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Russia

Video

Russian nuclear submarines emerging from Arctic ice

3/27/21

Video: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Read the full story HERE

Sports

FOOTBALL

Euro 2020: Denmark, Russia allow fans at Copenhagen and St Petersburg

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/25/21

Finland will face Denmark and Belgium in Group B matches in Copenhagen and St. Petersburg, respectively.

HANDOUT - 23 March 2021, China, Guilin: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as they exchange signed documents during a signing ceremony after their meeting. Photo: -/Russian Foreign Ministry/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

SANCTIONS

Russia's relationship with EU has been 'destroyed,' Lavrov says

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/23/21

One consequence of the EU's aggressive actions is that Russia's bonds with China were strengthening, the Russian Foreign Minister said while in China.

Coronavirus

RUSSIA

Vladimir Putin to get his Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/22/21

According to Putin, the demand for the Sputnik V vaccine from abroad is high.

FILED - The old town in the western Chinese city of Kashgar in the Tarim Basin region of Southern Xinjiang Photo: Simina Mistrenau/dpa.

World

HUMAN RIGHTS

EU foreign affairs ministers to issue sanctions for rights abuses

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/22/21

Under a recently established global human rights sanctions mechanism, the bloc has drawn up asset freezes and travel bans.

Minister-for-Foreign-Affairs-Pekka-Haavisto-by-Lauri-Heikkinen-Vnk

Finland

STATEMENT

Haavisto: "Finland does not recognise Crimea to be part of Russia"

The Nomad Today 3/19/21

Finland supports international efforts to restore Ukraine's territorial integrity.

HANDOUT - Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a via videoconference call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on March 10. Responding to President Joe Biden's remark that he thinks the Russian president is a "killer," Vladimir Putin on Thursday suggested the US leader should take stock of his own flaws and wished him "good health." Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

US-RUSSIA

Putin wishes Biden good health after 'killer' claim heightens tension

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/18/21

Biden's more aggressive approach - including criticism of Russia's human rights and the threat of tougher US sanctions - has not sat well in Moscow.

11 March 2021, US, Washington: US President Joe Biden (R) signs the American Rescue Plan into law as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Adam Schultz/White House via Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire/dpa

World

US-RUSSIA

Biden vows to make Putin 'pay a price' for election tampering

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/18/21

When interviewer George Stephanopoulos asked whether the president thought that Putin was a "killer," Biden replied "I do."

World

PHOTO RELEASED

Russia's Navalny held in prison camp east of Moscow

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/16/21

He is being held in the Vladimir region about 100 kilometres east of Moscow

02 March 2021, Slovakia, Bratislava: Slovakian Prime Minister Igor Matovic speaks during a press conference on the purchase of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik. Photo: Jakub Kotian/TASR/dpa

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

EU medicines agency starts testing of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/5/21

Some EU countries have said they want to use it even if there is no official EU approval.

Coronavirus

VACCINATION

Slovakia ordered 2 million doses of Russian Sputnik V vaccine

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/2/21

Until shortly before landing in Kosice, the government had kept it a secret that it had sent a plane to Russia to pick up the vaccines.

07 February 2021, Czech Republic, Prague: People protest in support of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the Boris Nemcov Square Photo: Michal Kamaryt/CTK/dpa

World

POISONING

EU ministers agree on new Russia sanctions over Navalny jailing

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/22/21

Russia's EU ambassador Vladimir Chizhov warned that Moscow "will be ready to respond."

World

POISONING

EU ministers may trigger new Russia sanctions over Navalny

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/22/21

These could be asset freezes or travel bans.

The Foreign Ministers of Finland (L) and Russia, in Saint Petersburg. Photo: @ulkoministerio/Twitter.

World

NAVALNY CASE

Lavrov blames EU for destroying diplomatic ties in meeting with Haavisto

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/15/21

"The EU is continually tearing up relations," Lavrov said speaking at a meeting with his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto.

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World

MOSCOW

Mother abandons children naked in Russian forest at minus 15 degrees

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/12/21

They are now all suffering from frostbite.

Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo with Border Guard officers at the Finnish-Swedish border in Lapland. Photo: Border Guard/@rajavartijat/Twitter.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland restricts opening hours for crossing border points

The Nomad Today 2/11/21

New restrictions will apply from 15 February at certain border crossings with Norway, Sweden and Russia.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Russia lagging behind on vaccinations as skepticism high

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/10/21

So far, some 2.2 million Russians have received at least one of two necessary doses of the jab.

31 January 2021, Berlin: A demonstrator holds a sign reading "Free Kremlin's Prisoners" during a demonstration against the detention of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny was immediately detained upon his arrival in Moscow earlier this month after receiving treatment in Germany following a near-fatal assassination attempt. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa

World

Germany, Poland, Sweden expel Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat moves

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/8/21

EU foreign ministers are set to discuss on 22 February whether to hit Russia with fresh sanctions over the Navalny case.

FILED - 31 January 2021, Russia, Saint Petersburg: A couple stands in front of Russian National guard officers who are blocking a street during a demonstration against the detention of the Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Navalny was immediately detained upon his arrival in Moscow earlier this month after receiving treatment in Germany following a near-fatal assassination attempt. Photo: Sergei Mikhailichenko/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa

Finland

POISONING

Haavisto to discuss Navalny case during visit to St Petersburg

The Nomad Today 2/7/21

Foreign Minister Haavisto will meet representatives of civil society organisations too.

HANDOUT - 05 February 2021, Russia, Moscow: European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (L) welcomed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ahead of their meeting. The European Union's highest-ranking diplomat Josep Borrell has repeated the bloc's call for Russia to release anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny. Photo: Vasily Maximov/European Commission/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

World

POISONING

Russia expels EU diplomats for Navalny protests as top envoy visits

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/5/21

Moscow, which has repeatedly accused the European Union of interfering in its internal affairs, declared the three diplomats "undesirables" and told them to leave the country immediately.