Tag: moscow
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Pak-Russia relation: Implications for the US
This opinion article has been shared by Hamid Ur Rahman. There is no permanent foe nor friend in this materialistic world so that the former rival can be the present friend. The world is shifting from a unipolar to a multipolar era, and it permits countries to select new allies with new policies; due to…
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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine approved for use in Philippines
Moscow, March 19 (AFP/APP): The developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said Friday its shot had been approved for use in the Philippines where authorities are fighting to contain a spike in infections. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which funded Sputnik V, announced “the approval of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus by the Food…
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US concludes Russia poisoned Navalny, joins EU in sanctions
Washington, March 2 (AFP/APP):The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials in a coordinated action with the European Union as US intelligence concluded that Moscow orchestrated the near fatal poisoning of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. In his first major action against Russia since taking office, President Joe Biden’s administration said it…
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Navalny in Vladimir region east of Moscow to serve prison term
Moscow, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred to the Vladimir region some 200 kilometres (124 miles) east of Moscow to serve a 2.5-year term in a penal colony, Moscow’s public commission that monitors detainees’ human rights said Sunday. President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent opponent was sentenced this month to 2.5 years in…
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Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow after engine trouble
Moscow, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):A Boeing 777 airliner on Friday made an emergency landing in Moscow with engine problems, the operating airline said, days after another model rained down engine debris over the United States. State-owned Rossiya airline said the crew had registered the “incorrect operation of the engine control sensor” on a cargo flight from…
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Moscow Mayor Scraps Vote on Soviet Secret Police Chief Statue
The Moscow Mayor has scrapped a vote on a Soviet Secret Police Chief statue.
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Moscow mayor scraps vote on Soviet secret police chief statue
Moscow, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin halted a vote Friday on whether to restore a statue of Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky outside the domestic intelligence headquarters in the Russian capital. The vote, which kicked off Thursday and was set to last a week, offered Muscovites a choice between a statue of Dzerzhinsky,…
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Kremlin critic Navalny moved from jail: lawyer
Moscow, Feb 25 (AFP/APP):Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred from a Moscow jail to an unknown location, his aides said Thursday, suggesting he may be beginning a prison sentence condemned as politically motivated. President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent opponent was sentenced to more than two years in a penal colony this month for breaching…
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Putin accuses West of wanting to ‘shackle’ Russia
Moscow, Feb 24 (AFP/APP):Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his domestic intelligence agency Wednesday to be on guard against Western attempts to “shackle” the country, after the EU agreed on new sanctions on Moscow. The comments came as relations between Russia and the West approach their lowest point since the Cold War, with new EU and…
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Moscow court convicts Navalny in defamation case
Moscow, Feb 20 (AFP/APP):A Moscow court on Saturday convicted top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for defamation, just hours after another court upheld an order for him to serve more than two years in prison in another case. Judge Vera Akimova said Navalny was guilty of defaming a World War II veteran who was among a…