Dmitry Medvedev made the announcement after Vladimir Putin unveiled a series of changes Medvedev said would alter the country’s balance of power.
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Iran announces arrests over its downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176
Iranian media said the arrests came after wide investigations. President Hassan Rouhani called shooting down the plane “painful and unforgivable.”
Iran claims revenge for Qasem Soleimani’s killing, but the US Navy is still a target
Amid intensifying tensions between Tehran and Washington after the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani, the U.S. Navy is in Iran’s crosshairs.
Analysis: Trump backs away from war with Iran but it’s not over
The Iran attack represents perhaps the most aggressive assault on U.S. interests by Iran since it seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979.
Stampede at Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani’s funeral kills at least 56
Authorities delay burial of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in his hometown, Kerman; he was killed in a drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump.
Iran abandons commitments to nuclear deal after Gen. Qasem Soleimani killing
Iran effectively abandoned the nuclear deal between itself and world powers Sunday following the U.S. killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
Iraq votes to expel U.S. troops after Iran Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s killing
About 5,000 American troops are in various parts of Iraq. After Qasem Soleimani’s killing, Iraq wants them to leave.
Iran official on Soleimani killing: ‘The response for a military action is military action’
Iran has vowed an unspecified harsh retaliation for the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani. But will it risk war?
View from there: World averts gaze from Trump impeachment
There was little immediate global reaction to Trump’s impeachment as world leaders and senior diplomats appear to be staying out of it.
Analysis: Britain’s ‘strange’ vote, won by Boris Johnson, heralds American-style ‘shift’
Boris Johnson comfortably won a vote linked to Brexit and Britain’s place in the world. That place now looks more ‘mid-Atlantic’ than European.