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Russia Threatens to Cut Relations With the EU in Navalny Case Sanctions
While opposition leader Alexei Navalny is back on trial again, Moscow is stepping up the poker game with the West.
Russia will cut relations with the EU if it imposes sanctions again, which seems almost inevitable.
Today, the…
EU Parliamentarians: Foreign Chief Must Go to Moscow Humiliation
About 80 MEPs think that EU foreign chief Josep Borrell cannot stay on after his "humiliating" Russia trip. If Borrell does not keep the honour to himself, his boss Ursula von der Leyen must intervene, write Dutchmen Derk Jan Eppink (JA21)…
Kremlin Happy That Biden Wants to Renew Nuclear Weapons Treaty
The Kremlin has responded positively to the US plan to renew the New START nuclear weapons treaty. It emphasized that it wanted to see a more detailed proposal.
On Thursday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden wants…
Moscow Hospital Started Vaccinating Local Population
Russia has begun to vaccinate citizens in Moscow against Covid-19. The first Sputnik V vaccines against the coronavirus were delivered to a hospital just south of Moscow last week, authorities said.
Russia claims the results of the…
Russia Starts A New Campaign Against Jehovah’s Witnesses
Justice in Russia has started a new campaign against the Jehovah's Witnesses who are a banned extremist organization under Russian law.
The religious community was banned in 2017, and hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses have been…
US Investor Released From House Arrest in Russia
The house arrest of the American investor Michael Calvey in Russia has been lifted. The Supreme Court in Moscow determined this on Thursday, Russian media reported.
Calvey, the founder of the investment fund Baring Vostok, was…
Russia: Insufficient Evidence for Navalni Poisoning
Germany does not seem to have sufficient evidence to support the statement that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been poisoned.
That is what the head of the Russian forensic institute Sergei Shigeev told state news…
EU Leaders Talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin About Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to several European leaders on Tuesday to discuss the tense situation in Belarus.
A day before an EU summit on the matter, Putin made it clear that interference in internal Belarusian affairs…
Former US Marine in Prison Does Not Appeal in Russia and Hopes for Prisoner Exchange
Paul Whelan, the former US Marine who was sentenced to 16 years in prison a week ago in Russia for espionage, will not appeal.
Whelan hopes for a prisoner exchange with the United States.
Paul Whelan, 50, was found guilty of…
Russia Postpones A Sales Ban on Electronic Devices Without Pre-Installed Russian Software
Russia postpones a sales ban on electronic devices without pre-installed Russian software. The legislation was supposed to take effect in July 2020, but that deadline has now been extended to January 1, 2021.
This is reported by…