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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…
Russian President Putin May Remain in Power Longer
Russian President Vladimir Putin may remain in power much longer if it is up to the highest Russian judges. According to them, Putin's plans do not violate the constitution.
The 67-year-old president wants to change the…
Five Dead in Russian Hotel that is Flooded Due to Break in Hot Water Pipe
In Perm, a city in the east of the European part of Russia, at least five people have died because of a break in the hot water pipe of a hotel.
The pipe broke through in the middle of the night, after which large parts of a…