Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to meet President Trump amid the focus the congressional impeachment inquiry, CNN reported.

A Kremlin press release last month showed Putin at his Moscow residence, sitting by a screen with a bright blue taskbar - suggesting that the computer was still running Windows XP.

The Russian president told a Moscow news conference that Trump was likely to survive a Senate trial after the House of Representatives charged him with abuse of power last night.

Maxine Waters, a vocal Donald Trump critic, said POTUS would invite Vladimir Putin to the White House if he is not removed from office by the Senate and called him 'Putin's puppet.'

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Mr Putin that the first missile unit equipped with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle entered Russian combat duty, the Defence Ministry said.

Mr Young (pictured with girlfriend Noelle Reno) died after plunging onto railings below his £3m London penthouse in 2014 after repeatedly warning police and friends that hitmen wanted him dead.

U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating whether Russia is targeting Joe Biden in the 2020 election by promoting the controversy in the Ukraine over his and Hunter Biden's roles there. 

MARK ALMOND: He likes to take the world - and Russians - by surprise. Vladimir Putin's lengthy State of Russia speech yesterday was expected to be the usual tedious outline of statistics.

In an address to the nation, Putin - who should step down in 2024 under the current arrangement - described how power was being shifted from the presidency to parliament.

Putin appears to have set himself up to rule for life after announcing reforms that could see him grab the helm of a strengthened state council. His moves have been likened to that of China's leader.

The first image of Vladlena Mishustina, wife of Russia's new prime minister Mikhail Mishustin, emerged on Friday as questions were raised about how they obtained their wealth.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has submitted to parliament a package of constitutional amendments widely seen as an attempt to secure his grip on power after his term ends in 2024.

Russia's parliament on Thursday approved a package of constitutional amendments in a move widely seen as an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to stay in power past the end of his term.

Imran Aliev's body was found in a hotel in Lille, France, last week. The 44-year-old had vocally opposed to both Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Bashir Dokhov fixed a large portrait of Putin to the lift in a Moscow residential block and recorded people's shocked reactions as they entered the lift.

Vladimir Putin was asked to confirm or deny years of rumours that he uses body doubles to avoid being assassinated, claiming that he was advised to do it back in 2000 but turned down the idea.

The Russian missile force - charged with guarding the country's nuclear weapons - has held a Makeup Under Camouflage event and female paratroopers have been required to sew.

The Russian leader used the video conference to demand a 'green corridor' in which key technology could be shared regardless of sanctions such as those on Moscow.

Boris Johnson and counterparts including Donald Trump, Xi Jinping of China, and Vladimir Putin linked up for a discussion on how to coordinate the response.

Cameras followed Alexandra Tolstoy and Sergei Pugachev over five years for a documentary about their privileged lifestyle but as they were filming things began to fall apart.

Streets in the Russian capital were deserted today with Red Square empty (pictured) after mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the drastic measures last night.

The paratroopers reportedly jumped from a height of 10,000 metres (32,808 feet) from an Ilyushin Il-76 strategic airlifter.

Dmitry Bosov, 52, one of the richest men in Russia, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head inside the private gym of his mansion in Moscow on Wednesday night.

Working on finishes below during development and production will surely help to build up trust with the consumer.

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Monsoon Blockchain Corporation, Asia’s premier blockchain company pioneering the adoption of highly secure decentralized asset management, has partnered with Asia’s largest digital asset platform OSL of BC Group, DraperDragon Fund, CarbonBlue of BSN, and Academy Award Winning Studio Cross Creek Media. This deal signifies a major move for the blockchain, digital assets, and the expansion of global media and Hollywood. These partners create a global powerhouse in the Asia-Pacific region, which plan to harness industry-leading blockchain solutions for their business needs.

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The Monsoon-OSL deal will explore opportunities to accelerate the drive towards the digitalization of assets, money, currencies, and decentralized blockchain ledgers (where all transactions, storage of payments and data will be inviolably recorded). Combining intellectual property, deal flow, large scale investors, and blockchain capabilities, Monsoon Blockchain is looking to create a digital asset powerhouse in the US and Asia.

OSL is the Hong Kong region’s most comprehensive digital asset platform, providing Software-as-a-Service, brokerage, exchange, and custody services for institutions and professional investors. OSL manages over $1.5B in transactions per month in digital asset trading. After reaching $171 billion this year, the value of business-to-business and cross-border payments carried out on blockchain systems is estimated to exceed an astounding $4.4 trillion by 2024.

