Russia’s defense minister said Thursday that Moscow was extending a “humanitarian pause” in Aleppo scheduled to end at 1600 GMT by another day. On the order of President Vladimir Putin, “a decision was made to extend the ‘humanitarian pause’ by 24 hours,” minister Sergei Shoigu said in a statement, without ...
The US has rejected a Russian proposal to send diplomats to monitor the upcoming presidential elections and some states have even threatened to bring criminal charges against any that appear at ballot stations, Russian election officials reported Thursday. Sources in the Central Elections Commission have told Izvestia daily that its ...