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Three Chinese astronauts return home after spending 90 days in Earth’s orbit
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- Three Chinese astronauts live in space for 90 days
- China becomes the third country to launch its astronauts
Three Chinese astronauts are on their way to Earth, months after conducting maintenance at the under-construction ...
United States are still opposing Nord Stream 2, even as construction of project is completed
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- The construction of Nord Stream 2 is done, officials are waiting for necessary permits
- This 1,230 km gas pipeline will carry 55 billion cubic meters of gas
Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister said, that enough the Nord...
Twitter and Facebook hugely fined in Russia for not deleting banned content
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- Facebook and Twitter were fined for not deleting the banned content
- The media regulator has blocked websites linked to Navalny
Russia has fined Facebook and Twitter, these fines were imposed because the so...
Taliban to cancel the swearing in ceremony of new leaders
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- Taliban is cancelling the swearing in ceremony to avoid wasting of resources
- The event was to take place on 11 September
The Taliban have decided to cancel the swearing-in ceremony for their new government in Afghanistan i...
New charges against Kremlin’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny
The Russian government has imposed new charges on opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The Investigating Committee has charged Navalny for creating a non-profit organization, that takes away people’s rights on Wednesday.
According to the law, it is a punishable offense, with up to th...
Russia bans 48 websites related to Alexei Navalny’s website
Russia bans 48 websites related to Alexei Navalny just before parliamentary poll on Monday. Alexei Navalny is President Putin’s most vocal critic and an opposition leader. He was arrested in January this year, after has returned from Germany, where was undergoing treatment for a few months....
Russian Prime Minister visits the Pacific islands
Russian Prime Minister Mishustin visited the Pacific islands on Monday 26, July 2021. Japan calls these islands as Northern Territories and Russia calls it Kurlis.
These are a row of territorial island which were taken by the Soviet at the end of World War 2, whereas Japan has territori...
Russia successfully test launches hypersonic missiles
The successful test launch of Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missiles was carried out on Monday 19, July 2021 by the Russian military.
These missiles are said to be seven times faster than the speed of sound. They were launched from a warship named Admiral Gorshkov, which is located in the w...
RUSSIA BLATANTLY DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN CYBERATTACKS IN THE US
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• The Russian embassy said "We strictly deny the involvement of Russian government agencies in attacks 'on government and private facilities in the United States and abroad
Denying of any part, the Russian Embassy to the United States has said that no ...
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS 2014 UKRAINIAN COUP WAS ORCHESTRATED BY THE US
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• Putin wrote the Ukrainian tragedy was a result of post-Cold War dynamics, which left countries faced with an artificial choice between siding with the West or Russia
The United States along with its European allies had orchestrated the infamous 2014 coup that...
RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO FORCE US TECH MAJORS TO REOPEN OFFICES IN THE COUNTRY
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• As per this new legislation, all foreign sites with more than half a million daily users in Russia will have set up a local branch or Russian legal entity
• The endorsers of the bill have said that lack of such a requirement at present allows foreign sit...
OUR RELATIONS WITH US ARE AT LOWEST POINT IN RECENT YEARS SAYS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN
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• The Russian President said "We have a bilateral relationship that has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years.”
• Praising the former US President Donald Trump, Putin said he was "an extraordinary individual, talented individual....
HACKERS BEHIND JBS USA CYBERATTACK LIKELY FROM RUSSIA SAYS U.S.
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• JBS, which happens to be the world's largest meatpacker, said on Tuesday that it had made "significant progress in resolving the cyberattack."
• The US contacted Russia's government and that the FBI was investigating said the Whit...
THE U.S. AND RUSSIA SHOULD HOLD MORE TALKS SAYS ELON MUSK
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• The Tesla CEO said that his electric vehicle company was close in order to establish a presence in Russia and was looking whether it could open production units there
As the relations between the United States and Russia hit an all-time low, one of the riches...
US & RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN ICELAND
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• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken intends to make the Arctic a laboratory for cooperation focused on common challenges such as the fight against global warming
• Along with issuing the warning, the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused Norway...
US, CZECH DESIGNATED BY RUSSIA AS ‘UNFRIENDLY STATES’
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• Moscow said the Czech embassy will be allowed to employ no more than 19 Russian nationals and the US embassy none at all
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow remained ready for dialogue, and it now has only two nations on its unfriendly states l...
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE WILL TAKE CYBERATTACKS ISSUE WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN
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• President Biden said “I’m going to be meeting with President Putin. So far there’s no evidence from our intelligence people that Russia is involved”
• Recently a major US energy pipeline company was forced to stop all pipeline ope...
SPUTNIK V SHOTS MAY BE AVAILABLE IN INDIA BY MONTH END
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- 1.5 million doses of Sputnik V have arrived in India however, the availability of its shots is expected by the end of the month.
- A second consignment with almost equal quantity is expected to arrive by the end of this month.
INDIA RECEIVES MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM THREE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
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- Amid coronavirus surge, India has received medical supplies from Romania, Russia, and UK.
- India has received medical supplies from UAE and many other countries.
- Supplies includes oxygen concentrators and medicines.
U.S. TAKES JIBE AT RUSSIA & CHINA DURING A UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
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• The U.N. Security Council meeting was chaired China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi
The cold war between the United States and China, and Russia are not hidden from the world. Another incident that took place on Friday showcases that these countries are stil...