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Even with pandemic and global economic downturn, Russian national debt lower than expected as country counts cost of coronavirus

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Despite record borrowing to shore up the country’s finances and fund its healthcare system during the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia has racked up far less national debt than first expected, a new economic analysis has claimed. … Read More >Even with pandemic and global economic downturn, Russian national debt lower than expected as country counts cost of coronavirus

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Moscow ‘disappointed’ with Brussels ‘pressing dysfunctional sanctions button’ as EU prepares new blacklist over Navalny’s jailing

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Russia has expressed “disappointment” with the EU plan to slap new sanctions on Moscow over the imprisonment of activist blogger Alexey Navalny, with the foreign ministry calling the move political and unrelated to human rights. … Read More >Moscow ‘disappointed’ with Brussels ‘pressing dysfunctional sanctions button’ as EU prepares new blacklist over Navalny’s jailing

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Ex-ambassador McFaul scores own goal by challenging Twitter to show him Putin lamenting USSR collapse in 1992

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Vladimir Putin could not have openly lamented the demise of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, before his accession to power, former US ambassador Michael McFaul claimed – only to be instantly served an example to the contrary. … Read More >Ex-ambassador McFaul scores own goal by challenging Twitter to show him Putin lamenting USSR collapse in 1992

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‘We might be doing something wrong,’ Carnegie think tank VP says about Rolls-Royce sales hitting all-time high in Russia

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The popularity of Rolls-Royce cars in Russia is apparently a sign of underwhelming performance for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, judging by the words of its Russia-focussed vice president. … Read More >‘We might be doing something wrong,’ Carnegie think tank VP says about Rolls-Royce sales hitting all-time high in Russia

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‘It’s irresponsible to turn vaccines into political issue,’ Hungary’s Orban says of Sputnik V amid EU’s vaccination delay

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said he is not afraid of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine because saving lives during the Covid-19 pandemic is more important than geopolitics. … Read More >‘It’s irresponsible to turn vaccines into political issue,’ Hungary’s Orban says of Sputnik V amid EU’s vaccination delay

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Amnesty International says it will not call Navalny ‘prisoner of conscience’ anymore over his HATE SPEECH

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Amnesty International, a human rights NGO, has withdrawn its designation of the recently jailed Russian activist and blogger Alexey Navalny as a “prisoner of conscience” due to past xenophobic statements he never retracted. … Read More >Amnesty International says it will not call Navalny ‘prisoner of conscience’ anymore over his HATE SPEECH

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‘Breaking ice to move gas’: As Russian tanker-icebreaker duo complete milestone Arctic voyage, climate activists side with ice

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Following a nuclear-powered icebreaker, a Russian tanker has sailed through the frigid Northern Sea Route for the first time ever in February. “Won’t somebody think of the poor ice?”, climate-conscious commenters shouted. … Read More >‘Breaking ice to move gas’: As Russian tanker-icebreaker duo complete milestone Arctic voyage, climate activists side with ice

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Channeling ex-US president Obama, Russian FM Lavrov describes relationship between Europe’s largest country & EU as ‘in tatters’

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Communication between Brussels and Moscow has deteriorated so badly that it has completely fallen apart, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who believes that the EU sees the country as an “outsider.” … Read More >Channeling ex-US president Obama, Russian FM Lavrov describes relationship between Europe’s largest country & EU as ‘in tatters’

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First cases of H5N8 bird flu strain detected in humans: Seven poultry workers in Southern Russia infected, reveals health watchdog

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A new strain of avian flu, similar to the infectious virus that has triggered past pandemic fears, has been discovered by scientists in Russia after an outbreak of a previously unknown disease in the country’s south. … Read More >First cases of H5N8 bird flu strain detected in humans: Seven poultry workers in Southern Russia infected, reveals health watchdog

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‘Former Bundestag adviser’ Demuri Voronin detained on high treason charges in Russia as prosecutors say he spied for NATO nation

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A court in Moscow has ordered the arrest of a Russian man on suspicions he has passed sensitive information to the West. Demuri Voronin worked as a consultant in the German parliament, advising on energy policy, reports claim. … Read More >‘Former Bundestag adviser’ Demuri Voronin detained on high treason charges in Russia as prosecutors say he spied for NATO nation