RUSSIA

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Russia’s COVID-19 vaccination drive slowly picking up speed

2:34 pm February 22, 2021

Ikhala : Maria Piparinen and other elderly residents of Ikhala were relieved when they heard that doctors were finally bringing a few doses of the coronavirus vaccine to their remote, snowy village in the Russian region of Karelia, near the border with Finland. Otherwise, the 75-year-old said she would have had to hire a car to take her 10 kilometers (6 miles) […]

Navalny daughter accepts human rights award on his behalf

Moscow court fines opposition leader Navalny for defamation

11:30 pm February 20, 2021

Moscow: A Moscow court has ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pay a fine in a defamation case, a ruling that came hours after another judge rejected the top Kremlin critic’s appeal of his prison sentence. The court convicted Navalny on charges of slandering a World War II veteran and ordered him to pay a fine of 850,000 […]

FS Shringla calls for greater interaction among strategic affairs analysts of India and Russia

4:45 pm February 18, 2021

Moscow: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday highlighted the unique nature of India’s close and trust-based partnership with Russia, as he called for greater interaction among the think tanks and strategic affairs analysts of the two nations in line with their strong comprehensive bilateral cooperation. Shringla arrived in Moscow on Tuesday on his first foreign trip this year and […]

Belarus to hold constitutional vote in less than one year

11:37 pm February 12, 2021

Kyiv: The authoritarian leader of Belarus said Friday that a referendum on changing the ex-Soviet nation’s constitution would be held in less than a year, part of government efforts to stem the tide of opposition protests. Wrapping up the two-day All-Belarus People’s Assembly, President Alexander Lukashenko said the constitutional vote would be conducted simultaneously with municipal elections which are to be held no later than […]

Russia says it’s ready for split if EU imposes new sanctions

8:53 pm February 12, 2021

Moscow: Russia is prepared for a split with the European Union if the EU imposes new crippling sanctions amid a dispute over the treatment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the nation’s top diplomat warned Friday. In response to a question about Moscow’s willingness to rupture links with the EU, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in […]