► The Kremlin denies a meeting between Putin and Trump
The Kremlin denied Monday, November 11, that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have spoken since the latter's victory in the American presidential election, as reported by the Washington Post newspaper.
“This absolutely does not correspond to reality, it is a pure invention”, “this is simply false information”Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “For the moment, there are no concrete plans” for such a discussion, he said. Last week, the two men said they were ready to talk.
According to anonymous sources cited by the Washington Post, Donald Trump asked the Russian leader not to provoke an escalation in Ukraine. A spokesperson for the US president-elect's transition team said in a statement that it would not “commenting on private calls between President Trump and other leaders”.
► A twelve-year prison sentence for “treason” confirmed for a Russian-American
A Russian court has rejected the appeal of Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American citizen, sentenced to twelve years in prison for ” treason “ for making a donation of around €50 to an organization helping Ukraine.
“The defense appeal was rejected”, “the conviction is now enforceable”the appeal court of the Sverdlovsk region in the Urals announced on Telegram.
► Air alert in almost all of Ukraine after Russian bombers take off
Air alerts sounded over most of Ukrainian territory, the Ukrainian air force announced after the takeoff of several Russian bombers.
” Attention ! Missile danger throughout Ukraine! Takeoff of a MiG-31K »the Ukrainian Air Force said in a message on Telegram. She also announced that eight Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers were heading towards Ukraine.
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