RUSSIA

Tens of thousands join Moscow opposition rally after crackdown

11:14 pm August 10, 2019

Moscow: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Moscow on Saturday after mass police detentions at recent protests that have been among the largest since President Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin in 2012. On a cold rainy afternoon, protesters huddled under umbrellas on the central Prospekt Andreya Sakharova street, where city authorities had […]

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9 hurt in new blasts at Russian military arsenal in Siberia

12:06 am August 10, 2019

Moscow: More explosions have injured nine more people at a military depot in Russia’s Siberia region, where massive blasts earlier in the week left one person dead and 13 injured. The Friday explosions at the ammunition depot near the city of Achinsk in eastern Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk region were caused by lightning, the Russian Defense Ministry […]

US exempts aviation, space exports from new Russia sanctions

10:43 pm August 3, 2019

Washington: The Trump administration has decided to exempt aviation safety and space exploration technology from new sanctions it has levied against Russia in connection with the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain. The State Department said late Friday that products related to those sectors will not be automatically subjected to […]

US announces new sanctions against Russia over Skripal affair: State dept

3:10 pm August 3, 2019

Washington: A fresh round of sanctions were imposed on Moscow Saturday by the United States over the 2018 poisoning of former double-agent Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom. Russian agents have been blamed for the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury in March last year using the Soviet-developed nerve […]

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Trump levies more sanctions on Russia in spy poisoning case

10:21 pm August 2, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump has slapped more sanctions on Russia in connection with the 2018 poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter, a move that a Russian lawmaker said Friday will make it less likely for normalized US-Russian relations. Trump issued an executive order late Thursday that imposes another round of sanctions against […]