Over 250 bodies retrieved from Malaysian Boeing crash site in eastern Ukraine

Massive issues arise for Russian citizens wishing to seek help in the consulate general, the Russian diplomatic mission told TASS Tuesday

Six militants from the gang of Byutukayev, the so-called last emir of Chechnya, including its leader, were eliminated earlier

The service’s terms of service explicitly banned the spread of public calls for violence

The Russian Embassy to the US drew attention to the difficulties encountered by Russian compatriots in obtaining consular services due to the disconnection of all communication lines

Earlier, in an interview with TASS, head corporation department of Fitch agency Dmitry Marinchenko said that sanctions against the Fortuna barge, which is completing the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea, will hardly be able to stop the project, but will complicate the construction

Meanwhile, Yoshihide Suga noted that Japan planned to develop joint economic activity with Russia in the Southern Kuril Islands

Beijing purchased more than 83.57 mln tonnes of oil from Moscow

The letter’s contents has not been disclosed yet and might be revealed to the public later

The Russian Defense Ministry said that during the flight the crews had trained inflight refueling

Furthermore, Russia to fly five flights per week to Egypt

Ambassador of Russia in the US Anatoly Antonov is expected to take part in the inauguration ceremony

The sanitary watchdog said earlier Epivaccorona had demonstrated 100% efficacy during the first and second stages of clinical tests

Due to earlier imposed sanctions by WADA against Russian sports, the national team will be called at the championship as the Russian Handball Federation Team and instead of the Russian national flag it will be competing under the RHF flag

To date, 3,591,066 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 2,978,764 patients having recovered from the disease

According to the Russian top diplomat, "now, everyone is trying to sweep it under the rug"

The hit efficiency increased by 20-30% due to the upgrade

The top Russian diplomat recalled that Navalny’s tests conducted by both the Omsk hospital and Berlin’s Charite did not show traces of chemical warfare agents

The Su-57 fifth generation fighter jet is designed to destroy all types of air, ground and naval targets

The spokesman stressed that rights of all Russian citizens are guaranteed by laws and the country’s overseeing agencies

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying underscored that "the China’s and Russia’s unity is unwavering, and their friendship is strong

According Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, such messages are coming from those who supported the Republicans who fear possible persecution because of their political views

The account was not verified by Telegram’s administration. There were no comments about the channel’s authenticity from the White House

The Russian blogger earlier arrived in Moscow from Germany

The spokesman pointed out that the Kremlin had seen the report released by Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation

The US will not win from slapping sanctions on participants in the project to build the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in an attempt to force European countries to buy American raw materials, Anatoly Antonov said

It will significantly increase the efficiency of engineering mines against the enemy, according to the engineer service commander

Antony Blinken said Joe Biden’s strong conviction was that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a "bad idea" and that the administration would use "every persuasive tool" to convince partners, including Germany, to discard the project

On January 20, Joe Biden will be sworn in as America’s 46th President. The Soviet Union’s first president, Mikhail Gorbachev, has met with him on many occasions. In an interview with TASS, the ex-Soviet leader shared his opinion on the future of Russian-US ties under the new US head of state, the prospects of extending the New START deal, and the weight of speculation on “US hegemony” in world politics

It is not yet known if Trump can publish new posts

According to the document, WHO intends to approve several more vaccines from different manufacturers in the coming weeks or months

According to the spokesman, the ban and the subsequent unban of President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, made by the company management’s decision, became a lesson for everyone

The decision is dictated by the tense political situation in Belarus

His lawyer Srdan Aleksic disclosed that the Serbian officer’s grievance is fully identical to the 500 lawsuits, filed by Italian soldiers who were deployed in Kosovo in 1999

According to the lawmaker, the country, which "lectures the whole world" about the standards of democracy, has nullified its own ‘democratic’ ideology

The top diplomat recalled that Great Britain was adamant about the Falkland Islands' right for self-identification but deprecated Crimea's reunification with Russia

Foreign Minister also noted that it is necessary to wait and see how the administration of President-elect Joe Biden would be building its policy on that track

The top diplomat noted that Russia is adamant about the unacceptability "of the use of force against the objects that belong to the Syrian state"

The president also commuted the sentences of another 70 individuals

The restrictions, which are illegal from the point of view of international law, are growing, the Kremlin spokesman said

United States Government operations involving UAS require accessing, collecting, and maintaining data, which could reveal sensitive information, the White House press service said

The Russian vaccine provides full protection against severe coronavirus cases, Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov stressed

The top diplomat pointed out that the US plans to deploy missile defense systems and intermediate-range missiles in Japan and South Korea threaten the security of Russian and Chinese borders

On Tuesday, US Treasury Department announced introduction of sanctions against the Fortuna vessel, which is involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and its owner, the KBT-Rus company

The basis for the US decision on sanctions is CAATSA

The Indian military usually do not visit foreign diplomatic missions in groups, but, this time, an exception was made for Russian, in order to underscore what importance India gives to development of relations with Moscow

Top stories in the Russian press on Wednesday, January 20

Apart from that, the Russian top diplomat drew attention of his Norwegian counterpart to the worsening security situation in the Far North

The spokesman was asked to comment on the information provided by Germany’s Charite clinic, where Navalny was receiving treatment, on alleged toxins found in Navalny’s system

Top stories in the Russian press on Tuesday, January 19