BERLIN. The shock election of Donald Trump as US president has forced greater responsibility for defending Western values and interests onto German ChancellorAngela Merkel's shoulders, analysts say, with some even crowning her the new "leader of the free world" ...Merkel, after 11 years at the helm, now looks increasingly like the only bulwark of stability and liberal freedom among Western allies. "Merkel... RELATED. From around the web....
The UN has condemned Russia's "temporary occupation" of Crimea and accused it of multiple human rights abuses in the region ... In pictures. Russian troops in Crimea as Ukraine crisis continues. 10 show all ....
New York. When New York City launched the nation's biggest municipal ID card program last year, advocates said it would help people living in the US illegally to venture out of the shadows. But since Donald Trump was elected president, city officials are instead fielding questions about whether the cards could put those same people at greater risk of being deported ... illegally for 17 years ... "I feel safe in New York ... ....
Russia's Supreme Court on Wednesday scrapped a criminal conviction and sent the case of opposition leader AlexeiNavalny for retrial, opening the door for his potential run for office ...FILE - In this file photo taken on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny smiles before a broadcast ......
This is how a witness described RussianEconomic DevelopmentMinisterAlexei Ulyukayev’s reaction to a special operation to detain him for receiving a $2 million bribe, the report of which Russia’s main investigatory authority, the Investigative Committee published on Nov ... 'Lyosha [a diminutive for Alexei], pour the tea,' Gaidar said."....
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's Supreme Court on Wednesday scrapped a criminal conviction and sent the case of opposition leader AlexeiNavalny for retrial, opening the door for his potential run for office ... in February that Russia violated Alexei Navalny's right to a fair trial, and has ordered the government to pay him legal costs and damages....
Russian PresidentVladimir Putin dismissed Economy MinisterAlexei Ulyukayev on Tuesday over allegations he extorted a $2 million bribe from top oil producer Rosneft, a case that could expose fault... ....
The detainment of the former Russian Economy MinisterAlexei Ulyukayev, later charged with taking a bribe, was not political, according to a former Russian finance minister ... ....
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Other suspects may appear in a criminal case in which investigators have charged Russia's former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev with extorting a $2 million bribe, unnamed sources told Russian news agencies on Wednesday. ....
MOSCOW, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Other suspects may appear in a criminal case in which investigators have charged Russia's former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev with extorting a $2 million bribe,... ....
The case of former RussianEconomic DevelopmentMinisterAlexei Ulyukayev, charged with bribery and extortion, could involve up to eight people more ... ....
RussianEconomic DevelopmentMinisterAlexei Ulyukayev, who was in charge of compiling Moscow’s proposals for possible economic cooperation with Japan, was fired Tuesday after being detained earlier on suspicion of receiving a $2 million bribe, local media reported ... > ... ....
Further company coverage. MOSCOW, Nov 15Russian Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday he did not understand what had happened to Economy MinisterAlexei Ulyukayev, who was detained overnight on bribery charges ... ....
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday scrapped a criminal conviction and sent the case of opposition leader AlexeiNavalny for retrial, opening the door for his potential run for office. Navalny was convicted in 2013 of embezzling timber worth $500,000 at the time from a state-owned company in the provincial city of Kirov […]> ... ....