This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Russian government offThe official was President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Far East, Yuri Trutnev, according to an independent online news outlet, DVHAB, the first to publish the secret recording of Furgal’s dressing-down in November in Khabarovsk province, bordering China in Russia’s southeast corner.Being more popular than Putin is not a recipe for political longevity. Furgal was arrested last month, flown to Moscow and charged in connection with four killings in 2004 and 2005 — allegations that Putin’s...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Russian government offThe official was President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Far East, Yuri Trutnev, according to an independent online news outlet, DVHAB, the first to publish the secret recording of Furgal’s dressing-down in November in Khabarovsk province, bordering China in Russia’s southeast corner.Being more popular than Putin is not a recipe for political longevity. Furgal was arrested last month, flown to Moscow and charged in connection with four killings in 2004 and 2005 — allegations that Putin’s...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareRussia has registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine for dogs, cats, minks, foxes and other animals, the country’s agriculture safety watchdog said Wednesday.Called Carnivak-Cov, the vaccine was developed by scientists at the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, also known as Rosselkhoznadzor,.While many scientists say the virus causing covid-19 initially jumped from bats to humans, perhaps through another intermediary, infections have since been reported worldwide in animals, from zoos to...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareRussia has registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine for dogs, cats, minks, foxes and other animals, the country’s agriculture safety watchdog said Wednesday.Called Carnivak-Cov, the vaccine was developed by scientists at the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, also known as Rosselkhoznadzor,.While many scientists say the virus causing covid-19 initially jumped from bats to humans, perhaps through another intermediary, infections have since been reported worldwide in animals, from zoos to...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — Russia was given about four to five minutes warning of the Biden administration’s first military action when it struck Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria early Friday, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. But he said the warning came too late to reduce the risk of a potential clash between the two country’s forces.U.S. officials believe the attack killed a number of alleged Iranian-linked fighters, signaling the administration’s intent to use targeted military action to push back against...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — Russia was given about four to five minutes warning of the Biden administration’s first military action when it struck Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria early Friday, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. But he said the warning came too late to reduce the risk of a potential clash between the two country’s forces.U.S. officials believe the attack killed a number of alleged Iranian-linked fighters, signaling the administration’s intent to use targeted military action to push back against...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was ordered to spend the next 32 months in prison Tuesday, as he defiantly denounced President Vladimir Putin and said his supporters will not be intimidated by widening Kremlin crackdowns.Hours after the verdict, protesters heeded Navalny's call. Several thousand people marched through central Moscow and St. Petersburg, chanting "Russia without Putin" and "Freedom." Riot police detained hundreds of people and beat some in the crowd with batons, according to video posted...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was ordered to spend the next 32 months in prison Tuesday, as he defiantly denounced President Vladimir Putin and said his supporters will not be intimidated by widening Kremlin crackdowns.Hours after the verdict, protesters heeded Navalny's call. Several thousand people marched through central Moscow and St. Petersburg, chanting "Russia without Putin" and "Freedom." Riot police detained hundreds of people and beat some in the crowd with batons, according to video posted...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — The staff at Moscow's Polyclinic No. 5, syringes at the ready, waited for the expected flood of people as the first phase of mass coronavirus vaccinations rolled out this week.And waited. And waited some more. Rows of empty seats lined the waiting area. Staff members, with little to do, squabbled about where to put a small vase of dried pink flowers.With Russia’s coronavirus cases rising sharply, authorities are banking on the country’s Sputnik V vaccine as the answer to the crisis — and opened the vaccine to the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — The staff at Moscow's Polyclinic No. 5, syringes at the ready, waited for the expected flood of people as the first phase of mass coronavirus vaccinations rolled out this week.And waited. And waited some more. Rows of empty seats lined the waiting area. Staff members, with little to do, squabbled about where to put a small vase of dried pink flowers.With Russia’s coronavirus cases rising sharply, authorities are banking on the country’s Sputnik V vaccine as the answer to the crisis — and opened the vaccine to the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — Nagorno-Karabakh's war is over for now under a Moscow-brokered peace deal, and its costs are still being counted.They are tallied, bit by bit, in videos of the bodies of dozens of Armenian soldiers killed in a roadside ambush, and in the TikTok clips posted by Azerbaijani soldiers showing them sifting through the abandoned houses of ethnic Armenians, lingering on old family photographs, clothing, scattered coins and neat glass cabinets with bottles of Armenian cognac.The stocktaking also brings another new...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — Nagorno-Karabakh's war is over for now under a Moscow-brokered peace deal, and its costs are still being counted.They are tallied, bit by bit, in videos of the bodies of dozens of Armenian soldiers killed in a roadside ambush, and in the TikTok clips posted by Azerbaijani soldiers showing them sifting through the abandoned houses of ethnic Armenians, lingering on old family photographs, clothing, scattered coins and neat glass cabinets with bottles of Armenian cognac.The stocktaking also brings another new...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — Renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday threatened to reignite a three-decade-old conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.It was the worst outbreak of fighting in the region since 2016, when four days of clashes left 200 dead. Each side blamed each other for the crisis Sunday; both declared martial law as tensions escalated.At least one Azerbaijani helicopter was shot down Sunday. Armenia announced the full mobilization of its military as the situation threatened to spiral out of...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMOSCOW — Renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday threatened to reignite a three-decade-old conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.It was the worst outbreak of fighting in the region since 2016, when four days of clashes left 200 dead. Each side blamed each other for the crisis Sunday; both declared martial law as tensions escalated.At least one Azerbaijani helicopter was shot down Sunday. Armenia announced the full mobilization of its military as the situation threatened to spiral out of...WW…