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Arkhangelsk explosion

Russian Doctor Contaminated by Food, Not Nuclear Blast – Authorities

This is the first official confirmation that a doctor who treated patients after a nuclear blast was found with a radioactive isotope in his body.
Test positive

Russian Hockey Star Kuznetsov Gets 4-Year Ban for Cocaine

Video allegedly showed Kuznetsov seated next to a table with lines of white powder and rolled-up U.S. dollar bills.
Grand Opening

Chechnya Inaugurates 'Europe's Biggest Mosque'

The mosque was opened in a pomp-filled ceremony and has capacity for more than 30,000 people.
Anniversary

30 Years Ago, the 'Baltic Way' Protested Soviet Rule

Aug. 23 marks 30 years since the Baltic Way protest, when 2 million people in Soviet Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands to create a 600-kilometer...
Double Blast

Russian Rocket Accident Likely Had Two Explosions, Norway Monitor Says

The second explosion was likely from an airborne rocket powered by radioactive fuel.
Everything's fine

Kremlin Says Chernobyl-Style Explosion Cover-up ‘Impossible’

Suppressing information about the explosion “is out of the question, I can tell you dutifully,” the Kremlin's spokesman said.
Luxury Limo

Russia Begins Sales of 'Putin Limousine', Eyes Chinese Market

The Russian-built limousine is intended to become the heir to the ZIL sedans that for decades transported Soviet leaders.
'Nuclear Titanic'

Russia's First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Sets Sail in Arctic Amid Environmental Fears

The plant's voyage comes at a time of heightened concern over nuclear energy.
Pre-trial detention

Russian Court Extends Detention of Ex-U.S. Marine Whelan

Earlier on Friday, Whelan said that prison authorities in Moscow had physically hurt him.
arms control

Putin Orders Reciprocal Russian Response to U.S. Missile Test

Russia cannot stand idly by, Putin told Russia's Security Council.
Nuclear Fallout

Arkhangelsk Doctors Weren’t Warned About Radiation, Surgeon Confirms in First Public Account

“My colleagues found themselves in front of the victims with jack s***, not even a respirator," the surgeon said.
cancelled invitation

Ukraine, EU Oppose Trump's Suggestion of Readmitting Russia to G7

"Nothing has changed since March, 2014, when Russia's participation in the G8 was stopped," Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Open Letter

Academics Accuse Kremlin of Repressing Political Protesters

In an open letter, they demanded that criminal cases be dropped against more than a dozen people who face up to eight years in jail.
Even exchange

Russia, Ukraine Near Prisoner Swap Including Jailed Sailors – Reports

Twenty-four Ukrainian sailors who Russia captured off the coast of Crimea last year would be returned to Ukraine as part of the deal.
INF fallout

Russia Says U.S. Missile Test Will Lead To ‘Uncontrolled Arms Race’

“According to President Trump, America is ready for an arms race,” Russia's deputy UN ambassador said at a Security Council meeting.
protest movement

Freed Opposition Politician Navalny Predicts Bigger Protests

"There is no support for this regime. They feel this and they are afraid," Navalny told reporters.
No interference

Kremlin Jabs at Trump’s Greenland Purchase Idea

“We don’t engage in international shopping of that kind.”
Damage done

Wildfires Have Cost Russia $100M in 2019, Forestry Authority Says

“The real cost is at an exponentially greater magnitude,” Greenpeace Russia's firefighting head said.
Show up uninvited

Pro-Kremlin Activists Storm NGO Protest Forum, Saying: ‘We Don’t Want Maidan in Russia’

The fringe nationalist groups' members spilled a foul-smelling liquid, sang patriotic songs and left.
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