Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing in a small boat on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea, Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office said Thursday. Karina Borger, a Murkowski spokesperson, said by email that the office has been in communication with the U.S. …
LOADING ERROR LOADING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries. Vande Hei — who on Tuesday breaks the U.S. single spaceflight record of 340 …
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries. NASA insists Vande Hei’s homecoming plans at the end of the month remain unchanged, even as Russia’s …
Two Russians have appeared on state television saying they were in Salisbury in March for tourism, not to murder a former Russian spy and his daughter. Key points: Two men resembling the suspects appeared on Russian TV claiming to be businessmen They said they visited Salisbury as tourists and were victims of 'a fantastical coincidence' They appeared on Russian state …
Skripal, himself a former GRU officer who betrayed dozens of agents to Britain’s MI6 foreign spy service, was found unconscious with Yulia on a public bench in the southern English city of Salisbury on 4 March London: Britain charged two Russians in absentia on Wednesday with the attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter, and said the …
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