Russia

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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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered that greenhouse gas emissions in Russia be reduced by 70 percent compared to the year 1990. That goal must be achieved by 2030 at the latest, according to the decree issued by the…
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Massive vaccinations against the coronavirus will start in the coming months in the Russian capital Moscow. That starts between December and January, Mayor Sergej Sobjanin wrote on his blog on Monday. The first significant…
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Turkey is sending Syrian mercenaries to Nagorno-Karabakh, both the French and Russian presidents say. Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin have expressed their concerns about this in a telephone conversation, the Élysée reports. Both…
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The mayor of Moscow is calling on companies to allow their employees to work from home as much as possible from Monday. The number of corona infections in Russia has recently broken new records. Mayor Sergei Sobjanin of the capital…
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