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    Ukraine bans coronavirus vaccines from ‘aggressor’ Russia
    Feb11

    Ukraine bans coronavirus vaccines from ‘aggressor’ Russia

    KIEV — Ukraine has banned coronavirus vaccines produced in bitter rival Russia despite struggles to launch its vaccination campaign. A resolution passed by the government on February 8 and posted on its website Wednesday banned the registration of vaccines from “aggressor states,” a designation Ukraine has applied to Russia since 2015....

    Ukraine bans coronavirus vaccines from Russia
    Feb11

    Ukraine bans coronavirus vaccines from Russia

    …read more Source:: The Times of...

    Trump trial video shows vast scope, danger of Capitol riot
    Feb11

    Trump trial video shows vast scope, danger of Capitol riot

    Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, showing the mob of rioters breaking into the Capitol, smashing windows and doors and searching menacingly for Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as overwhelmed police begged on their...

    Germany offered US a deal to drop Nord Stream 2 sanctions
    Feb10

    Germany offered US a deal to drop Nord Stream 2 sanctions

    Monitoring Desk A German environmental NGO claims Finance Minister Olaf Scholz offered to aid the import of liquid gas from the US if the Trump administration dropped threatened action against the Russian pipeline project. The German government offered the Trump administration financial support of up to €1 billion ($1.21 billion) in a bid to...

    House vote to proceed with Trump’s impeachment trial, but conviction may prove elusive
    Feb10

    House vote to proceed with Trump’s impeachment trial, but conviction may prove elusive

    WASHINGTON: A divided US Senate voted largely along party lines on Tuesday to move ahead with Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol, but conviction appears unlikely barring a major shift among Republicans. The Senate voted 56-44 to proceed to the first-ever trial of a former president,...

    Nato-Russia tensions: US deploying bombers to Norway in Cold War-like show of force
    Feb10

    Nato-Russia tensions: US deploying bombers to Norway in Cold War-like show of force

    The United States is deploying long-range B-1 bombers to Norway to train in the strategically important High North in a new show of force unseen in the region since the Cold War.“High North, low tensions” goes an old saying, describing the relatively calm security situation and diplomatic relations in the Arctic for decades.But mounting tensions...

    Navalny aides discussed ‘next steps’ on Russia with EU
    Feb09

    Navalny aides discussed ‘next steps’ on Russia with EU

    Leonid Volkov (left) and other friends pose with Navalny and his wife Yulia in Germany. (AP pic)MOSCOW: Aides of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said they discussed possible sanctions against prominent members of President Vladimir Putin’s circle including business tycoons to ramp up pressure on Russia. Leonid Volkov, the head of...

    Trump’s trial starting: ‘Grievous crime’ or just ‘theater’
    Feb09

    Trump’s trial starting: ‘Grievous crime’ or just ‘theater’

    Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate launches Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial on Tuesday, with lawyers for the former president insisting he is not guilty of inciting mob violence at the Capitol to overturn the election while prosecutors say he must be convicted of the “most grievous constitutional crime” even...

    EU, UK and U.S. to speak with Navalny team after Russia expels diplomats
    Feb08

    EU, UK and U.S. to speak with Navalny team after Russia expels diplomats

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will hold a video call on Monday with allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, joined by envoys from Britain, the United States, Canada and Ukraine, after Russia expelled diplomats from EU states last week, diplomats said. Read full story …read more Source:: The...

    Tajikistan and Ukraine discuss bilateral ties
    Feb08

    Tajikistan and Ukraine discuss bilateral ties

    …read more Source:: AKIpress News Agency