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Garry Kasparov, Chess Legend, On Russia’s “Terrorists And Extremists” List

March 7, 2024 admin

Garry Kasparov joked about the label on X, formerly Twitter. Warsaw, Poland: Russia’s financial watchdog added chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov to its list of “terrorists and extremists” on Wednesday. The 60-year-old former world chess champion has been a longtime opponent of President Vladimir Putin and has repeatedly spoken out against Russia’s invasion…

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Russia Adds Ex-World Number 1 Chess Player On “Terrorists” List: Report

March 6, 2024 admin

Garry Kasparov, 60, fled Russia in 2014 for fear of persecution. London: Russia’s financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has added former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, a prominent critic of the Kremlin, to its list of “terrorists and extremists”, the RIA state news agency reported on Wednesday. The listing puts limits on individuals’ bank transactions and…

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Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones

March 5, 2024 admin

Handout footage shows what Ukrainian military intelligence said is the Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergey Kotov that was damaged by Ukrainian sea drones, at sea, at a location given as off the coast of Crimea, in this still image obtained from a video released on March 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: Ministry of…

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Ukraine Says Destroyed Russian Military Boat In Black Sea

March 5, 2024 admin

There was no official response from the Russian defence ministry. (File) Kyiv: Ukraine claimed Tuesday that its forces had destroyed a Russian military patrol boat on the Black Sea near the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia 10 years ago. The strategic waterway has beceome an increasingly important battleground of Russia’s two-year invasion as Ukrainian forces…

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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny To Be Buried In Moscow Amid Tight Security Today

March 1, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vociferous critic Alexei Navalny was died on 16 February. Moscow: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny will be buried in Moscow later on Friday amid tight security and fears of a police crackdown two weeks after he suddenly died at the age of 47 in an Arctic penal colony. Navalny’s allies…

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20 Indians Trapped In Russia-Ukraine Warzone Send SOS: Government

February 29, 2024 admin

Some 20 Indians are trapped in Russia, says the MEA New Delhi: At least 20 Indians who are trapped in Russia have contacted the Indian authorities, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said today. India is trying its best to bring back the Indians and are in touch with Russian authorities, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal…

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Russian court jails veteran activist Orlov for 2.5 years

February 27, 2024 admin

Oleg Orlov, the 70-year-old human rights campaigner and co-chair of the Nobel Prize winning Memorial group, is seen handcuffed after being sentenced to two and a half years in jail on charges of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army, in Moscow on February 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A Russian court on February 27 sentenced…

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US Blacklists 14 Russian Oil Tankers To Enforce Price Cap

February 23, 2024 admin

The United States blacklisted 14 Russian oil tankers Friday. Washington: The United States blacklisted 14 Russian oil tankers Friday as it sought to cut Moscow’s petroleum revenues by enforcing a price cap imposed by the West after the Ukraine invasion. The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on state-run shipping company Sovcomflot and said it was giving…

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Ukraine Military Destroys Russian Spy Plane

February 23, 2024 admin

Ukraine’s military on Friday said that it destroyed a Russian A-50 surveillance aircraft. Kyiv: Ukraine’s military on Friday destroyed a Russian A-50 surveillance aircraft, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said, the second time in a little more than a month that Ukraine has reported downing the sophisticated plane. “The A-50 with the call sign ‘Bayan’…

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Russian cultural figures seek release of Navalny’s body

February 23, 2024 admin

A woman lays flowers for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the Solovetsky Stone, a monument to political repression that has become one of the sites of tributes for Navalny, with the headquarters of Russia’s Federal Security Services (FSB) in the background, in Moscow on February 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Several leading…

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