Russia
Kremlin says 'good' that Biden, like Putin, wants dialogue
Biden on Tuesday suggested he and Putin meet for a summit on neutral ground to discuss escalating tensions between Russia and US ally Ukraine, and on Thursday...
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US imposes sanctions on Moscow, expels Russian diplomats
President Joe Biden's broadside against Russia came the same week as he offered to meet President Vladimir Putin for their first summit -- a meeting US officials say remains "vital" so that the two countries can deescalate.
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Biden summit offer hailed in Moscow as win for Putin
With indications that work was already under way for a potential meeting in Finland, Russian officials were crowing that Moscow was finally being treated with the respect it deserves.
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Russian prison threatens to force-feed Navalny
It said Navalny, who last week said he had a cough and fever, had been transferred back to the prison barracks from its infirmary.
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Russia warns could block Zoom if it prohibits govt use
The US company has emerged as the global leader in video-conferencing applications, becoming ubiquitous as companies and schools moved online after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Russia fines TikTok over calls for minors to join protests
The court said on its Telegram channel that the video-sharing platform had been found guilty of failing to remove information that violates Russian law and sentenced to an administrative fine of 2.6 million rubles ($34,000/28,000 euros).
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Putin signs law allowing him to serve two more terms
The 68-year-old Russian leader, who has already been in power for more than two decades, signed off on the bill on Monday, according to a copy posted on the government's legal information portal.
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Russia extends Twitter slowdown, deadline to remove content
The watchdog gave Twitter a month to remove the content or face a complete blockage in Russia.
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Russia registers 'world's first' COVID-19 vaccine for animals
The agriculture oversight agency Rosselkhoznadzor said in a statement that the vaccine called Carnivak-Cov had been tested beginning October on dogs, cats, mink, foxes and other animals and was proven to be effective.
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Russia 'concerned' over Myanmar civilian casualties
More than 100 people including children were killed by security forces in Myanmar on Saturday in the deadliest weekend since February's military coup.
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Russia offers Egypt assistance in freeing ship blocking Suez
The MV Ever Given has been stuck diagonally across the span of the canal since Tuesday, blocking the waterway in both directions.
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Navalny says health deteriorating, suffering sleep deprivation 'torture'
The 44-year-old was arrested on his return to Russia in January from Germany, where he spent months recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent poisoning in August that he blames on the Kremlin.
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Putin denounces 'confrontational' EU stance on Russia
Putin stressed that Russia was ready to 'resume normal depoliticised' ties with the European Union if there's a will to do so in Brussels, the Kremlin said.
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Putin invites Biden to virtual talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called on US President Joe Biden to hold virtual talks after the American leader described him as a 'killer'.
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'Takes one to know one': Putin mocks Biden over 'killer' comment
US President Biden's recent comments about the Russian president sparked the biggest crisis between Russia and the United States in years.
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Russia's Washington envoy to return to Moscow Saturday: embassy
Russia called back its ambassador over comments made by US President Joe Biden who likened his Russian counterpart to a "killer".
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Russia recalls US envoy after Biden threatens 'killer' Putin
Asked if he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been accused of ordering the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and other political opponents, is a 'killer,' US President Joe Biden said: 'I do.'
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Biden says he agrees that Putin is a 'killer'
The statement marked a stark contrast with predecessor Donald Trump's steadfast refusal to say anything negative about the Russian president.
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Russia's Sputnik V vaccine takes key step to EU approval
Russia, which has pushed for a speedy approval, quickly said it was ready to provide jabs for 50 million Europeans as soon as the shot gets the green light from the Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency.
