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US embassy in Russia says Moscow 'forced' it to dismiss 200 local staff
Jul 31, 2021 12:29The US embassy in Russia has declared the dismissal of more than 200 local employees, attributing the move to Moscow’s retaliatory ban on Washington that restricts it from hiring non-Americans on its soil.
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Belarus will not hesitate to invite Russian troops if needed: Lukashenko
Jul 30, 2021 16:58Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he would not hesitate to invite Russian troops to the country in the event of an extraordinary foreign threat.
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Vienna talks aim to restore original JCPOA; nothing more, nothing less: Russia
Jul 30, 2021 16:11Russia’s lead negotiator at the Vienna talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran says the ongoing negotiations aim to restore the agreement in its original form, nothing more and nothing less.
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Russia calls on Britain, France to join wider nuclear talks with US
Jul 30, 2021 14:16Russia has called on Britain and France to join wider nuclear arms control talks with the United States even as Washington wants China to be included in the negotiations.
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Russia urges ‘diverse’ ties with Muslim countries
Jul 30, 2021 08:13Opening a major annual conference between Russia and Muslim countries, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urges existence of diverse and extensive interaction between Moscow and those nations.
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Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is almost finished: Operator
Jul 30, 2021 06:59The much-politicized Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is 99% complete, the pipeline operator said, after the pipelay vessel Akademik Cherskiy finished its initially planned workload.
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US trying to take root in Central Asia after Afghanistan fiasco: Russia
Jul 29, 2021 08:30Russia has denounced the United States' ongoing talks with Afghanistan's neighboring countries to create military bases as well as centers for refugees, saying Washington is seeking to take root in Central Asia following its withdrawal from the war-ravaged country, where it has faced a complete failure.
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Russia, US hold ‘substantive’ nuclear talks after Putin-Biden summit in June
Jul 29, 2021 08:20Senior Russian and American officials have restarted talks on nuclear arms control and other strategic issues in an attempt to normalize fraught bilateral relations between the world’s largest nuclear weapons powers with a focus on risk reduction.
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Russia, two other states to hold joint drills near Afghanistan
Jul 28, 2021 06:46The Russian military has announced that more than 1,500 troops from Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are scheduled to take part in joint drills next month near the border with Afghanistan, where the Taliban militant group has over the past month ramped up offensives against Afghan government forces to seize further territory.
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West’s sanctions, occupation hinder Syria recovery, return of refugees: Moscow, Damascus
Jul 27, 2021 08:19Moscow and Damascus have slammed the Western sanctions against Syria and the military occupation of the Arab country as the main obstacles to the return of the displaced to their homeland and the country’s recovery from a decade-long campaign of militancy and destruction sponsored by the West.