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Russian Soldier Gets Life Sentence Over War Crimes In Ukraine

Russian Soldier Gets Life Sentence Over War Crimes In Ukraine

May 25, 2022 6:24 am

A 21-year-old Russian soldier has been found guilty of war crimes for killing an unarmed civilian and was consequently handed a life sentence by a Ukrainian court yesterday, in the first verdict of its kind since the invasion began three months ago.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the ruling came even as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned elites gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos that slow-walking military aid to Ukraine was costing thousands of lives, as he called for more weapons and even tougher sanctions against Moscow.

And as ferocious battles raged in eastern Ukraine, where Russia …

Russian Court Declares Instagram, Facebook As ‘Extremist’

Russian Court Declares Instagram, Facebook As ‘Extremist’

March 22, 2022 11:17 pm
A court sitting in Moscow on Monday banned Facebook and Instagram as in the country declaring them as ‘extremist’ organisations, after Russian authorities accused US tech giant Meta of tolerating ‘Russophobia’ over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The Tverskoi district court disclosed that it had agreed to a request from prosecutors for the two huge social media platforms to be banned for ‘carrying out extremist activities’.
They however indicated that Meta’s WhatsApp messenger service would not face the same fate because it is not a public platform.
Africa Daily News, New York understands that the move is part of sweeping
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Questions Over Russia Vaccine Study ‘Inconsistencies’ (1)

Questions Over Russia Vaccine Study ‘Inconsistencies’

September 10, 2020 6:14 pm

The Lancet medical journal said Thursday it had asked authors of a study on a potential Russian Covid-19 vaccine for clarifications after their research came under scrutiny.

Russia announced last month that its vaccine, named “Sputnik V” after the Soviet-era satellite that was the first launched into space in 1957, had already received approval.

This raised concerns among Western scientists over a lack of safety data, with some warning that moving too quickly on a vaccine could be dangerous.

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Russian researchers published their trial findings last week in the …

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Russian Hackers Target Joe Biden’s Campaign Advisory Firm

September 10, 2020 3:54 am

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main election campaign advisory firm has been targeted by suspected Russian state-backed hackers, Microsoft Corp has revealed.

The hacking attempts targeted staff at Washington-based SKDKnickerbocker, a campaign strategy and communications firm working with Biden and other prominent Democrats, over the past two months, the sources said.

A person familiar with SKDK’s response to the attempts said the hackers failed to gain access to the firm’s networks.

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“They are well-defended, so there has been no breach,” the person said.

The attacks included phishing, a hacking method …

Lasitskene And Shubenkov Lead Russian Athletes’ Rebellion

January 7, 2020 5:18 pm

Four Russian athletes, including three-time high-jump world champion Mariya Lasitskene, on Tuesday urged their fellow competitors to challenge their country’s athletics body over its handling of its doping ban.

Lasitskene, alongside 2015 110m hurdles world champion Sergey Shubenkov, pole vault world champion Anzhelika Sidorova and former hammer thrower Sergey Litvinov, is looking to use RUSAF’s long-dormant Athletes Commission to speed up changes within the governing body.

Launching a new Instagram page for the commission, the group urged fellow athletes to “work together” to “change Russian athletics’ current situation”.

Last month the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided to ban Russia from …

US Indicts Evil Corp Hackers With Russian Intelligence

December 5, 2019 3:29 pm

A Lamborghini-driving Moscow hacker who called his operation Evil Corp and has ties to the FSB Russian intelligence service was indicted by US authorities Thursday for the cybertheft of tens of millions of dollars.

An indictment unsealed in Pittsburgh named Maksim Yakubets and his Evil Corp partner Igor Turashev as the main figures in a group which inserted malware on computers in dozens of countries to steal more than $100 million from companies and local authorities.

The indictment was accompanied by sanctions from the US Treasury on the two men, as well as the announcement of a $5 million reward …

Germany Kicks Out Russian Diplomats Over Berlin Murder

December 4, 2019 2:29 pm

Germany expelled two Russian diplomats on Wednesday after prosecutors said Moscow could be behind the killing of a former Chechen rebel commander in a Berlin park.

Russia’s foreign ministry immediately pledged unspecified “retaliatory measures”, saying the accusations were “groundless and hostile”.

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a 40-year-old Georgian national, was shot twice in the head at close range in Kleiner Tiergarten park on August 23, allegedly by a Russian man who was arrested shortly afterwards.

The suspect in the killing was said to be riding a bicycle and was seen by witnesses afterwards throwing the bike and a stone-laden bag with a …

Mikel Set To Hook Russian ’Baby Mama’

November 25, 2019 6:12 am

Former Super Eagles’ captain, John Obi Mikel may tie the knots with his Russian baby mama, Olga Dyachenko, if reports getting to SportingSun is anything to go by.

Mikel in his latest Insta- gram post has hinted he is comfortable with the life- style of the Russian lady as he pledged to thicken his love for her despite staying far away from the mother of two.

“My crazies, I love my world,” he wrote along with picture of lady and her kids.

The post, which was in form of a snapchat, saw Olga feeling happy de- spite the distance between

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Russian Officials Suspended For Obstructing Doping Test

November 21, 2019 2:55 pm

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday charged the Russian athletics federation (RUSAF) with “serious breaches” of anti-doping rules, including obstructing an investigation.

The charges relate to the conduct of senior RUSAF officials during an investigation into “whereabouts” violations committed by Russian high-jumper Danil Lysenko.

RUSAF president Dmitry Shlyakhtin and executive director Alexander Parkin, the athlete and his coach have been provisionally suspended.

British newspaper The Sunday Times ran a story in September alleging that RUSAF officials had fabricated documents to show that Lysenko, the 2017 world silver medallist, was too ill to provide his whereabouts after failing to make …

Putin Honours Afreximbank CEO With Russian National Award

Putin Honours Afreximbank CEO With Russian National Award

November 5, 2019 8:22 am

Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Monday bestowed the national honour of “The Order of Friendship” on Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Moscow. 

Spokesman of Afreximbank, Obi Emekekwue in a statement said the award took place during a ceremony held in the Kremlin, seat of the Government of the Russian Federation, and was witnessed by senior members of the government and other dignitaries.

The Order of Friendship is a state decoration established by Boris Yeltsin, the first president of the Russian Federation, and is awarded to Russian and foreign nationals for; Special merit in strengthening …

Russian plane crash kill 41

May 6, 2019 6:48 am

Forty-one people died after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames just after takeoff from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.

Dramatic video shows passengers using emergency exit slides to escape the burning Aeroflot aircraft.

Survivors suggest the plane was struck by lightning, but Russia’s national carrier said that it returned to the airport for technical reasons.

 Two children are among the dead. The jet had 73 passengers and five crew.

Initial reports suggested the plane had landed on fire, but sources quoted by Russian news agency Interfax said the jet caught fire after a very bumpy landing.

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Trump possibly a Russian asset says former FBI director

February 20, 2019 4:49 pm

We’ve had so many blockbuster stories during President Trump’s term, it’s easy to get kind of numb to them. But we shouldn’t. Some allegations against this President are truly extraordinary. Like this: The ex-acting FBI director thinks it’s possible the President of the United States is a Russian asset.

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