Russia

Russia has announced that it will build its own space station, while the government has already announced that it will withdraw from the International Space Station. The first module should go into space in 2025. According to the…
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TikTok has been fined in Russia for failing to remove messages from the social medium about banned protests. The company must therefore pay 2.6 million Russian rubles from the court in Moscow. TikTok is not the only platform to…
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A military court in the Russian capital Moscow has dismissed a complaint from opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The Kremlin critic had accused the authorities of doing nothing to uncover the truth about his poisoning in August. …
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Supporters of the imprisoned Russian anti-corruption fighter and politician Alexei Navalny want to demonstrate again on Saturday and Sunday before his release. Tens of thousands took to the streets in several cities last weekend to…
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The foreign chief of the European Union will go to Russia in early February. Josep Borrell will sue the Moscow government to arrest opposition leader Alexei Navalny, EU sources tell AFP news agency. The EU would like to await that…
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Kremlin critic Aleksej Navalny, detained on Sunday, has been brought to trial and prosecutors are demanding that he remain in prison for 30 days. Navalny supporters reported this from the place where it is detained, Chimki. About…
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Germany has lashed out at Moscow because the Russians are not doing anything to clear up the case surrounding the poisoned Russian opposition leader Navalny. Russia had plenty of options, but nothing happened, notes the German…
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President Vladimir Putin has pledged Belarus a $ 1.5 billion loan. He said Monday during talks with controversial Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko in the Russian resort of Sochi. Putin went on to say that the Belarusian…
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The US and Russia will hold space security talks for the first time since 2013 next week. The consultation comes after the US and Britain accused Russia of launching a space weapon capable of firing at satellites. An official in…
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Wealthy Russians have to pay a little more tax. Russian President Putin wants them to pay 15 percent of their income above 5 million rubles. Now that income tax is 13 percent. The increase is expected to take effect on January 1…
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