Tag: Russia
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WAR: UEFA bans Russia from participating in Euro 2024 qualification series
UEFA has banned Russia from taking part in the Euro 2024 qualifying series which will begin on the 9th of October. The Russian national team and club sides have been banned from participating in international football following the ongoing war with Ukraine.
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Russia fumes over Queen Elizabeth II funeral snub
Moscow has blasted London for not inviting Russian officials to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, calling the decision as deeply immoral. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, on Friday said the UK Foreign Office notified Moscow invitations to the queen’s funeral weren’t sent to Russian officials due to the conflict in Ukraine.
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Putin vows to press on with military action in Ukraine
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has vowed to press on with Moscow’s military action in Ukraine until it achieves its goals. He threatened to completely cut energy supplies to the West if it tries to cap prices of Russian exports. Speaking at an annual economic forum in the far-eastern port city of Vladivostok, Wednesday, Putin scoffed…
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Russia gaining from conflict in Ukraine – Putin
President Vladimir Putin said Russia had gained, not lost, from the conflict in Ukraine because it was embarking on a new sovereign path that would restore its global clout. Putin increasingly casts the conflict in Ukraine, which he calls a “special military operation”, as a turning point in history when Russia finally threw off the…
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Russia admits it was behind Ukrainian train station strike
Russia’s Defence Ministry has confirmed that its forces were behind Wednesday’s missile strike on a railway station in central Ukraine that Kiev said left at least 25 people dead, including civilians. However, Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov claimed that more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers on their way to fight in the Donbass region had…
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WAR: Russia missile hit Ukraine train station, kills 22 persons
About 22 persons were feared killed when a Russian missile hit a train station in Eastern Ukraine, in an attack that brought home the harsh reality of the six-month-old war. Zelensky said in an evening video address that “five of the dead were recovered from a car on the railway track, and search and rescue…
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WAR: Russia strengthens relationship with North Korea
Amid its war with Ukraine, Russia is seeking to strengthen its ties with the Asian country of North Korea. Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin made this known via a statement signed and released by him on Sunday in Moscow.
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WAR: UN warns Russia over attack on external facilities in Ukraine
The United Nations has warned Russia to stop attacking its facilities in Ukraine, describing its latest action as suicidal. Russia had sent rocket fire around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in central Ukraine. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said that “any attack on nuclear power plants is a suicidal thing.”
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Russia moves to create own international court to try Ukrainians
Russian plans to bring more than 200 Ukrainians to trial for crimes against humanity before an international court it is in the process of creating. The Head of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin said such a tribunal would be under the leadership of a partner organisation of Russia. He said Bolivia, Iran and Syria,…
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EU to replace gas from Russia with Nigeria
The European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS said on Friday that, it would replace the gas from Russia with Nigeria Gas due to the invasion in Ukraine. The Deputy Director-General Department for (Energy), European Commission in Brussels, Mr Matthew Baldwin, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. Baldwin will be…