Russia denies that it has offered Afghan Taliban fighters money to kill American soldiers. The Kremlin dismissed the charges as “lies” on Monday. The Washington Post reported on Sunday that the Russians were offering the Taliban bounties in exchange for killing American soldiers. Those promised bonuses would have resulted […]
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Russia reported 7,425 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections to 599,705, the third-highest number in the world. Russia’s coronavirus crisis centre said 153 people have died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 8359. A total of 12,013 […]
An American former Marine has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for espionage in Russia. He himself says that he has been trapped. The United States wants the man to be released immediately due to lack of evidence. 50-year-old Paul Whelan was arrested in a hotel room in […]
A former Russian governor is taking President Vladimir Putin to the Supreme Court in protest of his dismissal. The court informed Putin about this on Wednesday, it reports to the Russian news agency Interfax. Mikhail Ignatev was governor of Chuvashia region, some 700 kilometres east of Moscow, from 2010 […]
In Russia, 8915 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the past 24 hours. That is slightly less than the 8,946 new cases reported on Monday. The total number of Russians found to have contracted the lung virus thus amounts to 362,342. In the last 24 hours, the number […]
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who was infected with the coronavirus, has resumed his official duties. The Kremlin announced this on Tuesday. Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belushov temporarily took over the duties of Mishustin after his illness became known in late April. Mishustin was then treated at a hospital […]
In Russia, the Parliament today discussed a second time on President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to amend the constitution. A fellow party member of Putin also tabled an amendment to the bill, which would allow Putin to retake part in the presidential elections in 2024. The Russian President is not […]
British Anti-Terror Police May Investigate New Poisoning Case. The British anti-terror police opened an investigation after a woman, and a man with symptoms of poisoning had been hospitalised. The case is happening in Amesbury. That is a municipality near Salisbury, the city where the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal […]
In the Kremlin Vladimir Putin was sworn in for his fourth term as president of Russia. Thousands of guests witnessed how Putin took an oath on the constitution in a gold-plated room. In a speech, he thanked the people for their trust. The 65-year-old Putin has been reigning for […]
