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UN chief Guterres to visit Russia; will meet President Putin
United Nations: Exactly two months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit Moscow next week and be received by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Earlier this week, Guterres…
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Russia bans tech honchos, including Zuckerberg, from entering country
Moscow: Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a list of US figures, including tech honchos, who are now prohibited from entering the county for an indefinite period.…
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3,000-9,000 citizens may be buried in Mariupol mass grave: Authorities
Kiev: Ukrainian authorities said that between 3,000 to 9,000 citizens of Mariupol may have been buried in a mass grave in Manhush, a village occupied by Russian troops and located less than…
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Ukraine’s Mariupol city captured: Russia
Moscow: Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the country’s forces have fully captured Ukraine’s key Black Sea port-city of Mariupol, the media reported. However, more than…
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Russia has zero confidence in Ukrainian negotiators
Moscow: Moscow has no confidence in the Ukrainian negotiators, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “Here it’s not like ‘trust and verify’ — here it’s just ‘verify’, because there is no…
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West’s ‘economic blitzkrieg’ against Russia fails: Putin
Moscow: Western countries’ “economic blitzkrieg” strategy against Russia has failed, President Vladimir Putin has said at a government meeting on economic issues. The main negative factor for the Russian economy in recent…
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Russia gives Ukrainian troops in steel plant another chance to surrender
Moscow: Russia on Tuesday offered another opportunity to surrender for the remaining Ukrainian forces holed up at the Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol. All those present…
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Kiev banned militants in Mariupol from negotiating surrender
Moscow: Kiev ordered the militants located on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, surrounded and blocked in Mariupol, to shoot those who want to lay down their arms, the official representative…
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EU to sanction Russia’s Sberbank, other banks: Report
Frankfurt: The European Union plans to sanction Russia’s largest lender Sberbank and other Russian financial firms in its next round of restrictions, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen told a German newspaper.…
- Middle East
Russia’s Putin, Saudi Crown Prince discuss bilateral ties, oil
Riyadh: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on Saturday, their second call since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Saudi Press Agency said the…
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145 helicopters, 2,000 armoured Russian vehicles destroyed in war
Kiev: According to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, it has destroyed 1,982 armoured combat vehicles, 163 planes, and 145 helicopters of Russia as of April 16. Highlighting the total military equipment losses of Russia between…
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Russia bans British top officials from entry
Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that 13 top officials of Britain, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have been barred from entering Russia. “This step was taken as a response to…
- India
To boost Make in India, IAF shelves plan to buy 48 Russian Mi-17 V5s
New Delhi: Amid a strong push by the government for indigenisation, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has shelved its plan to buy 48 additional Mi-17 V5 medium-lift helicopters from Russia. India had…
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Russia warns West of ‘unpredictable consequences’
Moscow: Russia has formally warned the US and other allied nations against supplying weapons to Ukraine. The warning came in a formal diplomatic note from Moscow, a copy of which has been…
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Russia charges Ukraine with not opening humanitarian corridors
Moscow: Alleging that Ukraine continues to hold 6,224 foreign nationals from 11 countries hostage as human shields, the Russian authorities have charged that it with not providing any humanitarian corridors towards the…
