Tag: Russia

Russia bans flights from Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic

Russia said it was closing its airspace to flights from Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Republic in tit-for-tat punitive measures following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “Air carriers of these states and/or registered in them are subject to restrictions on flights to destinations on the territory of the Russian Federation, including transit flights through the airspace […]

Russia’s attack on Ukraine begins as the US and Europe urge Putin to stand down

Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine early Thursday morning local time, marking the devastating culmination of months of a Kremlin military buildup near its former Soviet neighbour’s border. After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military action in Ukraine, explosions were heard in the country’s capital of Kyiv, according to NBC News. U.S. President […]

Italian navy officer ‘caught selling secrets to Russia’

Police swooped on the men in Rome “during a clandestine meeting between the two, caught immediately after the transfer of a document.

No grounds to postpone registration of Russian COVID-19 vaccine, expert says

Russian Health ministry’s chief non-resident epidemiologist Nikolay Briko told TASS that the vaccine was not developed from scratch.

Russia to approve vaccine this month with doctors, teachers first to get jab

Reuters, citing anonymous sources, said Russia’s first potential vaccine would be approved by regulators this month.

Russia’s UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking allegations

UK security services said hackers targeting vaccine developers “almost certainly” operated as “part of Russian intelligence services”.

US and Russia to resume nuclear talks, but China casts cloud

US intelligence has forecast that China is in the midst of doubling the size of its nuclear arsenal, troubling the Trump administration