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EU set to suspend 2007 visa deal with Russia, but not ban Russian tourists
Aug 31, 2022 15:02Putting speculation to rest, European Union foreign ministers on Wednesday decided to fully suspend a 2007 visa facilitation agreement with Russia, stopping short of slapping blanket ban on Russian tourists.
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US, Russia defense chiefs speak for first time since Ukraine operation
May 14, 2022 06:20For the first time since the Krelim launched a military operation in Ukraine nearly three months ago; US defense secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu spoke over the phone on Friday.
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Russia: JCPOA restoration benefits international community
Jun 09, 2021 08:12Russia’s representative to the international organizations in Vienna says the restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal would benefit the international community by facilitating trade with Tehran and boosting security in West Asia.
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Russia recalls ambassador from US after Biden calls Putin ‘a killer’
Mar 18, 2021 07:23Russia has called its ambassador to the US to come back home for consultations on the future of Moscow-Washington relations after US President Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “a killer”.
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Navies of Iran, Russia display firepower on 1st day of joint drills
Feb 16, 2021 17:59Iranian and Russian military vessels have conducted the first stage of their naval maneuvers in the Sea of Oman and the northern part of the Indian Ocean by unleashing fire on designated targets and squaring up in offensive formations in light of regional threats.
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US Election 2020: Biden takes early lead; Trump catching up
Nov 04, 2020 05:34Republican Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden are vying for the presidency as results roll in across the US.
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Russia offers mutual 1-year freeze on N-warheads to facilitate extension of treaty with US
Oct 20, 2020 17:48Russia has offered to put a one-year freeze on the number of its nuclear warheads in return for a similar freeze on the number of the United States’ atomic warheads to facilitate a one-year extension of the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries.
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US transports stolen Syrian oil, brings in Syria’s Hasakah military vehicles from Iraq: SANA
Sep 24, 2020 18:46A fresh US convoy consisting of tanker trucks laden with stolen Syrian oil has left the war-stricken country toward Iraq as dozens of US troops and military equipment entered into Syria from neighboring Iraq, a report says.
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Russia censures Germany for refusing to share Navalny’s medical records
Sep 15, 2020 11:16Russia has censured Germany’s refusal to share with Moscow the details of its medical treatment of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny who Western states allege has been poisoned and Berlin’s referral of the case to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
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JCPOA won’t survive unless Iran enjoys sanctions removal benefits: Araqchi
Sep 03, 2020 06:18Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says the only practical way to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is for Tehran to reap the full benefits of the agreement arising from sanctions-lifting.