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Navalny’s Death: Russia terms widow’s accusations vulgar

News DeskFebruary 20, 2024

MOSCOW: Russia rejected on Tuesday (20th Feb, 2024) accusations from the widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last week, after she said President Vladimir Putin was behind his death. “Of course these are absolutely unfounded and vulgar accusations against the head of the Russian state. “But taking into account that Yulia […]

Blinken, China’s Wang discuss Russia, US sanctions

News DeskFebruary 17, 2024

MUNICH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns over Beijing’s backing for Russia’s war against Ukraine on Friday (16th Feb, 2024) in talks with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi, who called for Washington to lift sanctions on Chinese entities. Blinken and Wang’s meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference follows an extremely […]

Russia Ukraine Conflict: POWs exchanged

Nimra JamaliJanuary 31, 2024

KYIV (UKRAINE): Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Wednesday (31st of Jan, 2024) just a week after Moscow said Kyiv had shot down a plane carrying dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers. Russia’s defense ministry said 195 of its soldiers were freed, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 207 people – both […]

Russia says plane carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs crashed

News DeskJanuary 25, 2024

MOSCOW: Russia said on Wednesday (24th of Jan, 2024) that an IL-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian POW’s had crashed in the western Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine. Unverified videos on social media showed a large plane, purportedly in the Belgorod region, falling from the sky on its side before crashing in a fireball. “At […]

Russia says struck ‘Ukrainian military-industrial complex’

News DeskJanuary 13, 2024

MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday said it destroyed all targets in a barrage of strikes on facilities producing ammunition and drones in Ukraine. “This morning the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike… against facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex,” the defense ministry said in a daily briefing. It said it was […]