(Reuters) – Thousands took to the streets in Russia’s far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday to protest President Vladimir Putin’s handling of the regional political crisis and the suspected poisoning of his most vocal critic. Protesters chanted “Putin, have some tea,” in the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, …
Read More »Russia releases secret footage of 1961 ‘Tsar Bombay’ hydrogen blast
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia released previously classified footage of the world’s largest nuclear explosion, when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomb almost 60 years ago. A hydrogen bomb with a force of one million million tons of conventional explosives exploded in a test in the October / October …
Read More »Nobel laureate author emerges as powerful vote-taker Belarus protests
MINSK / KYIV (Reuters) – With a bunch of flowers and surrounded by clapping supporters, Belarus’s most famous writer has given a powerful voice to the opposition against President Alexander Lukashenko, even though she has so far barred a leadership role. nobody. FILE PHOTO: The 2015 Nobel Prize winner for …
Read More »Musk confirms Tesla Nevada factory was the target of ‘serious’ cyber attacks
FILE PHOTO: CEO Eles Musk of Tesla Inc. Speaks at an Opening Ceremony for Tesla’s China Model Y Program in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS / Aly Song (Reuters) – Elon Musk said Thursday that Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) factory in Nevada was the target of a “serious” cybersecurity attack, …
Read More »Who else but Navalny? Kremlin critic’s illness a blow to campaigners to break Putin’s grip
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s sudden illness has unleashed his strategy to challenge Vladimir Putin’s grip on power in the upcoming regional elections. But it also exposes a longer-term issue – the leadership vacuum within Russia’s opposition. FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny awaits the start of …
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