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A journalist has apologized after bragging about using the results of an outdated Covid-19 test to gain access to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual press event and saying she had a fever, which she later claimed was due to her simply being over-excited and running on little sleep.  In a …

Representatives of the right-wing populist LDPR party submitted the resolution to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Monday, proposing to send it to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to other authorities across the country. The document reads, “the Duma once more calls attention to the importance of …

However, a senior official in President Joe Biden’s government used a background briefing to reveal others might be explored at a meeting sometime in January.  Washington was ready for diplomacy with Moscow as early as after the winter holidays, but no specific date or location for a meeting had yet been …

The fear of US sanctions impacted this decision, local media said, citing Indonesia’s Air Force chief. “Regarding the Sukhoi Su-35, with a heavy heart, yes, we have abandoned that plan. We can’t just keep talking about it,” Air Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo told reporters on Wednesday. Benar News quoted Prasetyo as …

“Faced with the challenges of coronavirus infection and the necessary forced restrictions, our economy turned out to be more mobilized and ready for such shocks than many other developed economies in the world,” said the Russian president. Putin added that other problems for the country remain, including rising inflation. He …

Writing on Twitter on Tuesday, US State Department spokesman Ned Price took aim at Shoigu. “Contrary to statements from the Russian defense minister, Russia, and its proxies are responsible for escalating tensions, not Ukraine or the United States,” Price wrote. “We call on Russia to stop using false, inflammatory rhetoric …

The Russian name of the drug can be translated as ‘Peace-19.’ It is said to be directly affecting the virus by suppressing its core RNA and preventing it from replicating in the human body. All this is said to be achieved without interfering with a person’s genome or immunity, according …

The billionaire brought the suit in response to the 2020 book ‘Putin’s People’, in which author Catherine Belton chronicled Putin’s rise to power and alleged, among other things, that he had directed Abramovich to buy the club in 2003 to expand Russian influence in the West. HarperCollins, the book’s publisher, …

Taking to the floor as part of an expanded meeting at the Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, Sergey Shoigu said that his army “cooperates with the armed forces of 109 countries.” “This clearly demonstrates the futility of attempts by Western countries to isolate Russia in the international arena,” he remarked. The …

Speaking to the press on Tuesday, US Department of Defense press secretary John Kirby completely denied all suggestions of any American plans to stage an incident. “Those statements by Minister Shoigu are completely false… they’re false,” Kirby said, in response to a question from a reporter. Earlier on Tuesday, at …