Day: February 3, 2020
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Russian Firm Sues Over French Far-Right Leader’s $11M Loan
An obscure Russian company is suing the French far-right leader’s political party to recover an $11 million loan, the investigative website Open Media reported Monday, citing court documents. Marine Le Pen’s party took out 9.4 million euros ($10.8 million at the time) from the Moscow-based First Czech-Russian Bank in 2014. Two years later, the bank…
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Lawyers Push to Reopen Probe Into U.S. Student’s Death in Siberian Mountains
Lawyers for the mother of an American student who died under mysterious circumstances in the Siberian mountains have filed a petition to reopen the investigation into his death, Interfax reported Monday. Colin Madsen’s body was recovered in Russia’s republic of Buryatia eight days after he vanished from a local resort village guest house in the…
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Rosneft Joins Leading Oil and Gas Companies in the Global CDP Climate Change Rating
Rosneft Oil Company joined the leading global oil and gas companies – participants of the global CDP (formerly, Carbon Disclosure Project) Climate Change Rating.
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Rosneft Becomes a Constituent of FTSE4Good Stock Index Leading on Core Sustainability Metrics
FTSE Russell, the analytic branch of the London Stock Exchange, has included Rosneft Oil Company in the international FTSE4Good Emerging Index.
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Number of confirmed cases of infection with the virus 2019-nCoV. Data for February 3
Distribution of a new coronavirus from China National Health Commission of the People’s Republic China World Health Organization Ministry of Health of Republic of Korea Ministry of Health Singapore
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4 Russian Special Forces Officers Killed in Syria – Reports
At least four members of Russia’s special forces have been killed in Syria on Saturday, the investigative website Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), which monitors Russian military activity, has reported. Makeshift memorials said that the four FSB Special Operations Center officers were killed on the same day “while performing special tasks in the Syrian Arab Republic,”…
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Russia Combats the Coronavirus, in Photos
As the only remaining independent, English-language news source reporting from Russia, The Moscow Times plays a critical role in connecting Russia to the world. Editorial decisions are made entirely by journalists in our newsroom, who adhere to the highest ethical standards. We fearlessly cover issues that are often considered off-limits or taboo in Russia, from…
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Russian Cities See Hottest January in Recorded History
Update: January temperatures across all of Russia were the second-hottest in the country’s recorded history, the Federal Meteorological Service said Wednesday. Scores of cities across Russia including Moscow and St. Petersburg have experienced the hottest January in their recorded histories, an official at Russia’s meteorological center said Monday. The latest record comes after 2019 was declared…
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Russia Experiences Hottest January in Recorded History
Scores of cities across Russia including Moscow and St. Petersburg have experienced the hottest January in their recorded histories, an official at Russia’s meteorological center said Monday. The latest record comes after 2019 was declared the hottest year on record in Russia. Moscow and some parts of Russia have been reeling from an unusually warm…
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Congratulations, You’re an Elected Russian Opposition Official! Now What?
With her elbow propped on her desk, Darya Besedina rests her head on her hand, losing herself in thought. “It’s all very sad,” she says. On the last Thursday in January in Moscow, when the sun rarely sneaks through the grey sky and spring is still a long way off, anyone could get depressed. But…
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U.S. Blocks Russian Convoy in Syria, Reports Say
U.S. troops have again blocked Russian military convoys in northeastern Syria, the latest in a series of standoffs as the powers vie for control of the oil-rich region, the Voice of America (VOA) broadcaster reported Friday. Russian and U.S. forces have faced off in Syria’s Hasakah region, an area rich in oil fields, several times…
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Coronavirus Update: Russia Acts to Curb Spread
Russia reported its first two cases of coronavirus on Friday and said the infected people were Chinese citizens who had been isolated. As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 360 people in China continues to spread around the world, Russia has stepped up measures to tackle the health risk, including closing most entry…
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Russia to Start Evacuating Citizens from Wuhan, Stops Passenger Trains to China
Russia said on Monday it may deport foreigners who test positive for coronavirus as Russian military planes flew in to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese province at the epicentre of the outbreak which has killed 361 people. Russia, which has a 4,300 kilometer (2,670-mile) land border with China, reported its first two cases of the virus…