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NAVALNY

EU foreign ministers to debate sanctions on Russia for poisoning

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/12/20

The ministers are also to discuss the EU's response to ongoing tensions in Belarus.

Coronavirus

Russia sees record rise in domestic coronavirus cases

The Nomad Today 10/9/20

Russia has reported the world's fourth-largest coronavirus caseload, behind the United States, India and Brazil.

30 July 2020, Berlin: Two activists disguised as US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ride two models of nuclear bombs in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a demonstration for a world without nuclear weapons. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa

World

NEW START TREATY

US, Russia meet in Helsinki on extending nuclear arms pact

The Nomad Today 10/5/20

The two powers are discussing the future of the New START treaty.

08 September 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Mukran: A special vehicle transports a pipe for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to a storage yard at the port of Mukran on the island of Ruegen. Special ships are being prepared in the port for the further construction of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa.

World

BALTIC SEA

Denmark gives operational permit for underwater Nord Stream pipeline

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/2/20

Nord Stream 2 pipelines will run about 1,200 kilometres across the Baltic Sea, through Russian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and German waters.

Sports

FORMULA ONE

Bottas wins Russian Grand Prix; Hamilton must wait for record

The Nomad Today 9/28/20

Bottas began third but overtook Red Bull's Max Verstappen at the start and easily held on to his ninth career win and second this year after the season-opener in Austria.

HANDOUT - 19 September 2020, Berlin: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny is pictured on the stairs of Berlin's Charite hospital. Navalny has published the picture on his Instagram account and thanked the hospital's "brilliant doctors". Photo: -/Navalny Instagram/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

Navalny demands Russia return his clothes from day of poisoning

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/21/20

27 August 2020, Belarus, Minsk: Members of the AMAP (OMON) special police forces take position during a protest at the Independence Square against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa.

World

WITH EU NEIGHBOURS

Belarus closes western borders as military tensions rise

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/18/20

Military manoeuvres with NATO troops are being conducted in Lithuania and Ukraine. At the same time, the Belarusian army is training with Russian forces in the west of the country near the EU's…

HANDOUT - 15 September 2020, Berlin: (L-r) Daria Navalny, her brother Zahar, her father, the Russian opposition Aleksei Navalny and his wife Julia make a selfie at the sickbed. Photo: -/Daria Navalny Instagram/dpa

World

Poisoned dissident Navalny to return to Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/15/20

Separate tests in France , Germany and Sweden have concluded that he was poisoned with a form of Novichok. European leaders have demanded an explanation from the Kremlin, which denies any…

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Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

THL looking for 18 passengers exposed to Covid-19 on bus from Russia

The Nomad Today 9/15/20

"Everyone should carefully consider whether it is now necessary to travel between Russia and Finland," says THL.

HANDOUT - 14 September 2020, Russia, Sochi: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who arrived in Russia on a working visit, at the summer residence Bocharov Ruchey. (best quality available) Photo: Kremlin/dpa.

World

Putin backs Lukashenko with a billionaire loan and military support

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/15/20

The Russian president emphasized during his meeting with Lukashenko that the crisis should be resolved without pressure from abroad. He also noted that Russian military forces in Belarus…

FILED - 12 October 2018, Belarus, Mogilev: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends the plenary session of the Fifth Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions. Lukashenko told his countrypeople he would make sure there would be no civil-war-like situation in Belarus as he cast his ballot in Sunday's presidential election. Photo: Kremlin/dpa.

World

Belarus' Lukashenko arrives in Russia to meet Putin for crisis talks

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/14/20

At least 7,000 people have been detained at protests since the elections, according to the Belarusian Interior Ministry. The United Nations has received 450 reports of torture and abuse of such…

12 September 2020, Russia, Tambow: A small child wearing a face mask casts his father's vote in a ballot box at a polling station during the 2020 Regional elections. Photo: Lev Vlasov/dpa.

World

Russians vote in local polls in test of Putin-loyal party's dominance

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/13/20

Navalny's team urged Russians to vote for candidates from any party other than United Russia, which currently dominates the federal parliament and many regional administrations.

HANDOUT - 27 August 2020, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks during a TV interview. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa.

World

Thousands turn out to protest in eastern Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/12/20

Police have detained 23 people since mid-July when the protests began, and are investigating 175 people for taking part in the demonstrations.

24 August 2020, Berlin: Police vehicles are parked in front of the Charite University Hospital, where prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is being treated from suspected poisoning. Navalny, who is still fighting for his life, was taken ill on a flight to Moscow on Thursday and flown to Germany on Saturday for emergency treatment in Berlin. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

World

RUSSIA

Navalny taken out of coma

The Nomad Today 9/7/20

The Russian dissident is said to be responding to verbal stimuli.

FILED - Opposition member Alexei Navalny participates in a demonstration in Moscow, Russia, 26 February 2017. The Russian opposition politician, arguably the fiercest domestic critic of President Vladimir Putin, is in a coma at a Siberian hospital after a suspected poisoning, his spokesperson said on Thursday. Photo: Claudia Thaler/dpa.

World

Germany finds 'unequivocal' evidence of Navalny nerve agent poisoning

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/2/20

Russian authorities reiterate that they found no "evidence" of poisoning and say they have not been officially informed by Germany.

HANDOUT - 13 August 2020, Russia, Moscow: An undated picture made available on 13 August 2020 shows vials of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, developed by the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has financed the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow to develop the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V. Photo: -/Russian Direct Investment Fund via YNA/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Russia to begin coronavirus vaccine provision in September

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/31/20

Russia was the first country to introduce a vaccine for the novel coronavirus that it says can be used by the general public.

World

PROTESTS CONTINUE

Putin reaffirms recognition of Belarus' election results

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/29/20

He also cast doubt on whether all those who doubted the results of the election were being honest.

World

Berlin hospital found indications Navalny was poisoned

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/24/20

Doctors said long-term consequences, in particular for the nervous system, could not be ruled out at this stage. Navalny has been the face of domestic opposition to Russian…