# russia - Thursday 15 April, 2021
# White House
# White House
The White House said the 10 diplomats being expelled include representatives of Russia n intelligence services.
# russia - Monday 12 April, 2021
# Russia
# Russia
The blaze spread across all four of the building’s floors.
# russia - Monday 5 April, 2021
# President For Life
# President For Life
The Russia n president may stay in power until 2036.
# Donbass
# Donbass
The Kremlin did not deny the recent troop movements, but insisted that Moscow was “not threatening anyone”.
# russia - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# Putin's Russia
# Putin's Russia
The opposition politician accused prison officials of refusing to provide him with adequate medical treatment.
# Espionage
# Espionage
The Italian foreign affairs ministry has summoned the Russia n ambassador over the incident.
# russia - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# Minsk
# Minsk
The EBU rejected both songs the country put forward.
# russia - Tuesday 23 March, 2021
# Hpra
# Hpra
Dr Lorraine Nolan also said the public can be assured the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe.
# russia - Friday 19 March, 2021
# Sputnik V
# Sputnik V
Yuriy Filatov told a Limerick TD his government has not been approached by Irish authorities about ordering the Sputnik V vaccine.
# russia - Monday 15 March, 2021
# Russia
# Russia
The Russia n opposition leader compared the controls to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.
# russia - Wednesday 10 March, 2021
# Banned Content
# Banned Content
The social media platform has been widely used by backers of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
# russia - Thursday 4 March, 2021
# Sputnik V
# Sputnik V
Russia said it is ready to provide vaccines for 50 million Europeans.
# A Worm In The Heart
# A Worm In The Heart
A new Irish documentary looks at the crackdown on LGBT+ rights in Russia . We spoke to its director.
# russia - Tuesday 2 March, 2021
# Navalny
# Navalny
This is Biden’s first major actiona gainst Russia during his presidency.
# russia - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Kremlin Critic
# Kremlin Critic
The EU also agreed on sanctions for Myanmar over the military’s seizure of power.
# russia - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Alexei Navalny
# Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny was arrested and jailed upon returning to Russia last month.
# russia - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Kremlin Critic
# Kremlin Critic
In his closing arguments, Navalny said that “every moment of this case is obvious legal nonsense”.
# russia - Friday 12 February, 2021
# Alexei Navalny
# Alexei Navalny
During a theatrical trial today, the opposition figure sparred with the judge and prosecutor and mocked the veteran’s grandson.
# russia - Saturday 6 February, 2021
# Profile
# Profile
What next for Russia following the jailing of the anti-corruption opposition leader?
# russia - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# Russia
# Russia
Navalny was sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
# Moscow
# Moscow
Britain, France, Germany, the United States and the European Union denounced the ruling and called for his immediate release.
# russia - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# Jailed
# Jailed
Navalny is the most prominent critic of Russia n President Vladimir Putin.
# The Lancet
# The Lancet
The preliminary findings show that the two-dose Sputnik V “has shown high efficacy” and was well tolerated for adults.
# russia - Monday 1 February, 2021
# Moscow
# Moscow
Navalny’s team said there was ‘overwhelming nationwide support’ for the Kremlin’s fiercest critic.
# russia - Sunday 31 January, 2021
# Kremlin
# Kremlin
Protesters defied government warnings to rally from Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg in a second weekend of mass demonstrations.
# russia - Sunday 24 January, 2021
# Russia
# Russia
Tens of thousands rallied in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Russia this weekend.
# russia - Saturday 23 January, 2021
# Moscow
# Moscow
Thousands of protesters joined in cities today to support the jailed Kremlin critic.
# russia - Tuesday 19 January, 2021
# Russia
# Russia
Navalny was arrested after returning from Germany following treatment for nerve agent poisoning.
# russia - Monday 18 January, 2021
# Poisoning
# Poisoning
Navalny was detained on arrival in Russia after recovering from nerve agent poisoning in Germany.
# russia - Saturday 9 January, 2021
# Avalanche
# Avalanche
A criminal case into deaths by negligence as a result of safety violations has been opened.
# russia - Monday 28 December, 2020
# Snowstorm
# Snowstorm
Officials said that two people had been rescued by a passing vessel but hopes were quickly fading that more survivors could be found.
# russia - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# George Blake
# George Blake
Russia n news agencies reported Blake’s death today.
# russia - Friday 25 December, 2020
# Alexei Navalny
# Alexei Navalny
Western governments say Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era Novichok nerve agent
# russia - Wednesday 23 December, 2020
# Outgoing President
# Outgoing President
The bill affirms 3% pay raises for US troops and authorises more than $740 billion in military programmes and construction.
# russia - Thursday 17 December, 2020
# CAS
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# CAS
And the country’s footballers will miss the World Cup in Qatar should they qualify too.
# Denial
# Denial
It’s widely suggested that Russia was behind Navalny’s poisoning in August.
# russia - Saturday 5 December, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Health officials have opened 70 vaccine centres in Moscow.
# russia - Monday 9 November, 2020
# Azerbaijan
# Azerbaijan
Fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia has been ongoing for six weeks in the context Nagorno-Karabkh region.
# US Election
# US Election
Western allies, including the German Chancellor and Taoiseach Micheál Martin – welcomed a fresh start with Washington.
# russia - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# Alexei Navalny
# Alexei Navalny
The decision was agreed upon among the 27 EU envoys to Brussels.
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