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Apple and Google Pull Opposition App From Russian Stores Following Kremlin Pressure
The world’s two most powerful tech companies have kowtowed to Putin’s regime, it seems. On Friday morning, Bloomberg reported that Google and Apple have removed longtime opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s voter guide app from the App Store and Google Play store in Russia. Activists have charged the companies with bowing to Kremlin pressure. The Russian…
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Biden Wags Finger at Putin Over Human Rights and Cyberattacks, Then Gives Him Crystal Buffalo
Joe Biden held his first meeting as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin Wednesday in a get-together that seems to have gone surprisingly well.
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Julian Assange Dragged Out Of Ecuadorian Embassy And Arrested By British Police
Julian Assange has been arrested by police in London after almost seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy. The WikiLeaks founder was dragged out of the embassy at approximately 10:35 am local time, or around 7.35pm AEDT.
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Russia Allegedly Threatens Retaliation Against Google If It Lowers RT Or Sputnik’s Search Rankings
The ominous cloud of doom surrounding the ongoing US investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US federal elections got a little darker on Wednesday, with Russian state communications agency Roskomnadzor allegedly threatening retaliation against Google for suggesting it could lower government-funded outlets RT and Sputnik in search rankings.