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Sep 4, 2020 20:57
The Russian military launched eight fighter jets to intercept a fleet of American bombers approaching Crimea. The US mission included a rare flight over Ukraine, with the focus squarely on flexing military muscle.
- German military toxicologists find traces of Novichok in Russian opposition figure Navalny’s blood, urine & skin – Der Spiegel
Specialists from Munich Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology have found Alexey Navalny had traces of a poison from the Novichok family in his system, as well as in a bottle he was carrying on the flight where he became unwell.Sep 4, 2020 18:20 - Ukraine admits fears over Russian influence in Belarus as Minsk claims foreign powers trying to separate country from MoscowUkraine's Foreign Minister has warned that extra Russian clout in Belarus is dangerous for Kiev. Dmitry Kuleba's comments come as the Belarusian Prime Minister said foreign powers hope to drive a wedge between Minsk and MoscowSep 3, 2020 19:23
- Respected British medical journal The Lancet publishes study showing Russia’s ‘Sputnik V’ Covid-19 vaccine to be 100% effectiveThe world’s first registered Covid-19 vaccine successfully produced antibodies in all 76 participants in early-stage trials, according to a study published in The Lancet, one of the oldest and best-respected medical journals.Sep 4, 2020 13:50
- ‘US-Russia relations can get even worse’: American diplomat warns Kremlin against military interference in BelarusRelations between the US and Russia will deteriorate further if Moscow intervenes militarily in Belarus. That’s according to George Kent, the US deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.Sep 3, 2020 19:54
- Russia scrambles EIGHT jets to intercept three US B-52 bombers testing Crimea borders over Ukraine & Black SeaThe Russian military launched eight fighter jets to intercept a fleet of American bombers approaching Crimea. The US mission included a rare flight over Ukraine, with the focus squarely on flexing military muscle.Sep 4, 2020 20:57
- Nagorno-Karabakh President Harutyunyan warns residents of territory disputed by Armenia & Azerbaijan to 'prepare for war'The president of Nagorno-Karabakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, has told citizens of the small republic to “be realistic and prepare for war.” He claimed that bilateral discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached an impasse.Sep 4, 2020 19:39
- A year after he became president with a landslide victory, fewer than half of Ukrainians now say they trust Volodymyr ZelenskySome 49 percent of Ukrainian citizens have lost confidence in Volodymyr Zelensky, who became president with 73.22 percent of the vote last year. Nevertheless, he is still more trusted than the country’s parliament and government.Sep 4, 2020 19:34
- German military toxicologists find traces of Novichok in Russian opposition figure Navalny’s blood, urine & skin – Der SpiegelSpecialists from Munich Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology have found Alexey Navalny had traces of a poison from the Novichok family in his system, as well as in a bottle he was carrying on the flight where he became unwell.Sep 4, 2020 18:20
- Respected British medical journal The Lancet publishes study showing Russia’s ‘Sputnik V’ Covid-19 vaccine to be 100% effectiveThe world’s first registered Covid-19 vaccine successfully produced antibodies in all 76 participants in early-stage trials, according to a study published in The Lancet, one of the oldest and best-respected medical journals.Sep 4, 2020 13:50
- 'Russians, Jews & other scum': Russian Communist leader Zyuganov makes bizarre gaffe at WWII anniversary ceremonyAdolf Hitler's Nazi Germany murdered Russians, Jews and “all the rest of the scum” in the furnaces at concentration camps, according to Gennady Zyuganov, the veteran leader of Russia's largest opposition party, the Communists.Sep 4, 2020 13:11
- EU won’t blacklist Lukashenko: Germany, France, & Italy slap down Poland & Baltic states’ hardline proposals on Belarus – Die WeltEurope is famous for its political fault lines, and a new one has now emerged: the divide between the ‘core EU’ and peripheral countries subservient to the US on foreign policy, such as the UK, Poland, and the three Baltic states.Sep 4, 2020 09:27
- ‘US-Russia relations can get even worse’: American diplomat warns Kremlin against military interference in BelarusRelations between the US and Russia will deteriorate further if Moscow intervenes militarily in Belarus. That’s according to George Kent, the US deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.Sep 3, 2020 19:54
- Ukraine admits fears over Russian influence in Belarus as Minsk claims foreign powers trying to separate country from MoscowUkraine's Foreign Minister has warned that extra Russian clout in Belarus is dangerous for Kiev. Dmitry Kuleba's comments come as the Belarusian Prime Minister said foreign powers hope to drive a wedge between Minsk and MoscowSep 3, 2020 19:23
- Alleged poisoning of activist Navalny could be classed as ‘a use of chemical weapons’ & violation of international law – OPCWIn response to Germany's insistence that Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok-like nerve agent, the primary international watchdog has warned that such a “reprehensible” act would be considered “a use of chemical weapons”Sep 3, 2020 16:57
- Extensive Russian research project suggests you CANNOT get Covid-19 twice unless you have a serious underlying medical conditionAfter claims of double infections added to the prevailing anxiety around Covid-19, Russian scientists say it's not possible to be sick twice from the virus if you have no comorbidities, such as allergies, diabetes, and obesitySep 3, 2020 16:28
- 186 children among 334 victims: Beslan school siege remembered in Moscow (VIDEO)Hundreds of balloons were released in the air in Moscow to commemorate each victim of a terrorist siege of a school in the southern city of Beslan sixteen years ago - one of the worst tragedies in Russia’s modern history.Sep 3, 2020 16:10
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