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Putin targets US social media, secret agent leaks, and protests with new laws

Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 12:11 AM

President Vladimir Putin signed an array of laws on Wednesday handing Russia new powers to restrict US social media giants, label individuals "foreign agents", and to crack down on the disclosure of its security officers' personal data.   Read more »

Russia admits to world's third-worst coronavirus death toll

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 29 02:57 AM

MOSCOW - Russia on Monday said its coronavirus death toll was more than three times higher than it had previously reported, making it the country with the third-largest number of fatalities. Read more »

Putin says expecting no change to US ties under Biden

Anastasia Clark, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 24 12:12 AM

MOSCOW - With less than a month before Joe Biden moves into the White House, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was not expecting much change in Moscow's ties with Washington, while his aides said they were less optimistic. Read more »

Putin signs bill giving Russian presidents lifetime immunity

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 02:13 AM

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed legislation that will grant former presidents lifetime immunity once they leave office. Read more »

If Russia had poisoned critic Navalny he would be dead, says Putin

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 05:55 AM

Experts of several Western countries concluded that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era Novichok nerve agent, a claim Moscow has repeatedly denied. Read more »

Putin says will get vaccine when possible for age range

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 02:46 AM

The 68-year-old Russian president said at his annual end-of-year press conference that he had not been vaccinated yet. Read more »

Duterte invites Putin again to visit PH to celebrate Manila-Moscow relations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 12:48 AM

The Office of the President said in a statement Wednesday that Duterte invited Putin again, as he welcomed Marat Pavlov as the new Russian ambassador to the Philippines.   Read more »

Putin opens COVID drug plant as Russia reports daily record for cases, deaths

Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 09:25 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inaugurated a pharmaceutical plant in Siberia that will manufacture drugs to treat COVID-19 as the country reported record high numbers of new coronavirus infections and deaths. Read more »

Putin says deaths from Karabakh fighting 'nearing 5,000'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 03:53 AM

Fighting broke out between the Armenian separatists who control the Karabakh province in Azerbaijan and the military late last month and the most recent officially confirmed death toll remains below one thousand. Read more »

China, Germany heading for superpower status as US influence wanes, says Putin

Reuters
Posted at Oct 23 01:46 AM

MOSCOW - The era when the United States and Russia decided the world's most important questions is in the past, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, saying China and Germany were now heading for superpower status. Read more »

Scientists detect 'mass death' of sea life off Russia's Kamchatka

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 05:20 AM

MOSCOW - Pollution off the Pacific shoreline of the remote Kamchatka peninsula has caused the mass death of marine creatures, Russian scientists said Tuesday.   Read more »

Russians were urged to return to normal life, except for Putin

Anton Troianovski, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 02 10:58 PM

The officials from a secretive Russian security force seemed to know exactly what they wanted when they reached out to Olga Izranova’s company last spring.   Read more »

Russia arrests 2 men for stealing Virgin Mary icon

Reuters
Posted at Oct 02 02:01 AM

MOSCOW - Russian authorities said on Thursday they had arrested two men suspected of tunneling their way by night into an island monastery and stealing a Russian Orthodox icon donated years earlier by President Vladimir Putin. Read more »

Putin vaunts Russian coronavirus vaccine at UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 05:54 AM

UNITED NATIONS - President Vladimir Putin in a speech at the United Nations on Tuesday boasted of Russia's creation of the world's first coronavirus vaccine, though it has not completed large-scale clinical trials. Read more »

Michael Cohen's book says Trump held 'low opinions of all black folks'

Maggie Haberman, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 07 10:53 AM

President Donald Trump routinely referred to Black leaders of foreign nations with racist insults. He had an abiding admiration for President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to treat Russia like a personal business. And he was consumed with hatred for President Barack Obama. Read more »

Outrage after Germany says Putin critic Navalny poisoned with Novichok

Hui Min Neo with Anna Malpas in Moscow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 02:05 PM

BERLIN - Western leaders demanded explanations from Moscow on Wednesday after Germany said that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to "silence" the Russian opposition leader. Read more »

'Sell to Russia': DTI tells exporters looking for new markets

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 05:01 PM

Philippine exporters should sell to Russia to take advantage of lower duties under the Eurasian Economic Union Generalized System of Preferences or EAEU GSP, the Department of Trade and Industry said on Monday.  Read more »

Kremlin critic Navalny hospitalised with 'poisoning': spokeswoman

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 20 02:10 PM

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is unconscious and in intensive care in hospital after apparently being poisoned, his spokeswoman said Thursday. Read more »

Russian energy minister diagnosed with coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 07:47 PM

Several Russian political figures have been infected with the virus in recent months, including Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov and some ministers and lawmakers. Read more »

Russia produces first batch of virus vaccine, says ministry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 16 12:27 AM

Russia said Saturday that it has produced the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine, after Putin announced it had been first in the world to approve a vaccine. Read more »