Recently, Fidelity International, a spin-off from the U.S. financial services brand Fidelity Investments, invested in BC Group (stock code: 863 HK), the Hong Kong-based operator of crypto exchange OSL. Including custodial accounts, the firm reported $8.3 trillion in assets under administration - a spike from the reported $6.7 trillion in 2018.

Both Monsoon and OSL will participate in launching multiple digital assets and tokens including media and telecommunications tokens, Monsoon Token, and other branded assets within the Monsoon ecosystem. Monsoon has been making worldwide news in blockchain after partnering with China’s largest phone retailer, Dixintong (D.Phone), which generated a reported $2.5 billion in revenue in 2019.

Monsoon will be joining the Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), which was recently launched on the Chinese Mainland on April 25th, 2020 and will officially be available for global commercial use by June 25^th. China Mobile, China UnionPay, and Red Date Technology are the founding consortia partners that created the BSN protocol and infrastructure, which has been deployed in over 100 cities in China. The BSN is a global interoperability protocol that allows companies to connect to different blockchain ecosystems, as well as create and run new blockchain-as-a-service applications. The BSN will accelerate the development of digital economies and smart cities deployment by providing global interconnectivity and integrated blockchain cloud computing services for participants on the network.

Additionally, Monsoon has formed a new partnership with CarbonBlue Innovations to integrate cloud computing capabilities on top of the BSN protocol, allowing the creation of new low-cost blockchain cloud computing offerings suitable for developing regions of the world. CarbonBlue Innovations is a leading venture building and investment company that is focused on rapidly commercializing and scaling blockchain, fintech, and digital finance innovation around the world. Not only does CarbonBlue Innovations focus on both fintech infrastructure solutions, but also digital assets and investment banking services to allow the institutional adoption of regulated digital assets.

Michael Sung, Chairman of CarbonBlue Innovations asserted: “Monsoon’s unique cloud computing optimization technologies complement the existing multi-cloud offerings of the BSN and can further enhance our ability to customize blockchain cloud services for the developing world. With this partnership, we will be able to offer compelling low-cost solutions to enable SMEs (small and medium enterprises) globally to join the digital economy, which will massively drive self-sufficiency and financial inclusion in these developing regions.”

Monsoon will also be able to leverage the partnership with CarbonBlue Innovations to create innovative digital asset securitization and digital finance solutions for the market. Leveraging CarbonBlue Innovation’s strong academic and institutional finance affiliations, the new partnership will allow the creation of a vertically-integrated digital asset investment banking platform to address the massive opportunity in the future digitization of the world’s economy. CarbonBlue Innovations is able to provide full-stack solutions, vertically-integrating fintech technology infrastructure, legal/regulatory best practices, and institutional financial engineering expertise for digital finance.

Michael Sung added, “CarbonBlue Innovations has created a strong strategic partnership network consisting of the top digital asset companies leading the industry. Combined with Monsoon’s access to various industry ecosystems and pipeline of tokenization projects, our partnership will enable us to immediately scale to take a leadership position in the market and allow our clients to leapfrog into the future of finance.”

Partnering with Monsoon Blockchain, Cross Creek Media ($1.5B in the worldwide Box office) will expand its digital assets in film, television, and IP into the blockchain universe. The aim of the partnership is to achieve streamlined digital content management systems, and to gain broader access to worldwide audiences. Cross Creek has been a co-financier/producer of such films as Oscar winner Black Swan and has been behind hits American Made,Everest, Black Mass, Bloodshot, Hacksaw Ridge and the upcoming The Trial of the Chicago 7. Cross Creek is well positioned to be the next generation of production houses. Additionally, Cross Creek will announce a token style offering alongside Monsoon Blockchain Corporation. Timmy Thompson, CEO of Cross Creek Media stated: “We are very excited to work with Monsoon and continue developing award-winning properties. Furthermore, we believe Cross Creek's portfolio of new media technology investments perfectly positions us to take advantage of the new distribution paradigms.”

“We are very honored to work with such insightful leaders and innovators, the breadth of participants in this deal demonstrates the significant impact blockchain will have across a wide variety of industries,” Dr. Donald Basile added, “tokenization of asset classes has a tremendous upside on both the investment level and security level. Gartner’s prediction of over $3 trillion of business value added by blockchain seems increasingly likely.”

