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Putin accuses West of using Navalny to 'contain' Russia
Putin suggested that the wave of protests recently held across Russia in the wake of Navalny's arrest and imprisonment had also been fed from abroad.
The Russian vaccine is called "Sputnik V" after the Soviet-era satellite that was the first launched into space in 1957.
Russia has been pushing hard to quickly develop a coronavirus vaccine and said earlier this month it hoped to launch mass production within weeks and turn out 'several million' doses per month by next year.
The protests in Khabarovsk, a city of some 600,000 people, began a week ago following the sudden arrest of popular governor Sergei Furgal in a murder probe.
Russia was expelled from what was then the G8 in 2014 when Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, was US president, after Moscow annexed the Crimea region from Ukraine.
Putin (67) stunned the country on Tuesday when he backed a last-minute proposal to add a condition to the reform package for his possible return to the Kremlin after 2024.
The Russian opposition leader is serving a 30-day jail sentence for calling Saturday's rally after authorities blocked prominent independent candidates from taking part in Moscow parliament elections in September.
The outcome led to a rare statement following the meeting by the UN's humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock.
And Norway's radiation authority revealed that Russia had informed it that there had been a gas explosion onboard the sub - a claim swiftly denied by Moscow.
The OPEC cartel and its oil-producer nation allies opted in December to trim daily crude output by 1.2 million barrels.
The American banker, Robert Foresman, currently vice chairman at UBS investment bank in New York, held a series of prominent roles in Moscow’s financial world.
Kim's private armoured train arrived Wednesday in the Russian border town of Khasan, Russian media reports said, where he was welcomed with bread and salt in a traditional gesture.
New Delhi has been "heard and understood" by the US administration over its accord to buy the S-400 missile defence system for $5.2 billion, the minister said in an interview this week.
He now alleges testimony by the country's top spies had been "distorted" by journalists - one of his favourite targets.
Trump and Putin also failed to hold a full-fledged meeting in Paris on the sidelines of the centenary commemoration of the Armistice.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also said Turkey would continue to be in close cooperation with Iran and Russia on Syria and regional issues, according to Anadolu.
The Kremlin told Russian news agencies the test had taken place in far eastern Kamchatka while Vladimir Putin was at the national defence control centre.
It also comes with the longtime Russian leader's approval rating sliding, the first notable decline in his popularity since 2014, following an unpopular pension reform.
The committee collected data from social media companies that was used by the private analysts in their analysis.