Belarus and its President Alexander Lukashenko continued facing global flak over the Ryanair plane incident. Late on Sunday (Indian time), Belarus sent a fighter jet to divert a Lithuania-bound plane and forced it to land in Belarus.

Pressure mounts on Belarus over plane incident, Russia backs cornered Lukashenko

A Russian court on Tuesday said it had handed US technology giant Google three separate fines totalling 6 million roubles ($81,810) over a failure to delete content that Moscow deems illegal.

Russian court fines Google $81,810 for failing to delete banned content

Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin critic currently in prison, has claimed that three new criminal investigations have been initiated against him by Russian authorities.

'Becoming a hardened criminal': Navalny says Russia has launched three new criminal probes against him

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that any suggestion Russia was somehow involved in the forced landing of a commercial flight in Belarus to detain a dissident journalist was not worth responding to and fuelled by anti-Russian sentiment.

Kremlin dismisses notion of alleged Russian involvement in Belarus plane incident

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it would soon make an announcement about a possible summit between President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call that Moscow and Washington needed to cooperate on cybersecurity in order to stop hackers who ill-wishers say work for the Russian state.

Kremlin says it will soon make announcement on possible Putin-Biden summit

A top official of the Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said that India will receive the first batch of the sophisticated S-400 anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile system from Russia in October-December this year.

India to receive first batch of Russian S-400 missiles by year-end

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Arctic Council summit in Iceland’s Reykjavik on Wednesd

Lavrov and Blinken meet in Reykjavik on Arctic Council summit sidelines

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that The United States wants to avoid any militarisation of the arctic region. Antony Blinken arrives in Iceland to attend Artic Council meet on 19th May. 'The Arctic region is prone to climate change, what we need to avoid is any military build-up in that reigion', says Blinken. Arctic region is rich in natural resources like crude oil; the race has started to extract resoruces from the region and Russia wants to lead the race.

U.S. wants to ‘avoid a militarisation’ of the Arctic: Antony Blinken

Russian authorities on Monday backed away from threats to block Twitter, saying that the social media platform deleted most of the banned content identified by Moscow and expressed readiness and interest in building a constructive dialogue.

Russia won't block Twitter, but partial slowdown to continue

As many as 60,000 doses of the second batch of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V on Sunday landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Dr Reddy's Laboratories said on Sunday.

Second batch of Russian COVID-19 vaccine reaches Hyderabad 

Ties between Russia and Ukraine continue to remain tense. Russian President Putin has accused Ukraine of becoming anti-Russia and warned that Moscow would be ready to what he said with threats to its own security.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin says Moscow ready to act against threat

The attacker, who was identified as 19-year-old Ilnaz Galyaviev, has been detained. He graduated from this school four years ago.

9 killed in school shooting in Russia's Kazan

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered a review of gun control legislation following a deadly shooting at a high school in the central city of Kazan, the Kremlin said.

Putin orders gun control review as school shooting in Russia kills 7 children, 2 staff members

At least 7 children and a teacher have died after a terrorist stormed a school in Russia's Kazan. The terrorist was 19 years old and a former student of the same school. Palki Sharma brings you a report

Gravitas: Russia school shooting

Seven students and a teacher have been shot dead and 16 people have been injured in a shooting at a high school in the central Russian city of Kazan. According to preliminary information two unidentified people opened fire at in a school at southwest Russia.

At least 8 dead in Russian high school shooting, 16 injured

Eight students and a teacher have been shot dead and 10 people have been injured in a shooting at a high school in the central Russian city of Kazan. According to preliminary information two unidentified people opened fire at in a school at southwest Russia.

At least 9 dead in Russian high school shooting, Putin orders review of gun control laws

At least 11 people have been killed and many more wounded after one or more gunmen opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan, the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the emergency services ministry.

Eleven killed, many wounded in Russian school shooting: Reports

Residents of Russia's St Petersburg took to the water on waverunners and motorboats on Sunday (May 9) to commemorate the ancestors who fought in World War Two.

St Petersburg's 'immortal regiment' march staged on water

President Vladimir Putin is expected to review Russia's traditional World War Two victory parade on Sunday, a patriotic display of raw military power that this year coincides with soaring tensions with the West.

Putin to review Russian military might as tensions with West soar 

Russia has approved a one-dose 'Sputnik light' COVID-19 vaccine. The slimmed down shot is not as effective as the original vaccine, it has an efficacy of 79.4% compared to 91.6% for the two shots of Sputnik V.

Russia approves one-dose 'Sputnik Light' COVID-19 vaccine

A global democracy survey has found that most of the world sees the U.S as a bigger threat than China and Russia. Has America's claim to the guardianship of democracy been busted? How did regimes like China & Russia rank higher?

Gravitas: Survey pegs the U.S as a bigger threat than China & Russia

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Kiev in a show of support for Ukraine in its standoff with Russia and to push officials to tackle corruption. The top US diplomat landed in the Ukrainian capital ahead of a day that includes talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Antony Blinken arrives in Kiev to lend support to Ukraine

G7 foreign ministers concluded their first in-person talks in more than two years on Wednesday, hitting out at China for human rights abuses and a crackdown on pro-democracy figures, and voicing concern about Russian aggression. They also called on Iran to release foreign and dual nationals who they said had been imprisoned arbitrarily.

G7 chides China's rights abuses, Russia's aggression, Iran's foreign prisoner

Despite Russia's troop drawdown, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that Ukraine remains under Russian military threat. Blinken called on Russia to cease "reckless and aggressive actions" against Ukraine, saying that Moscow has kept "significant forces" near the border.

US calls on Russia to cease 'reckless and aggressive' actions against Ukraine

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