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Estonia says Russian planes violate its airspace, again

10:55 pm June 16, 2021

Helsinki: NATO member Estonia said Wednesday that two Russian fighter jets have violated its airspace, in what it claimed was the fourth such incident this year. Two Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighters entered the Baltic country’s airspace in the vicinity of Hiiumaa, a Baltic Sea island belonging to Estonia, without permission and spent less than one minute there Tuesday morning, Estonia’s military said in a statement. It added that […]

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China, Russia release roadmap for building lunar space station as Biden, Putin meet in Geneva

10:42 pm June 16, 2021

Beijing: As US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face summit in Geneva on Wednesday, China and Russia reaffirmed their close ties by releasing a roadmap for building a lunar space station. President Biden and his Russian counterpart Putin shook hands after arriving for the crucial summit on Wednesday, as relations between the two nations have plummeted to post-Cold War lows. The Biden-Putin summit is being viewed in Beijing […]

Navalny daughter accepts human rights award on his behalf

10:56 pm June 8, 2021

Geneva: The daughter of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accepted a human rights award on her father’s behalf on Tuesday for his courage in facing down President Vladimir Putin’s government. Daria Navalnaya, a 20-year-old student at Stanford University in California, said her father was dedicating the courage award given by the Geneva Summit for Human Rights to all political prisoners in Russia and Belarus. “You really […]

Rollout of Sputnik-V COVID vaccine in Prayagraj soon

Delhi likely to receive Russian COVID vaccine Sputnik V after June 20: Kejriwal

5:37 pm May 31, 2021

New Delhi: The national capital is expected to receive the Russian COVID-19 vaccine- Sputnik V after June 20, said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday. “They are importing the vaccines right now, and they will allot a section of their imported vaccines to the Delhi government,” he stated. The remark from Delhi CM came […]

US tells Russia it won’t rejoin Open Skies arms control pact

11:58 pm May 27, 2021

Washington: The Biden administration informed Russia on Thursday that it will not rejoin a key arms control pact, even as the two sides prepare for a summit next month between their leaders. US officials said Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told the Russians that the administration had decided not to reenter the Open Skies Treaty, which had allowed surveillance flights over military facilities in both countries […]

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