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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss French President Macron’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in France on Monday, where the French leader did some serious ass kissing, as he talked up efforts “to tie Russia and Europe back together” as one single, united Europe.
Macron said he believed “Europe stretches from Lisbon to Vladivostok.” Macron the proceeded to blast US President Trump, saying that threats to multilateralism do not come from Moscow, but instead from Washington.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a bilateral summit in Goa, India on 15 October 2016 [PPIO]
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov received Foreign Secretary of India Vijay Gokhale in Moscow on Monday to discuss the work of both countries in BRICS as well as other issues to do with their strong strategic ties.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on 14 May 2017 [PPIO]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will visit Russia and meet President Vladimir Putin to take their strategic ties to a “new stage”.
The two leaders and BRICS allies have met several times in the past year and share a very close view of world affairs. Both are strong proponents of multilateralism and both have opposed the US policy of isolationism.

In our series of articles on the State of the Russian Federation speech given last week by President Vladimir Putin, we covered the objectives and situation reports on the Russian military, her international relations not related to military matters, as in trade, and her top domestic priority – the support and

According to Zerohedge, in an almost unprecedented event – having rarely commented on stories related to the special counsel’s investigation – Robert S. Mueller III’s office put out a statement firmly disputing the reporting of the news site BuzzFeed reported that the president instructed his personal attorney to lie to Congress about his push for a Moscow real estate project

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss rumors floating around the media that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be seeking to change the constitution and pave the way for his re-election as Russian President in 2024.
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The Russian S-400 anti ballistic missile defense system is reputedly the most advanced on the planet at this time. Put against the American-made Patriot system, the Russian S-400 Triumf system offers both longer and shorter range intercept capabilities (both very important!) and it is one of the recent Russian-made weapons systems that shows a great deal of sophistication.

Paul Whelan, a US citizen apparently living in Moscow, was detained on December 28 by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). He is presently being held under suspicion of spying, according to a statement from the FSB.
There is very little information being released about this situation. TASS reported: