“We have stated again and again that Russian Federation is present with military personnel in eastern Ukraine and that is based on our own intelligence sources”, Stoltenberg said as he met Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at North Atlantic Treaty Organisation headquarters in Brussels.
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Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are topping Republican polls right now. “It’s not a war on faith”, he added. The poll also found that one of Trump’s most controversial statements to date – that the { U.S.
Turkey, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member state, supports some rebel groups fighting the Syrian government, as does the US. “It is not up to us to appraise his positive sides, it is up to the USA voters. but, as we can see, he is an absolute leader in the presidential race”. “Of course we welcome that”, Putin said. Putin, however, said he was ready to work with whoever becomes the next USA president.
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Republicans sought to brand her as a tax-and-spend liberal, unsympathetic to the economic pains of everyday American families. With Warren Buffett standing alongside, Hillary Clinton’s message to Nebraskans focused mostly on the economy.
“We will help settle this crisis in every possible way”, Putin said. “In its key aspects, it coincides with the American plan: working on the constitution, preparing elections in Syria and the recognition of their results”.
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However 33 members attended the house chaired by Deputy Speaker TN Thondok. Meanwhile, the issue rocked proceedings in both houses of parliament.
Turkey’s downing of a Russian SU-24 fighter bomber near the Syrian-Turkish border on November 24 prompted Putin to impose economic sanctions on Turkey who he claimed had stabbed Russia in the back.
“Why did they have to do it?”
“If somebody in the Turkish leadership chose to lick the Americans in one place…”, he said to applause from the audience.
“I suppose (Putin) sympathizes with Trump without knowing him well in person, but he is following him closely, what he does and says, just because he is not a kind of usual Western politician”, said Alexander Baunov, an analyst at the Moscow Carnegie Center.
Turkey said the aircraft violated its airspace for 17 seconds despite repeated warnings, while Moscow insisted the plane had stayed in Syrian airspace.
“I got to know him very well because we were both on ’60 Minutes, ‘ we were stable mates, and we did very well that night”, he said in the fourth GOP debate, touting the show’s ratings.
The Russian president criticized Turkey for its handling of last month’s incident, and hinted at further measures after Moscow advised citizens not to travel to the country, denting its tourism industry.
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Putin’s comment Thursday is reminiscent of his admission in March 2014 that he ordered the military operation to seize Ukraine’s Crimea province, weeks after denying that soldiers who occupied buildings and set up checkpoints around the region were acting under Russian military orders. Trump stated, “You’re a leader or you’re not a leader” adding “You basically have that ability or you don’t have that ability”.
