Moscow: The Moscow Times is an online daily that is well-liked by Russian expatriates; nonetheless, the Russian prosecutor general’s office designated it as a “undesirable organization.” The opposition and critical news media are being targeted in the wake of the designation. It implies that the journal must cease operations in Russia and imposes a maximum five-year jail sentence on any Russian who assists it. Compared to the news outlet’s November “foreign agent” classification, which subjected people and organizations to enhanced financial surveillance and mandated that any public information they…
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Nuclear option will hopefully never arise says Vladimir Putin
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he does not see any threat to Russia’s sovereignty at the moment. If Russia ever feels such a threat, it will not refrain from using nuclear weapons. For this, weapons targeting Western countries will be deployed at designated sites without delay. Putin said this at the International Economic Forum meeting in St. Petersburg. He said, the situation of using nuclear weapons arises in very unusual cases. He is confident that such a situation will never arise. Earlier, Putin had made it clear…
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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech at the Harbin Institute of Technology and interacted with teachers and students in the fields of education, science and technology cooperation, cultural exchanges, youth development, etc. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia. Educational cooperation has always been an important area of cooperation between the two countries. The Harbin Institute of Technology carries out scientific and educational cooperation with many well-known Russian universities, such as St. Petersburg University. Putin said that cooperation between…
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