In an interview to be broadcast on Thursday, Zarif told host Oksana Boyko that the Russian jab against the coronavirus will be both “used and produced” in the country. On Tuesday, Iran became yet another nation to register Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. “We will get the Russian vaccine; we will …
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Speaking to TV channel Russia 1 on Sunday, Klimov also noted that foreign social networks were used to promote the demonstrations. The politician is the head of the Senate’s temporary commission on preventing interference in Russia’s internal affairs, and he regularly comments on matters of alleged foreign meddling in the …
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The CAS ruling was “based on a flawed and one-sided assessment of the facts,” RUSADA said in a press release following a “detailed review” of the decision that the Swiss-based court took on December 17. At that time, the court sided with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and banned Russia …
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“We are studying this video,” a spokesperson for St. Petersburg police, Vyacheslav Stepchenko, told the Russian RBC news channel. A short statement on a local police authority’s website said that a probe has been launched in relation to “an incident involving a woman and a police officer” that had occurred …
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Like many others, the 66-year-old filmmaker found his life significantly changed due to the pandemic. Previously a regular traveler due to his work and fame, he now spends much time at his country home, limiting outside contacts as much as possible to avoid the infection. “For the first time I …
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In a letter sent to the FBI on Thursday, Maloney (D-New York) also questioned whether Parler, which was primarily used by conservatives, is a “potential conduit for foreign governments who may be financing civil unrest in the United States.” According to Maloney, “Parler houses additional evidence critical to investigations of …
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Fernández, 61, received his shot at the Posadas Hospital in Buenos Aires on Thursday, after the National Administration for Medication, Food and Medical Technology recommended that people aged 60 and over be vaccinated. “Today I received the Sputnik V vaccine,” the president said on Twitter. “I thank the Gamaleya Institute …
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On the night of August 7, 2008, Georgian forces started shelling the breakaway region of South Ossetia, where Russian peacekeepers were stationed. In response, the Russian military entered the area. Meanwhile, another breakaway region of Abkhazia announced a mobilization, fearing a renewal of fighting with Georgia. After five days, then-President …
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On Thursday, the Second Eastern District Military Court handed Shamsutdinov a sentence of 24 and a half years in a maximum-security prison colony. He will also have to pay a fine of 9.8 million rubles ($130,000) by way of compensation to his victims and their families. The attack, at a …
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The Progress MS-16 spacecraft, which was due to be launched on December 11, would have brought rations to Russian cosmonauts stationed on the ISS. Its delay to February 15 prompted the Americans to share some of their own food. “When we asked the Americans about delivering our rations on their …
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