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Russia’s 3rd vaccine: CoviVac developer tells RT new jab uses classic ‘dead virus’ technology

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021By Editor

The third Covid-19 vaccine registered in Russia is based on a “perfectly conventional” platform, and those who have been injected experienced no side effects, the head of the Chumakov Scientific Center, which created it, told RT. … Read More >Russia’s 3rd vaccine: CoviVac developer tells RT new jab uses classic ‘dead virus’ technology

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Indigenous villagers in Russian Far North vote to ban sale of alcohol completely as addiction becomes overwhelming societal issue

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021By Editor

Residents in a Russian village marred by alcoholism have voted for a blanket ban on the sale of booze after measures to curb intoxication failed to be effective. The settlement previously only sold alcohol on Friday evenings. … Read More >Indigenous villagers in Russian Far North vote to ban sale of alcohol completely as addiction becomes overwhelming societal issue

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Navalny-linked Doctors’ Alliance branded ‘foreign agent’ by Russian Ministry of Justice for overseas funding & political activism

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021By Editor

A small but influential group of medics and political activists led by a close ally of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny will have to notify Russians that it is a foreign agent after a new ruling from officials in Moscow. … Read More >Navalny-linked Doctors’ Alliance branded ‘foreign agent’ by Russian Ministry of Justice for overseas funding & political activism

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EU and Russia are natural allies, but superstructures in Brussels stand in the way – Moscow’s representative to RT

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021By Editor

Russia and the EU may be at a low point in their relationship, but the natural interests of both sides require improving them regardless of existing differences, Russia’s top envoy to the union told RT. … Read More >EU and Russia are natural allies, but superstructures in Brussels stand in the way – Moscow’s representative to RT

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Tax on Google? To fund country’s IT industry, Russia mulls new levy on foreign internet giants that use citizens’ data to sell ads

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021By Editor

Russia’s largest internet companies are teaming up with the country’s government to introduce a new tax to hit the pockets of their international competitors and funnel cash directly into the domestic market. … Read More >Tax on Google? To fund country’s IT industry, Russia mulls new levy on foreign internet giants that use citizens’ data to sell ads

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As Biden bans export of defense articles to Russia, ‘bewildered’ Moscow reveals it hasn’t received US weapons since WWII

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021By Editor

Russia’s Service of Military-Technical Cooperation has noted its “bewilderment” after Washington imposed an export ban on “defense articles and defense services” to the country, despite Russia not receiving any US arms since 1945. … Read More >As Biden bans export of defense articles to Russia, ‘bewildered’ Moscow reveals it hasn’t received US weapons since WWII

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US hits Russian officials & organizations with new blacklist sanctions over Navalny jailing & alleged ‘chemical weapons’ claims

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021By Editor

The United States has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and businesses as part of a growing row over the imprisonment of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, President Joe Biden’s administration told reporters on Tuesday. … Read More >US hits Russian officials & organizations with new blacklist sanctions over Navalny jailing & alleged ‘chemical weapons’ claims

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No need to recognize ‘annexation of Crimea’ as no annexation took place — Kremlin

Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021By Editor

The spokesman recalled that the peninsula reunited with Russia in compliance with all norms of international law … Read More >No need to recognize ‘annexation of Crimea’ as no annexation took place — Kremlin

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Russian media outlets linked to British state conjure up false story blaming RT for Amnesty’s downgrading of Navalny’s status

Posted on February 28, 2021By Editor

After leaked documents, reported on by RT, exposed how both Meduza and MediaZona received illicit support from the UK government, the pair fired back with a vicious, and obviously fake, news story – and Western media fell for it. … Read More >Russian media outlets linked to British state conjure up false story blaming RT for Amnesty’s downgrading of Navalny’s status