Monsoon Blockchain Corporation is focused on innovative cloud solutions in the blockchain ecosystem. Dr. Donald Basile, its CEO and founder, is the former CEO of Fusion IO, a company known for playing a major role in implementing the cloud systems at Apple and Facebook as well as partnerships with HP, IBM, and Dell. Recently, Monsoon Blockchain added advisory board members Ken Goldman, President of Hillspire (Eric Schmidt’s family office), and former CFO of Yahoo and Fortinet and Xiaoma Lu, former Dalian Wanda Investments CEO and former board member of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to their team.

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Justin Bieber's $1200 art purchase has helped raise $12.5K for Kobe Bryant's Mama fund. The artists created 260 mini versions of Justin's and donated 24% of profits to the Mamba On Three fund.

The Beckhams were VIP guests at Justin Bieber's new album preview in London on Tuesday night.

The Canadian star is preparing himself for a return to the mainstream with new album Changes, his first notable output since 2015 and the multi-platinum selling long-player Purpose.

The Baby crooner, 25, also joked that his wife, 23, was 'ignoring him' as she failed to answer his FaceTime call while he was on stage at his new album preview at Indigo at The 02 in London, on Thursday

Justin Bieber cut a casual figure while heading to church on Wednesday night with his wife Hailey.

The pop star, 25, was tuned into his headphones as he biked through the luxurious neighborhood on his own. Bieber wore a black sweatshirt, backwards hat, and Nike shorts.

The singer, 25, admitted that in one of his songs he tells the model, 23, to 'take out' her upsets on him 'in the sack,' as he credited Hailey for being a guiding influence in his life.

The Canadian crooner looked like he was in full preparation mode as he made his way to the dance studio on Thursday. The Yummy singer, 25, seemed like he was in high spirits.

With the NHL season ramping up towards the playoffs, Jimmy Fallon decided to get some hockey lessons from hockey enthusiast and Canada's own Justin Bieber.

The 25-year-old singer was a friend of the basketball icon - who died in a helicopter crash in January - and Justin has admitted the tragic incident has reminded him of his real priorities in life.

'I just wanna protect her, you know? I don't want her to lose it. I don't want her to go through anything I went through. I don't wish that upon anybody. So if she ever needs me, I'm just a call away.'

The Montage Beverly Hills hotel is a kingdom of opulence frequented by the rich and famous in one of the world's most famous postcodes - 90210. Ted Thornhill dips his toes into the waters of luxury...

The Sorry hitmaker, 25, who married Hailey in 2018, added that he initially told the model that he wouldn't be faithful as he was still dealing with 'unforgiveness' from the previous relationship.

The pop star filmed himself shaving his face and posted it to Instagram stories before declaring himself 'baby face BIEB'.

Justin Bieber shows solid technique as he plays a round of golf with friend and  two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Justin Bieber gushed over a photo of his wife Hailey Bieber decked out in a black shorts ensemble: 'Love this look babe,' he wrote in the caption.

Justin Bieber plans to start a family in 'due time.' The 25-year-old singer - who is married to model Hailey Bieber - has admitted he'd love to become a dad one day, but he has ambitions to achieve before then.

Bieber, 25, was clad in a red Flâneur hoodie with black shorts and high-top white sneakers as he rode a bike in the luxe locale.

The Never Say Never hitmaker's fans were concerned about him in 2018 when photos emerged of the star in tears, but he has recalled just feeling emotional that day.

This girls night was full of pure star power. Hailey Bieber enjoyed a night with some friends, including Nicole Richie and Ariana Grande, over sushi on Monday.

What critics can agree on is that the new music reflects the 25-year-old Canadian pop star's joy at being married to Hailey Baldwin and the bliss of life as a newlywed.

Justin Bieber kissed his wife Hailey Baldwin in a romantic black-and-white snap he posted to Instagram on Tuesday. The 25-year-old pop act gushed that his wife is 'my whole other half.'

Justin Bieber's weeklong 'takeover' of CBS' The Late Late Show with James Corden continues this week, with the pop star still insisting he could beat Tom Cruise in a fight.

In the episode, Bieber, 25, used Havening to relax when he felt a bit anxious amid a crowded scene on set as he filmed the video for his single Yummy.

His fifth studio album Changes arrived on Valentine's Day with his tour to promote the new music set to kick off in May. And on Wednesday, Justin Bieber shared a snap on a private plane.