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Moscow bans entry of Japanese Prime Minister, Foreign Minister into Russia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has prohibited the entry of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to Russia due to an unprecedented anti-Russian campaign launched by Tokyo, the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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China's independent refiners secretly buying Russian oil at steep discount
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): At a time when Western countries are mulling an embargo on Russian oil amid its military operations in Ukraine, China's independent refiners are discreetly buying Russian oil at steep discounts.
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Australia puts 75 Russian state Duma lawmakers, DPR, LPR ministers on sanc
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Australia has put 75 Russian State Duma lawmakers, as well as a number of key ministers of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), on the sanctions list, according to data on the website of the Australian Department of Foreign Affa
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Russian gas supplies to China soar by 60 pc in 2022
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia's gas supplies to China have soared by as much as 60 per cent in the first four months of 2022 compared to the same period last year.
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EU's 6th sanctions' package against Russia targets banks, oil imports
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union is working on the next package of anti-Russia sanctions that aims to "de-swift' more banks and targets imports of Russian oil, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.
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Putin will have phone conversation with Macron today
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a phone conversation with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik.
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Hungary says rejecting Russian oil embargo over energy security concerns
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], May 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Hungary's reluctance to follow the EU path of abandoning Russian energy supplies is driven by the country's energy security concerns, rather than political motives, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday.
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Thousands of containers, vehicles destined for Russia blocked in Belgian p
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 3 (ANI/Sputnik): About 3,000 containers and 5,000 vehicles destined for Russia are being checked or blocked in Belgian ports due to European sanctions against Moscow, a representative of the Belgian customs service told Sputnik.
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Rocket strike on Ukraine's Odesa causes death, injuries
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 3 (ANI/Xinhua): A rocket strike carried out by Russian forces hit Ukraine's southern city of Odesa on Monday, causing deaths and injuries, the head of the Odesa military administration Maksym Marchenko said on Telegram.
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Flare-up of Durand line disagreement may change Afghanistan, Pakistan equa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): Flare-up of the Durand line disagreement has the potential to lead to a change of equations between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Czech Republic not to pay for Russian gas in rubles, can stop buying Russi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], May 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Czech Republic does not plan to pay for Russian gas in rubles, Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Sikela told reporters after a Brussels meeting of EU ministers in charge of energy issues.
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Putin to undergo cancer treatment, handover power to loyalist Nikolai Patr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 3 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin might undergo cancer surgery while temporarily handing over power to the secretary of the country's Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, unverified media reports claimed.
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