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ATHENS, Greece AP 鈥?Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered some concessions Tuesday to farming unionists who are threatening to block roads around the country amid protests over high production costs.But it was unclear whether the representatives of farming associations who met with Mitsotakis in Athens were appeased by the concessions, which included some tax rebates. They said decisions would be taken following regional meetings of protesting farmers from later Tuesday.Rizos Maroudas, a unionist present at the meeting, indicated he would advocate a tough stance. Not all our demands have been met, he told journalists after the talks. We believe that our protests must continue. READ MORE: EU scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to protesting farmersFarmers in several
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MOSCOW 鈥?President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russian authorities know the identities of the two men accused by Britain of carrying out a nerve agent attack on a former spy, but he added that they are civilians and there is nothing crimi
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stanley cup as damaged relations between Moscow and the West. Initially, Russian officials said they had no idea who the men were and questioned the authenticity of some of security-camera photos and video released by Scotland Yard showing them in London and Salisbury, where the pois
stanley cup oning took place.Britain last week charged two men in absentia, identifying them as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. Authorities alleged they were agents of Russia military intelligence agency known as the GRU and accused them of poisoning former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury on March 4.Britain blamed the Russian government for the attack, an allegation that Moscow has vehemently denied.Putin on Wednesday did not try to dispute the British evidence, but he insisted the men were innocent.We know who these people are, we have found them, Putin said in response to question at panel for an economic conference in Vladivostok in Russia Far East. There is nothing special or criminal about it, I can assure you.Asked by the panel moderator if the men
