Russian MPs on Thursday overwhelmingly backed President Vladimir Putin’s pick for the country’s new prime minister. After hearing Mikhail Mishustin lay out his aims lawmakers voted to approve his candidacy, with no MPs voting against him, although Communist MPs abstained. “The decision has been taken,” concluded speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.
The Trump administration quietly threatened last week to impose tariffs on key European nations, just before they officially accused Iran of breaching the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. According to EU officials familiar with the talks, the United States threatened ...