EU-Russia ties at 'low point' over Navalny
AFP - International - 05/02/2021
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said during a visit to Moscow Friday that the bloc’s ties with Russia were under intense pressure following the poisoning and imprisonment of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
“Our relationship is…
Calls abroad grow for release of Putin critic Navalny
AFP - International - 18/01/2021
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was being held in a Moscow police cell on Monday after his dramatic airport arrest, as calls grew in the West for his immediate release.
President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic was still waiting to see his lawyer hours…
Russia does not expect "anything good" from Joe Biden
Dinheiro Vivo - Portugal - 23/12/2020
Russia does not expect “anything good” from the future President of the United States, Joe Biden, believing that its foreign policy will be guided by “russophobia”, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov.
“We do not expect anything good…
Russia accuses YouTube of censorship and proposes national platforms to replace it
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 28/11/2020
Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Saturday proposed the creation of national video platforms to replace YouTube, due to the alleged “censorship” of the American service to Russian media.
“We draw the attention of the Russian media to the need…
‘Bone road’ in Russia hides relics of suffering and despair from Stalin’s gulag
Folha de S. Paulo - Brazil - 24/11/2020
Ruins are still visible where tens of thousands died in Soviet forced labor camps
The prisoners, making their way through insect-infested swamps in the summer and icy fields in the winter, brought the road, and then the road brought even more prisoners, taking a torrent…
Russia opens criminal case and launches mega-operation against Jehovah's Witnesses
TSF - Portugal - 24/11/2020
Jehovah’s Witnesses have been officially considered an extremist group since 2017 in Russia.
Russia has opened a criminal case against the country’s Jehovah’s Witnesses, accused of extremist activities.
This Tuesday, the Investigative Committee…
Russia takes four-year doping ban battle to court
AFP - International - 02/11/2020
Russia will attempt to overturn its four-year ban from international sport this week in the latest chapter of a long-running and controversial saga over state-sanctioned doping.
Global anti-doping body WADA in December last year declared the Russian Anti-Doping Agency…
US charges Russians with cyberattacks on Ukraine, French elections, Olympics
AFP - USA - 20/10/2020
Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged in the United States with carrying out cyberattacks on Ukraine’s power grid, the 2017 French elections and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the Justice Department announced Monday.
The…
Is Venus a Russian planet? Moscow says yes
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 19/09/2020
Head of the Russian special program says Venus is a Russian planet and the country has plans to organize its own mission to investigate the possibility of life.
Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, revealed that the country plans to send its own…
Russian FM calls on Germany to abandon further politicization of Navalny case
Xinhua - China - 16/09/2020
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged his German counterpart Heiko Maas to abandon further politicization of the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday after a phone conversation between the…
