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posted by janrinok on Monday December 18 2017, @11:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the smiles-all-around dept.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has thanked President Trump and the Central Intelligence Agency for information that he said helped prevent a terrorist attack on the Kazan Cathedral and other locations:

President Vladimir V. Putin called President Trump on Sunday to thank him for the work of the Central Intelligence Agency in helping prevent an Islamic State attack in the northern Russian city of St. Petersburg.

In rare words of praise for the C.I.A., Mr. Putin said the agency had provided information that "helped detain terrorists planning explosions," the Kremlin said in a statement posted on its website. The attackers planned to strike crowded sites including Kazan Cathedral, a landmark Orthodox Christian church, the statement said.

"The information received from the C.I.A. was sufficient to search for and detain criminals," the statement said. "The head of the Russian state asked the American president to convey words of thanks to the director of the C.I.A. and the American intelligence officers who received this information."

The attack was described as imminent. It was said to be planned for Sunday — just two days after the first arrests were made on Friday. It was not clear when the C.I.A. provided the tip.

Also at BBC, USA Today, the Washington Post (archive), CNN, and RT.


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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday December 19 2017, @04:32PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday December 19 2017, @04:32PM (#611849) Journal

    Right. Now put the uncontracted form, 'who is', in the original sentence and watch it fail: Nothing like Shooting the messenger, I suppose you also demean those who is English and punctuation isn't to your standards amIright?

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