Tag: Russia

International

Russia kicks off Ocean Shield-2019 naval exercises in Baltic Sea

August 1, 2019

Moscow: Russia Thursday kicked off large-scale Ocean Shield-2019 naval exercises in the Baltic Sea, the country's Defence Ministry announced. A ...

International

Main Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny poisoned by Vladimir Putin alleges lawyer, doctor

July 29, 2019

Moscow: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was ‘poisoned’ by an unidentified toxic substance but doctors have sent him back to ...

The protest was the latest in a wave of demonstrations calling for fair local elections in the capital.

International

Hundreds arrested in Moscow over fair elections protests

July 28, 2019

Moscow: Police in Moscow said they arrested more than 1,000 people Saturday at a banned opposition protest calling for city ...

International

Top opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained in Russia amid massive crackdown

July 24, 2019

Moscow: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested Wednesday and faces up to 30 days in prison, in an apparent ...

Extremely offended by the decision, Indian fans trolled the Russian sports ministry on Twitter.

Feature

Russia refuses to recognise cricket as a sport, Indian Twitter goes berserk; See tweets

July 21, 2019

Cricket is widely considered to be the second most popular sport in the world after football in terms of viewership. ...

The examples from the Mueller report include Trump's directions to White House counsel Donald McGahn to have Mueller removed and, later, orders from Trump to McGahn to deny that happened.

International

Democrats hatch new plan to question Mueller on Trump’s alleged crimes

July 19, 2019

Washington: Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee who will question former special counsel Robert Mueller next week plan to focus ...

Sci-Tech

Russia puts Spektr-RG space observatory into orbit

July 14, 2019

Moscow: The Spektr-RG space observatory, onboard the Russian Proton-M carrier rocket, was successfully launched into orbit, Russia's state space corporation ...

International

Male bloggers challenge Russia’s gender norms

July 10, 2019

Moscow: Gevorg brushes mascara onto his already long, dark lashes before dabbing highlighter above his cheekbones and checking the results ...

International

Russia intercepts US spy plane near border

July 5, 2019

Moscow: A Russian Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a US Boeing P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft approaching the country’s ...

National

Pradhan holds energy co-op talk with Russia

July 4, 2019

New Delhi: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Wednesday called Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and discussed ways to strengthen India-Russia energy ...