Moscow has previously reacted angrily to the accusations of human rights breaches that the U.S. State Department has leveled at Russia in its annual reports. The State Department has expressed concern about the violent attacks on rights activists and journalists in Russia, most of which go unpuni...
The move by the U.S., UK and their allies to remove Russia from the powerless 47-nation Geneva-based human rights council - in which many member nations are human rights abusers - further isolates Russia politically from the world despite Russia's veto power on the Security Council, diplomat...
While the authorities have vowed to vaccinate a sizable part of Russia’s population by the end of 2020, issues faced by developers won’t allow them to produce the required number of vaccine doses by year-end. Nov. 3 — Hospitals in the Novosibirsk region will stop performing non-urgent ...
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“When there’s an armed person standing in front of you, it’s hard to say no,” Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said about participating in the vote. There are four different parties on the ballot, the mayor added, noting that billboards only advertise United Russia. ...
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russian laws requiring many media outlets to register as "foreign agents" are arbitrary and violate human rights – upholding the appeal of a US-funded media group that had previously threatened Russia with a treaty claim. ...
The U.N.-led Joint Coordination Center also said that about eight loaded vessels are waiting for inspection in Turkish territorial waters. TheBlack Sea Grain Initiative, a deal brokered in July among Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, eased Russia’s naval blockade and saw the reo...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Francis on Friday during his European tour where he is touting a “victory plan” for Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia. Francis and Zelensky met privately and talked for 45 minutes, according to The Associated Press. ...
The training for the Ukrainians on the complex system is expected to take “several months,” said Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. “I’m not going to be able to give you a specific timeframe for the completion of the training.” ...
The Nobel Foundation has reversed its decision to invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, the organization said in a statement on Saturday. The about-face comes less than 48 hours after the foundation’s initial decision to invite the ...