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Russia Shifts Ultimatum to Twitter by One Month
Russia has pushed back the ultimatum to the social medium Twitter to remove banned material by one month.
Twitter now has until mid-May to remove cases that Russian law holds unsuitable for publication.
Russian authorities are…
Russian President Putin Vaccinated Against Corona
Russian President Vladimir Putin was vaccinated against Covid-19 on Tuesday, Russian news agency RIA reports.
It has not been disclosed which vaccine he was vaccinated with, but it is at least a Russian-made drug.
A spokesman said…
Russia Can Come to the Rescue of the EU With Sputnik V Vaccine
Russia has offered to help the European Union with the Russian corona vaccine Sputnik V, because the EU would receive too few vaccines, particularly from the pharmaceuticals of the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca.
In the second…
Moscow Mayor: Pandemic on the Decline, Restaurants Open Longer
The Russian capital Moscow is loosening corona policy even further. Restaurants and catering establishments may also reopen in the late evening, and at night, mayor Sergej Sobjanin announced.
Rules regarding working from home are…
Navalny in Russia Accused of Fraud
Russia opens an investigation against Alexei Navalny, one of the most outspoken critics of Russian President Putin.
He allegedly pocketed money raised for charities, a Russian government investigative committee said Tuesday. It…
South Korean Company Makes 150 Million Doses of Russian Vaccine
The Russian sovereign wealth fund announced on Friday that it had signed a deal with GL Rapha from South Korea.
The biotechnology company will produce more than 150 million doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine per year for…
Putin Invites Ministers Armenia and Azerbaijan for Consultations
Russian President Vladimir Putin invited the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia to Moscow on Friday for peace talks over the flared conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The Kremlin announced in a statement that…
Cohen: Trump Cheated in 2016 and Russia Helped Him
Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney and regulator of US President Donald Trump, claims in a forthcoming book that his client received help from Russia in 2016 and won the election with foul play.
"Trump cheated in the…
Brazilian Technology Institute to Produce Russian Corona Vaccine
A Brazilian technology institute says it will start production of the controversial Russian corona vaccine in the second half of next year.
The announcement came right after a deal on the vaccine between the Brazilian state of…
Last Day of Russian Referendum on Constitutional Change
Russians can still vote on Wednesday in the referendum on the proposed constitutional change. This change will allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036.
Putin proposed the constitutional amendment earlier this…