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It is stated that the ministry contacted the Russian Ambassador to Tirana, Mikhail Afanasyev, expressing concern about the continuing violations of measures to combat COVID-19 by the diplomat of the Russian embassy. Albania declared a Russian diplomat a persona non grata due to violations of anti-coronavirus measures, the foreign ministry...
The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden took place on January 20 and marks the start of the four-year term of Biden as the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris as vice president. Since being inaugurated, Biden has already signed a series of executive orders to undo...
The extension of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) will give Russia and the U.S. time to consider additional measures to enhance strategic stability, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov wrote on Twitter, commenting on reports that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden...
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has told law enforcement bodies to suppress unsanctioned protests planned for January 23, demanding that access to websites calling on citizens to take to the streets be blocked, the press service of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office informed TASS on Thursday. Earlier, supporters of Russian...
The Kremlin said on Wednesday it remained committed to extending the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States and would welcome efforts promised by the administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to reach agreement, Reuters reports. The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) accord, which was signed...
In a recent opinion piece for the Russian news agency TASS, Dmitry Medvedev manages at once to be an avatar of Kremlin schadenfreude over the state of U.S. politics, an emissary to the incoming Biden administration, and a herald-of-sorts of his own revival as a serious politician, The Moscow...
As Washington braces for the most tense handover of power in modern history, the speaker of Russia’s parliament has called for an inquiry into a series of perceived threats to free speech, amid the fallout from the US election, RT reported. Vyacheslav Volodin told lawmakers on Tuesday that the parliamentary...
Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help of a Russian-owned technology company, Reuters reports. Parler vanished from the internet when dropped by Amazon Inc’s hosting arm and other partners for poor moderation after its users called for...
Russia will work to elicit a reaction from international organizations regarding the measures against Sputnik and Baltnews media outlets in Latvia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday, Sputnik reports. "We must get the international mechanisms involved. We presented the issue in the UN, in the OSCE, in the Council...
Russian peacekeepers escorted another convoy with 177 refugees who have come back home in Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia, the Russian Defense Ministry stated, TASS reported. "The servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping contingent are ensuring the return of refugees to their home. The buses from Yerevan to Stepanakert have brought 177 refugees....