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Gujarat Student, Forced To Join Russian Army, Sends SOS Video From Ukraine
A young man from Gujarat, who went to Russia for studies on a student visa, has in a video message requested people not to join the Russian military under any circumstances.
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Factbox: These Americans Are Imprisoned In Russia
Russia has freed Marc Fogel, a U.S. schoolteacher and former employee of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, who had been serving a 14-year sentence for drug smuggling after being caught in possession of a small amount of marijuana.
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Russia Sentences Ex-US Paratrooper To 13 Years In Jail On Drug Charges
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.
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Russia Jails US Citizen After Finding Him Guilty Of Trying To Sell Drugs
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to 12-1/2 years in a maximum security penal colony after finding him guilty of attempting to sell drugs, Woodland's lawyer and Moscow prosecutors said.
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West "Plundered" India, Hooked Nations On Drugs, Says Putin: Report
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the West has "plundered" countries like India in contradiction to the values of "truth, freedom and justice."
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Russia Jails Former US Diplomat For "Large Scale" Drugs-Smuggling
A Moscow court has sentenced a former US diplomat Marc Fogel to 14 years in prison for "large-scale" cannabis smuggling, the latest American to be caught up in Russia's legal system.
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EU Body Warns Russia-Ukraine War Could Aggravate Drug Problems
Russia's invasion of Ukraine could create "new vulnerabilities" in Europe to illegal drugs by triggering shifts in smuggling routes and potentially exposing more people to narcotics, the Lisbon-based EU drugs agency warned on Tuesday.
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Russia Has Destroyed Hundreds Of Hospitals In Ukraine: President Zelensky
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has devastated hundreds of hospitals and other institutions and left doctors without drugs to tackle cancer or the ability to perform surgery, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
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Finland Plans to Donate Seized Bitcoin to Ukraine
The Finnish government has agreed on additional aid to Ukraine in the form of Bitcoin seized in criminal investigations related to doping and drug trafficking, according to a report from a local media outlet.
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Russia Swaps Ex-US Marine Trevor Reed For Russian Pilot Jailed In US
Moscow said Wednesday it has exchanged former US marine Trevor Reed, jailed in Russia for assaulting police, for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was convicted of drug smuggling in the United States.
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Trying To Bring Vaccine For 12-18 Age Group To India: Dr Reddy's
Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Friday said it is in discussions with the Indian drug regulator to bring Russia's Sputnik M, a COVID-19 vaccine for the 12 to18-year-old category, to India.
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Google Fined RUB 7.2 Billion by Russian Court for Failing to Delete Illegal Content
A Moscow court said it was fining Google RUB 7.2 billion (roughly Rs. 735 crore) for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based fine of its kind in Russia.
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Working On New Covid Drugs, Says Russian Prime Minister: Report
Russian scientists have already created several effective COVID-19 vaccines, and now new treatments are in the progress, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday, reported TASS.
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Vladimir Putin Says Moscow, Beijing-Led Alliance Should Influence Taliban
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that a security bloc led by Moscow and Beijing should take the lead in ensuring the Taliban kept its promises on preventing terrorism and drug trafficking.
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Taliban, Drug Cartels Discussed At Key Afghan Meet With Russia In Delhi
The Taliban failed when they named the Afghanistan cabinet, said a top source today after a high level inter-governmental consultation between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev in New Delhi.
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Gujarat Student, Forced To Join Russian Army, Sends SOS Video From Ukraine
A young man from Gujarat, who went to Russia for studies on a student visa, has in a video message requested people not to join the Russian military under any circumstances.
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Factbox: These Americans Are Imprisoned In Russia
Russia has freed Marc Fogel, a U.S. schoolteacher and former employee of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, who had been serving a 14-year sentence for drug smuggling after being caught in possession of a small amount of marijuana.
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Russia Sentences Ex-US Paratrooper To 13 Years In Jail On Drug Charges
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.
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Russia Jails US Citizen After Finding Him Guilty Of Trying To Sell Drugs
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to 12-1/2 years in a maximum security penal colony after finding him guilty of attempting to sell drugs, Woodland's lawyer and Moscow prosecutors said.
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West "Plundered" India, Hooked Nations On Drugs, Says Putin: Report
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the West has "plundered" countries like India in contradiction to the values of "truth, freedom and justice."
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Russia Jails Former US Diplomat For "Large Scale" Drugs-Smuggling
A Moscow court has sentenced a former US diplomat Marc Fogel to 14 years in prison for "large-scale" cannabis smuggling, the latest American to be caught up in Russia's legal system.
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EU Body Warns Russia-Ukraine War Could Aggravate Drug Problems
Russia's invasion of Ukraine could create "new vulnerabilities" in Europe to illegal drugs by triggering shifts in smuggling routes and potentially exposing more people to narcotics, the Lisbon-based EU drugs agency warned on Tuesday.
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Russia Has Destroyed Hundreds Of Hospitals In Ukraine: President Zelensky
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has devastated hundreds of hospitals and other institutions and left doctors without drugs to tackle cancer or the ability to perform surgery, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
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Finland Plans to Donate Seized Bitcoin to Ukraine
The Finnish government has agreed on additional aid to Ukraine in the form of Bitcoin seized in criminal investigations related to doping and drug trafficking, according to a report from a local media outlet.
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Russia Swaps Ex-US Marine Trevor Reed For Russian Pilot Jailed In US
Moscow said Wednesday it has exchanged former US marine Trevor Reed, jailed in Russia for assaulting police, for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was convicted of drug smuggling in the United States.
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Trying To Bring Vaccine For 12-18 Age Group To India: Dr Reddy's
Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Friday said it is in discussions with the Indian drug regulator to bring Russia's Sputnik M, a COVID-19 vaccine for the 12 to18-year-old category, to India.
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Google Fined RUB 7.2 Billion by Russian Court for Failing to Delete Illegal Content
A Moscow court said it was fining Google RUB 7.2 billion (roughly Rs. 735 crore) for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based fine of its kind in Russia.
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Working On New Covid Drugs, Says Russian Prime Minister: Report
Russian scientists have already created several effective COVID-19 vaccines, and now new treatments are in the progress, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday, reported TASS.
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Vladimir Putin Says Moscow, Beijing-Led Alliance Should Influence Taliban
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that a security bloc led by Moscow and Beijing should take the lead in ensuring the Taliban kept its promises on preventing terrorism and drug trafficking.
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Taliban, Drug Cartels Discussed At Key Afghan Meet With Russia In Delhi
The Taliban failed when they named the Afghanistan cabinet, said a top source today after a high level inter-governmental consultation between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev in New Delhi.
