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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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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’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’…
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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Washington: Russian authorities must return the body of Alexei Navalny to his mother, the White House said Thursday, days after the opposition leader died in an Arctic prison. “The Russians need to give her back her son,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington, so that Navalny’s mother can “properly memorialize… her…
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Last week, Russia authorities said that Alexei Navalny, 47, suddenly died in his Arctic prison. Paris: Alexei Navalny’s top lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, said on Wednesday that in life or in death the opposition leader would “influence history” as she paid an emotional tribute to the late Russian opposition icon. Mikhailova, who is arguably the most…
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Polish farmers protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe and against the import of agricultural produce and food products from Ukraine, as they block roads in Gorzyczki, Poland, February 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Poland’s foreign ministry on Wednesday denounced pro-Putin and anti-Ukrainian slogans at farmers’ protests…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on February 20 that Moscow has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space, claiming that the country has only developed space capabilities similar to those of the U.S. Mr. Putin’s statement follows the White House confirmation last week that Russia…
India and Russia also planning to discuss the final delivery schedule for the remaining two squadrons. New Delhi: With the Air Force having already operationalised three of its S-400 air defence missile squadrons along borders with China and Pakistan, Indian and Russian officials are set to meet soon to discuss the final delivery schedule for…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AP The Kremlin on October 24 denied a report that President Vladimir Putin was ill, and laughed off persistent rumours that he used body doubles to cover for him in public appearances. “Everything is fine with him, this is absolutely another fake,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said…
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