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As Covid-19 drives the planet batsh*t crazy, Russia to study the feces of its own bat population to look for coronaviruses

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With the world in the grip of a pandemic possibly caused by Chinese bats, Russia wants to make sure its own can’t start another. Thus, a new study will check the country’s bat population for the presence of coronaviruses. … Read More >As Covid-19 drives the planet batsh*t crazy, Russia to study the feces of its own bat population to look for coronaviruses

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Another round of sanctions? US threatens Russia with strong measures if Navalny is proven to have been poisoned

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Washington has threatened the Kremlin with a tough response if it is discovered that Moscow protest leader Alexey Navalny was deliberately poisoned, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. … Read More >Another round of sanctions? US threatens Russia with strong measures if Navalny is proven to have been poisoned

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Poisoning protest leader Navalny ‘would not benefit’ Moscow, says Russian Foreign Ministry, labels Western allegations ‘offensive’

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Moscow does not stand to benefit from the alleged poisoning of anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said, noting the haste with which Western media and governments made the insinuation. … Read More >Poisoning protest leader Navalny ‘would not benefit’ Moscow, says Russian Foreign Ministry, labels Western allegations ‘offensive’

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Roaring tanks, fast-sailing cars, big bucks: Visitors flow to annual military expo near Moscow for brand new equipment & gear show

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Army-2020, the annual defense expo where Russian arms producers show their gear to foreign clients and visitors, has started. Contracts worth billions are expected to be inked between tank races and other entertainment. … Read More >Roaring tanks, fast-sailing cars, big bucks: Visitors flow to annual military expo near Moscow for brand new equipment & gear show

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Airfields made from ice? New Russian technology promises to allow military transporters to touch down inside Arctic Circle

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Russia’s Ministry of Defense is considering making military airfields out of ice within the Arctic Circle, after developing a new technology that enables heavy aircraft to land without the need for an asphalt runway. … Read More >Airfields made from ice? New Russian technology promises to allow military transporters to touch down inside Arctic Circle

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Excerpts from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Vesti news show on Rossiya -1 television channel, Moscow, August 22, 2020

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Question: The United States was the only country in the world to impose extraterritorial sanctions against Nord Stream 2 participants. At the same time US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking in the Czech Senate, said that there were opportunities for improving relations between Russia and the United States, and that these opportunities had to be used. … Read More >Excerpts from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Vesti news show on Rossiya -1 television channel, Moscow, August 22, 2020

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German clinical investigation suggests Moscow protest leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned – hospital statement

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Anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny was poisoned, according to doctors at Charite clinic in Berlin. Tests have shown that the protest leader was found with a cholinesterase inhibitor inside his system. … Read More >German clinical investigation suggests Moscow protest leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned – hospital statement

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‘We found no cholinesterase inhibitors in Navalny’s blood’: Omsk’s chief toxicologist comments on statement from Berlin’s Charite

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Doctors who cared for Moscow protest leader Alexey Navalny in Siberia last week found no cholinesterase inhibitors in his blood during their tests. That’s according to the Omsk region’s top toxicologist. … Read More >‘We found no cholinesterase inhibitors in Navalny’s blood’: Omsk’s chief toxicologist comments on statement from Berlin’s Charite

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Doctor who treated Alexey Navalny in Omsk claims he received threats online directed at himself & his children

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The deputy chief medic at the clinic in Siberia where Moscow protest leader Alexey Navalny was hospitalized last week says he received “dozens of threats” on social media, some of the more sinister ones even targeting his family. … Read More >Doctor who treated Alexey Navalny in Omsk claims he received threats online directed at himself & his children