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That’s according to a new poll from the Levada Center, which has revealed that the events of seven years ago enjoy support even from those who disapprove of President Vladimir Putin. The Levada Center is registered as a foreign agent by the country’s Ministry of Justice. Crimea was re-absorbed into …

India has let its guard down and became overconfident after successfully tackling the first wave of coronavirus only to get heavily hit by the second one, Modi has admitted, in a radio address on Sunday. The prime minister urged citizens to exercise caution and not to panic, advising them to …

The name is rather apt given the Chinese word for the red planet is Huoxing (which means “the planet of fire”), but it is also a composite of two other Chinese words, Zhu (meaning “wish”) and Rong (meaning “integration and cooperation”). According to Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the CNSA, …

Speaking at a meeting about security, immigration, and interethnic relations in Russia’s Public Chamber, the head of Moscow Police’s migration department revealed that the capital will ban those who pose a threat to public security and public order for a long time. “The migration units made a decision not to …

On Wednesday evening a deadly blast struck a Pakistan hotel stemming from a car bomb, claiming four lives. The apparent target of the attack may have been China’s ambassador to the country, Nong Rong, who was staying in the city of Quetta to meet with an official in the volatile …

“The majority of scientific opinion in this country is still firmly of the view that there will be another wave of Covid at some stage this year and so we must as far as possible learn to live with this disease,” he told a news briefing on Tuesday. The PM …

“Reza Karimi, the perpetrator of this sabotage… has been identified” by the intelligence ministry, Iranian state television announced on Saturday. Karimi was described in the report as a 43-year-old male who was born in the town of Kashan, not far from the Natanz facility. Tehran had earlier blamed the incident …

“Production of Sputnik V vaccine was successfully launched in Serbia,” Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced on Tuesday, confirming that it was “the first European country to start producing the Russian vaccine” – outside of Russia itself, that is. The RDIF, which bankrolled the development …

After paying a visit to the soldiers, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told journalists that the personnel met the standards required for the situation. “The troops have shown full readiness and ability to fulfill the tasks of ensuring the country’s military security,” he said. “Currently, these associations and formations are engaged …

Imprisoned Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalny has been making news again this week, claiming that he has been denied proper medical treatment. On Wednesday, Amnesty International said that the Russian authorities “may be placing him into a situation of a slow death and seeking to hide what is happening to …