Russia

A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft. The launch from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport in the Far East…
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The European Union has warned developing countries that Russia is offering cheap grain “to create new dependencies by exacerbating economic vulnerabilities and global food insecurity,” according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday. EU…
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Moscow's Vnukovo international airport was closed to traffic early on Sunday, a Russian state news agency reported, after the city mayor said Ukrainian drones hit buildings in the capital. “Two city office tower facades were…
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Russia has introduced an “e-visa” system which will be effective from August 1 this year, to simplify the visa process for travellers visiting the country. A total of 52 countries, including India are eligible, allowing travellers from…
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Ukraine has moved its official Christmas holiday to December 25 in a break with the Russian Orthodox Church which celebrates it on January 7, according to legislation passed on Friday. The bill signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky…
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European Union agriculture ministers met Tuesday to discuss ways of moving grain vital to global food security out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed the exports. At the same time, they want to protect prices for farmers in…
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Russia said it thwarted a Ukrainian “terrorist act” on Moscow in the early hours of Monday, with the mayor of the Russian capital saying two drones had hit non-residential buildings in the city. The attack came a day after Kyiv vowed to…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will meet on Sunday, the Kremlin said, two days after Moscow warned that any aggression against the its neighbor and staunchest ally would be considered an attack…
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Russia destroyed at least 60,000 tons of vital grain destined for export in a wave of drone and missile attacks early on Wednesday on the Ukrainian Black Sea port region of Odesa. Moscow’s refusal to renew an agreement allowing the safe…
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Russia launched overnight air attacks on Ukraine’s south and east using drones and possibly ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s Air Force said early on Tuesday. The southern port of Odesa and the Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and…
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