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Alexei Navalny posts hospital photo of himself; plans Russia return

The Instagram post was the first image of the 44-year-old released since he was taken to Berlin's Charite hospital two days after falling ill on a domestic flight in Russia on Aug 20

India walks out of SCO meet after Pak official projects 'fictitious map'

Government sources said the Pakistani action was "blatant violation" of the SCO charter

Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron discuss Navalny, Belarus, over phone

Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron discussed the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as well as the situation in Belarus, Ukraine and Libya over telephone.

Belarus leader visits Russia to secure more loans, support amid protests

Belarus' authoritarian president visited Russia Monday in a bid to secure more loans and political support, as demonstrations against the extension of his 26-year rule entered their sixth week

Russia records 5,509 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally at 1,068,320

Russia has registered 5,509 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours which brings the cumulative total to 1,068,320, the country's coronavirus response center said on Monday

Germany: Foreign labs confirm Alexei Navalny poisoned with Novichok

Specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government said Monday

Russia records 5,449 new Covid-19 cases, 94 deaths; tally at 1,062,811

Moscow recorded 650 cases, St. Petersburg registered 206 cases and the Moscow region confirmed 166 new cases

Russia welcomes India and China's decision to de-escalate tensions

Russia welcomed India and China's decison to de-escalate tensions, with foreign minister Sergei Lavrov saying he was "very happy" that he could provide a platform for a "very well timed" meeting

Russia clashes with Germany and West over Alexei Navalny poisoning

Russia clashed with Germany and five of its Western allies over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

Hackers from Russia, China targeting US Presidential campaigns: Microsoft

Microsoft said that it has spotted multiple cyberattacks from Russia, China and Iran on individuals and organisations involved in the ongoing presidential campaigns in the United States

US sanctions 4 Russians for interference in Presidential elections

The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned four Kremlin-linked individuals for their efforts to interfere in the country's Presidential elections

Russian state hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm: Report

The hacking attempts targeted staff at Washington-based SKDKnickerbocker, a campaign strategy and communications firm working with Biden and other prominent Democrats

Jaishankar, Russian counterpart discuss ways to enhance bilateral ties

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have discussed bilateral economic issues, cooperation in nuclear and space sectors during their first in person meeting here since the COVID-19 outbreak, a senior Indian official said on Thursday. Jaishankar and Lavrov met on Wednesday on the sidelines of the meeting of foreign ministers of the eight-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Russian capital. Bilateral economic issues, cooperation in development of the Far East region of Russia, cooperation in nuclear and space sectors were also discussed, Spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava said in a readout of the meeting between Jaishankar and Lavrov. The two ministers followed up on outcomes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Vladivostok for the fifth edition of Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) which was held in September last year, he said at the online briefing. The two ministers agreed to work closely in the

Russia summons German envoy over Alexei Navalny's alleged poisoning

Russian has summoned German Ambassador and expressed a strong protest in connection with the "unfounded accusations and ultimatum" related to the alleged poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Russia urges Germany to share data on Navalny's poisoning with nerve agent

Navalny, a fierce, high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was flown to Germany last month after falling ill on Aug. 20 on a domestic flight in Russia

Biden's climate plan will give free pass to China, Russia, India: Trump

Trump has said the environmental policies of Joe Biden would "destroy" America's middle class while giving a "free pass" to world's worst polluters like China, Russia, India

Maduro says Russian coronavirus vaccine to arrive in Venezuela in Sept 2020

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) would be delivered to Venezuela in September 2020 for clinical trials

UN rights chief urges Russia to conduct investigation in Navalny case

Navalny has been removed from a medically induced coma and is responding to speech, Berlin's Charite hospital said on Monday

First batch of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V released into public

It has passed the necessary quality tests in the laboratories of Roszdravnadzor, Russian Health Ministry said

Russia hopes India, China will be able to resolve border row through talks

Russia on Tuesday exuded confidence that India and China will be able to resolve the border standoff through dialogue, and ruled out any possibility of its mediation