Categories Middle East ‘I don’t know what prime minister meant’: Israel’s virus czar shoots down Netanyahu’s suggestion country is through pandemic Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor Israeli coronavirus response chief, Nachman Ash, doesn’t share PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s optimism regarding the Covid situation in the country, warning that it could well go into a fourth lockdown due to a rising transmission rate. … Read More >‘I don’t know what prime minister meant’: Israel’s virus czar shoots down Netanyahu’s suggestion country is through pandemic
Categories Business First super-fast 5G network launched in Russia Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor Russian telecom operator MTS has announced that some of its customers will be able to access the company’s first 5G network in more than a dozen areas around the Russian capital. … Read More >First super-fast 5G network launched in Russia
Categories Russia Russia calls on OPCW to unveil truth behind alleged 2018 chemical attack in Syria’s Douma Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor Russia has called on the global chemical weapons watchdog to conduct impartial and reliable investigation into an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma near the capital Damascus on April 7, 2018. … Read More >Russia calls on OPCW to unveil truth behind alleged 2018 chemical attack in Syria’s Douma
Categories Russia 200,000 Russians have died of Covid-19 since start of pandemic, state agency confirms, as caseload falls & restrictions dropped Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor Another grim milestone has been reached in Russia’s fight against Covid-19, with Moscow officials confirming that more than 200,000 deaths linked to the virus have been recorded since the first fatality just under a year ago. … Read More >200,000 Russians have died of Covid-19 since start of pandemic, state agency confirms, as caseload falls & restrictions dropped
Categories Russia Practically impossible: Russian NGOs plead for Putin’s help as new law demands they declare foreign funding sources of EVERY donor Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor More than fifty Russian NGOs that help orphans, the homeless and other vulnerable groups have asked President Vladimir Putin to help resolve disputes with the Ministry of Justice over the declaration of foreign funding. … Read More >Practically impossible: Russian NGOs plead for Putin’s help as new law demands they declare foreign funding sources of EVERY donor
Categories Russia Journalists working in Russia for international media could be deemed ‘foreign agents’ if they engage in politics, officials warn Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor Journalists working for international outlets in Russia may be added to the foreign agents register, if they are deemed to have conducted activities “incompatible with their profession,” such as taking part in political protests. … Read More >Journalists working in Russia for international media could be deemed ‘foreign agents’ if they engage in politics, officials warn
Categories Russia Deal with Russia ‘as it is’ says Estonian president, arguing in favor of greater cooperation with shared neighbor on Baltic visit Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor During a trip to neighboring Latvia, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid has urged European diplomats to pursue more constructive relationships with Moscow, insisting that doing so need not be at the expense of their ‘values’. … Read More >Deal with Russia ‘as it is’ says Estonian president, arguing in favor of greater cooperation with shared neighbor on Baltic visit
Categories Russia ‘Attempt at genocide’: Russian representative to OSCE slams Ukrainian blockade of water to Crimea as humanitarian crisis looms Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor Ukraine’s policy to deprive the residents of Crimea of water is an attempt at genocide, according to Russia’s permanent representative to the OSCE, who blasted Kiev’s long-term blockade of a vital canal to the peninsula. … Read More >‘Attempt at genocide’: Russian representative to OSCE slams Ukrainian blockade of water to Crimea as humanitarian crisis looms
Categories Middle East Israel accuses Iran of ‘environmental terrorism’ over oil spill off its coast, warns culprits ‘must pay price’ Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor The Israeli government has said Iran is behind a recent oil spill off Israel’s coast which caused huge ecological damage and has been described as one of the worst such pollution incidents in Israel’s history. … Read More >Israel accuses Iran of ‘environmental terrorism’ over oil spill off its coast, warns culprits ‘must pay price’
Categories Videos Visiting a Russian Church, Meeting New Friends and Finding My Book in Moscow! Posted on Posted onMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor Visiting a Russian Church, Meeting New Friends and Finding My Book in Moscow! … Read More >Visiting a Russian Church, Meeting New Friends and Finding My Book in Moscow!