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Anti-vaxxers rejoice! Any future coronavirus vaccine will be VOLUNTARY, says Russian health minister

Posted on July 10, 2020July 10, 2020By Editor

Russia will not make immunization against Covid-19 compulsory, according to Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko. A homegrown vaccine is currently being trialled and could possibly be registered and mass-produced by September. … Read More >Anti-vaxxers rejoice! Any future coronavirus vaccine will be VOLUNTARY, says Russian health minister

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Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk region ARRESTED by FSB in crime gang & assassinations probe (VIDEO)

Posted on July 9, 2020July 9, 2020By Editor

Federal Security Service agents have arrested Sergey Furgal, the governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Region, on suspicion of organizing the murders of multiple businessmen over a decade ago. … Read More >Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk region ARRESTED by FSB in crime gang & assassinations probe (VIDEO)

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Most Russian doctors do not trust official statistics on coronavirus deaths & infections – poll

Posted on July 9, 2020July 9, 2020By Editor

A survey of hundreds of Russian medics has revealed that almost 60% do not believe official figures on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in Russia to be accurate. … Read More >Most Russian doctors do not trust official statistics on coronavirus deaths & infections – poll

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‘The Russians paid bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops,’ screamed the NYT. Now it quietly admits there’s, erm, zero evidence

Posted on July 9, 2020July 9, 2020By Editor

Is this how journalism is supposed to work in America? That you can make – or, more accurately, make up – lurid allegations, and then keep running with them even when there’s no proof at all? … Read More >‘The Russians paid bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops,’ screamed the NYT. Now it quietly admits there’s, erm, zero evidence

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Hero to zero? Former Communist presidential candidate Grudinin may go bankrupt after $15 million judgement

Posted on July 9, 2020July 9, 2020By Editor

Pavel Grudinin, the Communist Party candidate in the 2018 Russian presidential election, may be facing bankruptcy after the Tenth Arbitration Court of Appeal upheld a decision against him for 1.066 billion rubles ($15 million). … Read More >Hero to zero? Former Communist presidential candidate Grudinin may go bankrupt after $15 million judgement

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‘Mind your own business’: Foreign Ministry tells US to look in the mirror after it accused Russia of attack on ‘media freedom’

Posted on July 9, 2020July 9, 2020By Editor

Russia has hit back at US Embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Ross after she tweeted that recent arrests of Russian journalists are “starting to look like a concerted campaign against media freedom.” … Read More >‘Mind your own business’: Foreign Ministry tells US to look in the mirror after it accused Russia of attack on ‘media freedom’

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Adviser to Russian Space Agency chief arrested on suspicion of passing information to NATO intelligence

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020By Editor

An adviser to the head of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, was arrested in Moscow on Tuesday on suspicion of treason. Formerly a journalist, Ivan Safronov only took up his new role two months ago. … Read More >Adviser to Russian Space Agency chief arrested on suspicion of passing information to NATO intelligence

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Russia to impose reciprocal sanctions on UK following publication of ‘Magnitsky List’

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020By Editor

Russia will impose tit-for-tat sanctions on the United Kingdom after London issued on Monday a list of 25 Russians who will be sanctioned over the case of Sergei Magnitsky, who died in custody in 2009. … Read More >Russia to impose reciprocal sanctions on UK following publication of ‘Magnitsky List’

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As wildfires ravage Russian forests, Arctic Siberia smashes record for hottest ever June

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020By Editor

Russia’s Siberian Arctic has recorded its hottest ever average June temperature. In 2020, the region was more than five degrees Celsius warmer than is usual for the first month of summer. … Read More >As wildfires ravage Russian forests, Arctic Siberia smashes record for hottest ever June

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Russia steps up patrols against marmot hunting after bubonic plague outbreaks in neighboring China & Mongolia

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020By Editor

Russia is increasing patrols on its border with China and Mongolia after both of its neighbors reported suspected cases of the bubonic plague. The aim is to stop people from hunting marmots, which can carry the illness. … Read More >Russia steps up patrols against marmot hunting after bubonic plague outbreaks in neighboring China & Mongolia