Tag: Russia
Macedonia 14.02.19 | 20:51

Prosecutors looking into statement by Zaev’s adviser who blamed Russia for the tragic bus crash

Sources in the Interior Ministry and the Public Prosecutor’s Office have told the Expres.mk news that they have received the information that Rubin Zemon, SDSM member of Parliament and former adviser to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, may have some information about foreign involvement in the bus crash...

Macedonia 14.02.19 | 16:22

SDSM member of Parliament alludes that Russian intelligence was behind tragic bus crash

Rubin Zemon, member of Parliament elected on the SDSM party ticket and adviser to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, blamed an unnamed foreign intelligence service for the disastrous bus crash which killed 14 people and left seven in critical condition. Zemon alluded to Russian intelligence in the message he...

World 03.02.19 | 17:54

Four children among seven killed after bus overturns in Russia

Four children were among at least seven people killed after a bus overturned in Russia, officials said. The bus had been carrying children from the western city of Smolensk to the Kaluga region, south of Moscow. It came off the road and overturned, with pictures showing the bus entirely on its roof in...

Macedonia 15.01.19 | 15:34

Macedonian Foreign Ministry responds to Russian criticism of the renaming process

The Macedonian Foreign Affairs Ministry responded to the press release by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which condemned the way in which the Governments of Macedonia and Greece are pushing the Prespa agreement against the wishes of the public in both countries, and without involving the United Nations. The...

World 09.01.19 | 13:13

Balkans Erdogan to visit Russia in near future — Kremlin

Preparations are underway for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Russia, which is expected to take place in the near future, but no dates have been set yet, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We are making preparations for such a visit that will take place...

World 03.01.19 | 10:55

Donald Trump says Afghanistan made Soviet Union into Russia

President Donald Trump has called for Russia and others to take a more active role in the conflict in Afghanistan after claiming that involvement there was responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union. During a press conference Wednesday at the White House, Trump blasted the United States’s...

World 02.01.19 | 13:09

Death toll from Russian building collapse rises as speculation swirls

Nineteen people are confirmed dead from the New Year’s Eve collapse of an apartment building in the Urals city of Magnitogorsk, as rescuers continue to pull bodies from the rubble in frigid conditions and speculation about the cause of the disaster swirls. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry...

Life 25.12.18 | 10:56

Meteorite might be behind hill collapse in Russia’s Khabarovsk

Alexei Maslov, the head of the Verkhnebureinsky District in Russia’s Khabarovsk Territory, told Sputnik on Monday that he did not rule out the explosion of a meteorite was the cause of a small hill, a sopka, collapsing into the local Bureya River. According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s...