Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is quarantined after several corona infections were found in his entourage. The Kremlin announced this on Tuesday. "Due to confirmed corona infections in his entourage, Vladimir Putin must respect a…
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Russian media and internet regulator Roskomnadzor threatens fines for Apple and Google if they do not remove the app of the detained opposition leader Aleksei Navalny from their app stores. A Russian court previously banned…
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The British naval vessel that Moscow said illegally entered Russian waters in the Black Sea near Crimea earlier this month did so to observe in detail the response of Russian forces. President Vladimir Putin said so on Wednesday. …
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US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken calls on Russia to stop its "reckless and aggressive actions" against Ukraine. He did this during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski in Kyiv. Blinken's visit comes just after…
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The countries of the European Union have no plans for the time being to expel Russian officials. They are "unanimous" behind the Czech Republic, which on Saturday expelled 18 Russians because Russia allegedly had a hand in the…
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Russian authorities say the situation of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny is stable. The politician's allies had warned that Navalny's health has deteriorated and that his lawyers should not visit him. Navalny is…
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The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is expected in court on Wednesday, according to his lawyer, because of an ongoing case in which the Kremlin critic is accused of libel. He is said to have discredited a World War II…
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The British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will investigate whether the corona vaccine, developed together with the University of Oxford, can be combined with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. AstraZeneca is entering into…
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Former shareholders of the Russian oil company Yukos may continue to claim 57 billion dollars in damages from Russia. The Russian state asked the Supreme Court to suspend the payment of that compensation as long as an appeal case…
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Russia has reported nearly 22,000 new corona infections, the most massive daily increase since the start of the pandemic. Catering establishments in the capital Moscow will be faced with stricter measures in the coming weeks to…
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