Day: March 5, 2021

Categories Russia

With much of continent still affected by strict Covid-19 lockdowns, Moscow hotels surge ahead to top European occupancy charts

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With other countries hampered by Covid-19 restrictions and canceled flights, Moscow has overtaken the rest of Europe to become the continent’s leader in hotel occupancy. The Russian capital has been in the top spot since November. … Read More >With much of continent still affected by strict Covid-19 lockdowns, Moscow hotels surge ahead to top European occupancy charts

Categories EU

Peace in Europe not possible without Russia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition partner warns, after EU deploys sanctions

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The Social Democratic Party, a key member of Germany’s ruling coalition, has said that it wants to see the country take a different approach to relations with Russia, despite escalating diplomatic tensions in recent days. … Read More >Peace in Europe not possible without Russia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition partner warns, after EU deploys sanctions

Categories Russia

New Western sanctions against Russian officials over jailing of opposition figure Navalny ‘outrageous’ & ineffective, says Kremlin

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A package of new travel and financial restrictions unveiled by the US and the EU this week are toothless and will have little to no impact at all on Russian officials targeted by them, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed. … Read More >New Western sanctions against Russian officials over jailing of opposition figure Navalny ‘outrageous’ & ineffective, says Kremlin

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No card, no cash, no problem: Moscow Metro, the busiest subway system in Europe, to introduce ‘FacePay’ technology by end of 2021

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The world’s most beautiful subway system is set to become one of the planet’s most high-tech, with Moscow Metro head of security revealing that passengers will soon be able to pay for rides with their faces before the end of 2021. … Read More >No card, no cash, no problem: Moscow Metro, the busiest subway system in Europe, to introduce ‘FacePay’ technology by end of 2021

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

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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

Categories Russia

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

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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

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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

Categories Shows

Exposing factory farms, the digital divide, & liberal fantasies as ‘fact checking’

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Lee Camp interviews Matt Johnson, an animal rights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere. He’s currently facing felony charges for exposing the brutality of the factory farming industry. An Iowa pork producer was using brutal methods to massacre surplus pigs whose meat they couldn’t harvest because of slowdowns in the Covid economy. … Read More >Exposing factory farms, the digital divide, & liberal fantasies as ‘fact checking’

Categories World

Google promises to stop spying on users, saying 3rd-party for-profit tracking model to be phased out

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Alphabet subsidiary Google has pledged it will ditch the third-party cookie-based model of online advertising – and promised not to invent something similar that would allow it to keep slurping up the same kind of data. … Read More >Google promises to stop spying on users, saying 3rd-party for-profit tracking model to be phased out

Categories World

Healthcare workers subjected to more than 400 attacks while trying to tackle Covid-19 – report

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An NGO report has found there were 1,172 violent acts against healthcare workers globally in 2020, with over 400 incidents of medical staff working to tackle Covid-19 being subjected to beatings, verbal insults and even detention. … Read More >Healthcare workers subjected to more than 400 attacks while trying to tackle Covid-19 – report