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Russians deny being source of radioactive leak in northern Europe claiming their two nuclear power plants in the region are working normally Nordic authorities said they detected increased radioactivity in northern Europe Netherlands environment institute says radionuclides are from western Russia Nuclear operator Rosenergoatom claims two northern plants working normally By Milly Vincent For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Putin raises income tax from 13% to 15% for wealthy Russians on more than £58,000 to pay for coronavirus measures Putin said the tax increase would bring in 60billion roubles (£700million) It is the first tax hike on wealthy Russians since flat tax was introduced in 2001 Russia faces its worst economic crisis since 2009 … Read more
Trump says NOBODY has briefed him about the Russians trying to help the Sanders campaign and claims Adam Schiff leaked the story because the Dems ‘don’t want the socialist to win’ – saying ‘it’s like 2016 all again – but for Bernie’ President Trump congratulated Bernie Sanders on his victory in the Nevada caucuses He … Read more
The White House on Wednesday angrily denied a courtroom claim by the lawyer for Julian Assange that the WikiLeaks founder was offered a Donald Trump presidential pardon if he would provide evidence that Russia wasn’t behind the 2016 hacking of Democratic emails. Assange, 48, is on trial in London, and is wanted in the U.S. … Read more
Agent Molière Geoff Andrews IB Taurus £20 Rating: Years ago, Willy Russell wrote a musical called John, Paul, George, Ringo…. & Bert. Among the five Cambridge spies, John Cairncross is very much the ‘& Bert’ figure. There have been books, articles, films and plays galore about Philby, Maclean, Burgess and Blunt, but nobody seems to … Read more