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Russia shuts down German broadcaster's operations after Berlin bans RT DE
Feb 04, 2022 03:34Russia has closed the Moscow-based bureau of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and stripped its staff of their accreditation, in a retaliatory move after Berlin banned Russian broadcaster RT amid escalating tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine's crisis.
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Putin accuses US of trying to draw Russia into war over Ukraine
Feb 02, 2022 13:43President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of deliberately designing a scenario to lure Russia into a war over Ukraine.
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French FM says no sign of Russia action in Ukraine
Feb 02, 2022 11:27French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has spoken against US insistence that Russia is set to invade neighboring Ukraine, saying there are no current indications to that effect, as more Europeans move to avert another US-led row with Moscow.
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No alternative to 'diplomacy and dialogue’ in Ukraine crisis: UN official
Feb 01, 2022 06:04The UN political affairs chief has stressed that there is no alternative to “diplomacy and dialogue” in resolving the crisis over Ukraine, which has led to heightened tensions between Russia and the West.
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NATO, UK say no plan for sending troops to Ukraine if Russia invades country
Jan 30, 2022 14:07NATO and Britain say they have no plans for sending troops to Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion, an allegation repeatedly dismissed by Moscow as propaganda.
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Russian troops arrive in Belarus ahead of joint military drills
Jan 29, 2022 11:17Russia has begun deploying troops and military hardware to Ukraine’s northern neighbor Belarus for a new round of joint military drills scheduled for next month.
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West ignored Russia's key security concerns, Putin tells Macron
Jan 28, 2022 12:45Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that the West's response to Moscow's security demands did not take into account the Kremlin's key concerns over Ukraine.
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Russia says not after war, Ukraine hails 'constructive talks'
Jan 28, 2022 07:34Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia does not want war with Ukraine, dismissing US claims of an imminent conflict and assuring that there will be no war.
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China: Russia's security concerns ‘should be taken seriously’
Jan 27, 2022 07:59China has urged the United States to remain calm and refrain from actions that stir up tensions over Ukraine, stressing that Russia's security concerns in Europe should be "taken seriously," amid a brewing crisis between Moscow and the West.
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Russia’s Northern Fleet holds military drills in Arctic region
Jan 26, 2022 13:52Russia’s Northern Fleet starts military drills in the Arctic in a declared attempt to rehearse protecting a major shipping lane in the region as Moscow stages sweeping military exercises involving all of its fleets amid alarming tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine.