In holiday message, Putin says Russia 'open to dialogue' with US - CNN

January 01, 2019

Russia Ukraine In holiday message, Putin says Russia 'open to dialogue' with US - CNN Half of Britons want UK to increase Russia sanctions to combat threat, poll shows - The Independent Will Russia be able to swallow Belarus - UNIAN UNIAN: Russian 'fairy tales' seek to defame Ukraine - Kyiv Post New York Times: As Ukraine and Russia battle over orthodoxy, schism looms - Kyiv Post In holiday message, Putin says Russia 'open to dialogue' with US - CNN CNN The message was included in a list of holiday greetings sent by Putin to heads of foreign states and governments that was released by the Kremlin Sunday."In a congratulatory message to President of the United States of America Donald Trump on the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays, Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russian-American relations are an essential factor in ensuring strategic stability and international security, and confirmed that Russia is open to dialogue with the United States on the widest possible agenda," the Kremlin statement read. Read More Half of Britons want UK to increase Russia sanctions to combat threat, poll shows - The Independent The Independent Half of Britons want the government to impose further sanctions on Russia to combat the threat from Moscow, a poll has revealed. Read More Will Russia be able to swallow Belarus - UNIAN UNIAN Amid the latest disagreements between Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, Russia-Belarus tensions became quite visible. Russia's top officials are becoming increasingly insisting in their statements calling for further creation of the so-called "Union State" that would comprise the two states. Read More UNIAN: Russian 'fairy tales' seek to defame Ukraine - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia’s legendary fairy tale genre fell out of fashion during the Soviet era, to be replaced by an altogether more sinister form of fiction, in the shape of the dark mantras of the massive propaganda machine of modern Russia. Read More New York Times: As Ukraine and Russia battle over orthodoxy, schism looms - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Ukraine is on the verge of opening the biggest schism in Christianity in centuries, as it breaks from the authority of a Moscow-based patriarch and this week expects to formally gain recognition for its own church, taking tens of millions of followers. Read More

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