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NATO Council to hold emergency meeting over Ukraine
The meeting of ambassadors will be followed by talks with an envoy to the alliance from Ukraine
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Belarus to get compensation for losing right to host Hockey World Championship - IIHF
Matches of the 2021 IIHF World Championship in the Latvian capital of Riga and the Belarusian capital of Minsk were scheduled to be played between May 21 and June 6, 2021
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Russia’s Supreme Court rules attending football match is good reason to miss work
According to the court’s decision, if the employee warned the manager in advance and, even more so, agreed to take an unpaid day off, it should not count as a missed day of work
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Russian diplomat urges Western politicians commenting on Navalny case to respect law
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova asked Jake Sullivan to tackle their own countries’ issues
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Brazilian healthcare watchdog declines request for emergency use of Sputnik V vaccine
The request was returned to Uniao Quimica, because it does not comply with the minimal criteria
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Russia resumes flights to Vietnam, India, Finland, Qatar on January 27
Furthermore, Russia to fly five flights per week to Egypt
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Four die as dry cargo ship sinks in Black Sea off Turkey
The vessel sank because of the bad weather conditions, Bartin Province Governor Sinan Guner said
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Russian patrol ship Dmitry Rogachev passes straits towards Mediterranean region
There it will perform tasks within the permanent operational unit of the Russian Navy
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European Parliament, EU foreign ministers to discuss Navalny’s detention
They ask the Russian authorities for his immediate release
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Telegram moderators blocked hundreds of calls for violence during unrest in US
The service’s terms of service explicitly banned the spread of public calls for violence
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Facebook, Instagram reactivate Trump's accounts
It is not yet known if Trump can publish new posts
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Diplomat says some Trump supporters inquiring about Russian citizenship
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
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Brazil requests new data on Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, RDIF says
According to RDIF, the regulator’s request for additional information is a standard procedure and doesn’t mean the refusal from registration
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G7 summit to take place in UK’s Cornwall in June
The meeting of the leaders of the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, the US, France, Japan and the EU will also be joined by the leaders of Australia, India and South Korea
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Russian sports minister supports idea of using Katyusha song as anthem at Olympics
Tokyo will host the Summer Olympic Games on July 23 through August 8, 2021
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Western states use Navalny saga to distract from crises at home, says Lavrov
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Russia surprised as Turkish doctors ignore Sputnik V vaccine in their review
The Russian vaccine provides full protection against severe coronavirus cases, Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov stressed
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Russia’s withdrawal from OST is not demonstration for US administration - diplomat
Russia’s withdrawal from the treaty was a response to the decisions of incumbent President Donald Trump’s administration that had been taken well before the newly elected president’s inauguration, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said
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Opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova remanded in custody by Minsk court
She was detained in the early hours of September 8 on suspicion of calling for a power grab
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Acting Pentagon chief says has professional respect for Russian actions in military sector
Christopher Miller also stressed that the US has "to come out of the mindset of the Cold War"
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Press review: Navalny detained on arrival in Moscow and will Biden renew New START
Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, January 18th
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Mass coronavirus vaccination campaign begins in Russia
Russians willing to be vaccinated can choose between two vaccines, Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona
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Press review: Russia to reconsider Open Skies Treaty and Twitter targets Sputnik V vaccine
Top stories in the Russian press on Friday, January 15
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Russian cargo ship sinks in Black Sea off Turkish coast
Turkey is carrying out an operation to rescue 15 crew members of the sunken vessel, Bartin Province Governor Sinan Guner said
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Russia has no grounds to open criminal case in Navalny incident, says Lavrov
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
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Egyptian specialists perform clinical trials of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
The Russian vaccine is currently a priority for research
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Telegram marks Trump’s channel with over 550,000 subscribers as fake
The account was not verified by Telegram’s administration. There were no comments about the channel’s authenticity from the White House
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Russian team is set to do its utmost at 2021 World Men’s Handball Championship in Egypt
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
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Dmitry Medvedev: America 2.0. After the election
In his op-ed for TASS, Dmitry Medvedev focuses on the internal and external instability currently plaguing the United States
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IIHF decides to relocate 2021 Ice Hockey World Championship matches from Minsk
The decision is dictated by the tense political situation in Belarus
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Kremlin: Putin will not ‘shoot himself in the foot’ to take revenge on Ukraine
Ukraine has crossed the "the red line", Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
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Russia’s pullout from Open Skies Treaty was inevitable due to US position, says Beijing
On January 15, the Foreign Ministry announced that Russia launches withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies
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‘Nothing on the core of the matter': Moscow chides Berlin’s response to Russia’s inquires
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, the German cited "the client’s disagreement to expatiate upon his case
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Russia not to ‘chase’ US out of Syria, engage in hostilities — Lavrov
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"
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Nord Stream 2 construction in Danish waters to restart on January 15
To date, 94% of Nord Stream 2 has been finished
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US to slap sanctions against Nord Stream 2 pipe-layer Fortuna on Tuesday
The basis for the US decision on sanctions is CAATSA
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Navalny arrested until February 15
The Russian blogger earlier arrived in Moscow from Germany
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NASA test fires engines for Moon mission carrier missile
Four engines, installed on a special stand inside the NASA testing facility, worked simultaneously for about one minute
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Lavrov points out UK’s double standards in regard to the Falkland Islands, Crimea
The top diplomat recalled that Great Britain was adamant about the Falkland Islands' right for self-identification but deprecated Crimea's reunification with Russia
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Moscow hails Italy’s position on EU anti-Russian sanctions, says Lavrov
Rome does not consider sanctions as an efficient instrument of influencing Moscow in particular, or anyone in principle, according to Russia's top diplomat
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Navalny detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo
Navalny will be in custody until a court ruling, the press service for the Moscow department of the Federal Penitentiary Service said
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Medvedev notes large-scale violations of US election law
According to the deputy chief of Russia’s Security Council, the most acute situation arose as a result of the mass postal voting, which brought Joe Biden a reported majority during the counting of ballots
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Third Russian coronavirus vaccine to enter civilian circulation by March - expert
According to the Chumakov Federal Scientific Center’s Deputy Director General for Project Activities and Innovation Konstantin Chernov, more than 50 different proteins have already been found in the coronavirus genome
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US calls for Navalny’s immediate release, secretary of state says
Navalny is wanted for violating the terms of his suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case
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Contract killers accept cryptocurrencies as payment, Russian agency says
The expert said that it is difficult to determine the person who transfers the payment
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Russia expels two Dutch embassy staffers as tit-for-tat measure
They are to leave the country within two weeks
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Russia-US relations likely to remain extremely cold in coming years, says Medvedev
According to Deputy chief of Russia’s Security Council, it is highly likely the United States will consistently pursue an anti-Russian policy
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Serbia opens longest gondola lift in the world at Zlatibor resort
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic took part in the opening ceremony on Thursday
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Donetsk, Lugansk to unilaterally hand group to detainees to Ukraine
The group brings together women, elderly and severely ill persons
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Germany grants permit for Nord Stream 2 constriction in its waters in January-May
Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of the construction, can start work immediately
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Japan not to avoid US control over Aegis missile defense systems, says Lavrov
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
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Germany seeks to bolster Western dominance of UN P5 by attacking Russia, says diplomat
According to the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, the current membership of the UN Security Council, including its permanent pool, is overrepresented by certain regions, especially Western European and other countries which include the US
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