Russian President Vladimir Putin railed against anti-government protesters in a speech Thursday comparing them to child sex traffickers and suicide cultists because they supposedly use the Internet to exploit young people. Putin was addressing We Are Together , one of several nationwide volunteer groups launched in the spring of 2020 which aimed to help Russians struggling to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and its restrictions. “I would like to congratulate you on a whole year of your joint work in this wonderful, noble, and highly appreciated field of supporting those who badly need a helping hand. It is especially gratifying that someone has been doing this during the most difficult time in recent years, one of the most challenging periods of our time, during the pandemic,” Putin told volunteers. After reviewing the achievements of the group and expressing appreciation for its individual and corporate sponsors – “as many as 10,000 companies and … [Read more...] about Vladimir Putin Lumps Anti-Govt Protesters with Child Sex Traffickers in Bizarre Speech
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A look at the $500,000 Richard Mille watch stolen in Beverly Hills shooting
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 5 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Richard Mille — the luxury watch brand targeted in an armed robbery outside Beverly Hills hotspot Il Pastaio — is a favorite of celebrities like tennis ace Rafael Nadal, Brazilian soccer star Neymar, martial arts wonder Jackie Chan and actress Natalie Portman. Friends of the victim said the particular model that was ripped off in the Thursday heist that left one woman shot was a Richard Mille RM 11-03 rose gold Flyback Chronograph — which costs a jaw-dropping $500,000, according to KNBC . BEVERLY HILLS SHOOTING: ROBBERS TAKE OFF WITH $500G WATCH, REPORT SAYS The watch features a "skeletonized, automatic winding movement with a variable-geometry rotor," according to the company’s website. "Under the bonnet of the RM 11-03 beats a flyback chronograph ready to literally race on the track," it says. … [Read more...] about A look at the $500,000 Richard Mille watch stolen in Beverly Hills shooting
U.S. sanctions Russian officials over nerve-agent attack on Alexei Navalny
The Biden administration sanctioned seven mid- and senior-level Russian officials on Tuesday, along with more than a dozen businesses and other entities, over a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack on opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent jailing. The measures, emphasizing the use of the Russian nerve agent as a banned chemical weapon, marked the Biden administration’s first sanctions against associates of President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader was an intimate and favorite of President Donald Trump even amid covert Russian hacking and social media campaigns aimed at destabilizing the U.S. The government officials included at least four whom Navalny’s supporters had directly asked the West to penalize, saying they were most involved in targeting him and other dissidents and journalists. However, the U.S. list did not include any of Russia’s most powerful businesspeople and bankers, oligarchs whom Navalny has long said the West would have to sanction to get the … [Read more...] about U.S. sanctions Russian officials over nerve-agent attack on Alexei Navalny