Peru are not human says scientist and may be aliens ( NEWS.com.au )
A SET of three-fingered âmummiesâ recently discovered in Peru are not human and could be aliens, a scientist has claimed. .... In a short documentary on the bizarre find, Dr Konstantin Korotkov, a professor at Saint Petersburg University, claimed these features are not a deformity â claiming they are ... |
| 03/13/2018 19:05 | Three-fingered mummies in Peru are aliens, claims controversial Russian scientist ( Deccan Chronicle )
According to a report published in The Daily Mail, Dr Konstantin Korotkov, a professor of Computer Science and Biophysics at Saint-Petersburg Federal University, said the mummies are 'aliens'. No stranger to controversy, Dr Korotkov was widely criticised in 2008 when he claimed to have created a ... |
| 03/12/2018 22:20 | Now, one Russian 'expert' claims he has done DNA tests to prove they are not human. ( Daily Mail )
Dr Konstantin Korotkov, a professor of Computer Science and Biophysics at Saint-Petersburg Federal University believes the mummies are 'aliens'. Dr Korotkov is no stranger to controversy. He was widely criticised in 2008 when he claimed to have created a camera that could photograph the human ... |
| 03/11/2018 06:05 | Mystery of Three-Fingered Peruvian Mummies: ETs or Humans? ( Sputnik International )
All set to break the mysterious creature's DNA code, the Russian scientists plan to work closely with their Peruvian colleagues. They even want to seek ... Besides Maria, the St. Petersburg scientists have also been analyzing the genome of another mummy found in Peru. While Maria was an adult woman ... |
| 03/10/2018 21:10 | Things to do in and around Greenwich ( Greenwich Time )
Olesya Turkina, an expert on the Soviet Space Dogs who teaches at Saint Petersburg University in Russia, will speak at the Bruce Museum from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Admission is free for museum members and students with valid ID and $15 for nonmembers when registered in advance. At the door ... |
