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Putin apologises for plane crash, without saying Russia at fault

Russia's President Vladimir Putin. PHOTO/@mfa_russia/X

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed – but stopped short of saying Russia was responsible. In his first comments on the Christmas Day crash, Putin said the ‘tragic incident’ had occurred when Russian […]

Putin urges Ukraine military to overthrow country’s leaders

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin has appealed directly to Ukrainian troops and told them “it will be easier for us to agree if you take power in your own hands”. During the address, the Russian president said it was “easier to negotiate with you” than the “gang of Nazis that has captured Kyiv” – an apparent reference to […]

NDEGWA: We need to take stand in US-China trade row

Stephen Ndegwa The escalating trade spat between the two largest economies in the world—the United States and China, —is emerging as a serious threat to the global economy. China must have seen it coming, after claims by the US for over a decade that Chinese tech giant Huawei was engaged in unfair trade practices and […]