40 killed as Russia attacks Ukraine, invites widespread condemnation
Kiev/UNI/IBNS: Air raid sirens wailed across Ukraine's capital Kiev Thursday as explosions boomed and flashed in cities across the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized military action against its western neighbour. Around 40 people are reported to have been killed so far.
Ukraine's Prez Zelenskiy urges citizens to defend country, offers weapons
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday called on all citizens, who were ready to defend the country against the Russian invasion, to come forward and said the government would issue weapons to them, media reports said.
Lithuania and Moldova declare state of emergency over Ukraine crisis
Chisinau/UNI: Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Thursday signed a decree declaring a state of emergency in the country in connection with the situation around Ukraine and asked the parliament to approve it.
Kiev/UNI/Xinhua: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday declared martial law in the country after Russia started a military operation against Ukraine.
Russia logs 9,289 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours: Response Centre
Moscow/Sputnik: Russia has registered 9,289 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the day before it was up at 9,252, with the total number reaching 5,053,748, the federal response centre said on Saturday.
Moscow/Sputnik: Russia will continue the practice of joint anti-terrorist exercises with Pakistan to strengthen the republic's potential, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Pakistani newspaper The News International.
Russian COVID-19 cases rise by 6,736 to 681,251
Moscow/Xinhua: Russia recorded 6,736 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 681,251, the country's coronavirus response center said in a statement Sunday.
Covid-19 death toll in Moscow region grows by 16 to 127: Response center
MoscowSputnik/UNI: The Moscow Region has registered 16 coronavirus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, and the overall death toll reached 127 since the start of an outbreak, the local coronavirus response center said on Tuesday.
Moscow hopes US, Taliban comply with peace agreement - Russia's top Afghanistan diplomat
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Moscow hopes that both the United States and Taliban will comply with the agreement they have recently reached, Russia’s Presidential Representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, told reporters in Moscow Tuesday.
Two injured in knife attack in Moscow church - Interior Ministry
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Two people were injured in a knife attack on Sunday in the Moscow church of St. Nicholas, Russia’s Interior Ministry said.
Four Turkish nationals dead, 3 injured in gas blast in Western Russia - Authorities
Moscow/Sputnik: Four Turkish nationals were killed and three others were injured in an explosion at a rubber products factory in the city of Mtsensk in Russia's western Oryol region, a representative of the regional emergency services told Sputnik on Friday.
Moscow court sentences first ex-policeman to 2 months in jail over Journalist Golunov case
Moscow/Sputnik: Moscow's Basmanny district court sentenced on Thursday a former police officer to two months in jail over falsifying evidence against Russian journalist Ivan Golunov, a Sputnik correspondent reported fromt he courtroom.
France's new ambassador to Russia to arrive in Moscow on Wednesday: Embassy
Moscow,/Sputnik: French diplomat Pierre Levy, who previously served as the ambassador of the republic to Poland, will arrive in Moscow late on Wednesday to start his mission in Russia, Science and Technology Adviser of the French embassy Abdo Malac said.Levy will succeed the previous ambassador to Russia, Sylvie Bermann, who completed her diplomatic mission in December 2019.
Moscow expects Huawei to expand presence in city by opening new labs, research centers
Yerevan, Oct11 (Sputnik) The Moscow government is in talks with Chinese tech giant Huawei and expects the company to expand its presence in the Russian capital with new research and development (R&D) centers as part of a larger agenda to enhance cooperation between Moscow-based tech start-ups, and bigger corporations and businesses internationally, the CEO of Moscow Agency of Innovations, Alexey Parabuchev, told Sputnik.
Trump congratulates Moscow, Kiev with releasing detainees
Washington, September 7 (Sputnik/UNI) US President Donald Trump has congratulated Russia and Ukraine with the release of detainees by both sides.