Alexei Navalny always decides to fight what he sees as corruption in his native Russia. The Russian opposition leader recently survived an assassination attempt where he is believed to have been poisoned. This was the latest and most serious threat to his life. The 44-year-old fell ill during a commercial …
Read More »Russia’s coronavirus vaccine remarks ‘unethical’: RDIF chief
According to Kirill Dimitriev, chief executive of Russia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund RDIF – “Sputnik V.” Russia’s criticism of the coronavirus vaccine, which supports the controversial name vaccine, is unhealthy, unethical and unproductive. “We are completely transparent and open. There is a very negative story in some western countries, and clearly …
Read More »Russian police cracked down on anti-Putin protests
Anti-Kremlin protests have been going on for three months in the city of Khabarovsk, 300,000 miles east of Moscow. Locals were outraged by President Vladimir Putin’s decision to detain popular local governor Sergei Ferguson in a case over his denial of murder charges. Video footage on social media showed a …
Read More »Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to ceasefire | World News
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Armenia and Azerbaijan had agreed on a ceasefire, which began on Saturday to exchange prisoners and bodies killed in clashes between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Talks between the two sides took place in Moscow on September 27 after hundreds …
Read More »Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh
MOSCOW (AP) – Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed on a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh from Saturday afternoon. The foreign ministers of the countries said in a statement that the purpose of the ceasefire was to restore prisoners and restore the dead, adding that certain details would be agreed later. …
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