Sky News published this video item, entitled “Saudi Ambassador: ‘It was right not to isolate Russia’ over UK prisoner release” – below is their description.
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the UK says that his nation is proud of helping with the release of five UK prisoners captured by separatist forces in eastern Ukraine.
Asked why the crown Prince did not attend the Queen’s funeral, Prince Khalid bin Bandar -Al Saud said it happened last minute and they couldn’t arrange the logistics in time.
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Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the south.
Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is a country in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia also has one of the world’s youngest populations, with approximately 50 percent of its population of 34.2 million being under 25 years old.
Based on an award-winning play (“The Audience”) by showrunner Peter Morgan, the Netflix-original drama chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s to modern times.
Ukraine is a large country in Eastern Europe known for its Orthodox churches, Black Sea coastline and forested mountains. Its capital, Kiev, features the gold-domed St. Sophia’s Cathedral, with 11th-century mosaics and frescoes. Overlooking the Dnieper River is the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, a Christian pilgrimage site housing Scythian tomb relics and catacombs containing mummified Orthodox monks.