Wed 30 March 2022: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in China in his first visit to the key ally since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine last month. In a post on its Weibo social media account, the Russian embassy in Beijing confirmed Lavrov had landed in the eastern city of Huangshan, posting […]
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A woman picks her way through the rubble in Grozny during the Second Chechen War in February 2000. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed 30 March 2022: Al Jazeera speaks to Chechen dissident Tumso Abdurakhmanov on the parallels between the Ukraine and Chechnya conflicts. At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, photos of the wars in Chechnya […]
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On March 24, a group of Czech activists held a protest in front of the Russian Embassy in the Czech Republic and doused the entrance to the building with artificial blood. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 29 March 2022: Several European countries have announced the expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats suspected of spying, in what appears to […]
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Tue 29 March 2022: On Tuesday, Johnson & Johnson said that it would stop selling personal care goods in Russia, joining a growing list of corporations that have scaled back their operations in the country in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Because pharmaceuticals and medical devices are exempt from Western sanctions, J&J said it […]
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Tue 29 March 2022: Russia said on Tuesday that it had achieved its main goals for the first stage of its “special military operation” in Ukraine. “The combat potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been significantly reduced, which allows us to focus our main attention and efforts on achieving the main goal — the […]
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Tue 29 March 2022: No one in Russia is considering the idea of using nuclear weapons, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told PBS. The interviewer asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had suggested in his earlier statement that he would use nuclear weapons if a third party got involved in the conflict in Ukraine and Peskov […]
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Tue 29 March 2022: Amnesty International on Tuesday slammed “war crimes” in Ukraine, as the civilian toll continues to rise after Russia’s invasion, likening the situation to the Syrian war. “What is happening in Ukraine is a repetition of what we have seen in Syria,” Agnes Callamard, secretary general of the global rights watchdog, told […]
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ue 29 March 2022: Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, says Russia is yet to take a final decision on how to respond should European countries refuse to pay for Russian gas exports in roubles, but warned that Moscow will not supply fuel to the continent for free. Moscow is handling the details of its gas […]
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Tue 29 March 2022: An anonymous donor has raised $106,505 for a children’s hospital in Kyiv by auctioning a piece of anti-war artwork by Banksy. The Okhmatdyt hospital is Ukraine’s biggest children’s hospital and treats critically ill patients, according to The Kyiv Independent, a Ukrainian news outlet. ⚡️Banksy art piece sale raises $106,000 for children’s […]
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Tue 29 March 2022: Shares of Tesla rose sharply Monday after the electric car maker announced its second stock split in less than two years. The company said in a regulatory filing, and also in a tweet, that it plans to make a request at its upcoming annual shareholders meeting to increase its number of […]
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