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"Not Unduly Worried": Minister On US Tariff Threat Over Russian Oil
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said India has diversified its sources for buying oil in the global market, due to which the government is not "unduly worried" over any US crackdown on Russia's oil exports.
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UK Sanctions Russian Officials In Latest Kremlin Crackdown
Britain unveiled Friday sanctions against four Russian officials and two subsidiaries of Russia's state-owned civil nuclear energy company, in the "latest crackdown on the Kremlin" following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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15 Indian Companies Face US Crackdown Over War Supplies To Russia
The US has imposed sanctions on 275 individuals and entities, including 15 from India, for allegedly supporting Russia's military-industrial base.
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Man Arrested In Moscow For Satanism, Promoting Same-Sex Relationships
Russia on Monday arrested a medic for "Satanism" and "promoting same-sex relationships", as Moscow intensifies a legal crackdown on LGBTQ rights, in defence of what it calls "traditional family values".
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Russia Targeting Children In Anti-War Dissent Crackdown: Amnesty
Russian authorities are increasingly targeting children and their families as punishment for opposing the Kremlin and its invasion of Ukraine, Amnesty International said Friday.
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Transgender Russian Politician Claims To Have De-Transitioned Back To A Man
A transgender politician from Russia said on Thursday that he had reverted to his gender assigned at birth, in an unusual message amid a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in the country.
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Putin Critic Navalny To Be Buried In Moscow Amid Tight Security Today
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny will be buried in Moscow later on Friday amid tight security and fears of a police crackdown two weeks after he suddenly died at the age of 47 in an Arctic penal colony.
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Putin Critic's Funeral To Take Place This Week Amid Fear Of Crackdown
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral service will be held at a church in southern Moscow on Friday, allies of the politician said.
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Crimea Sends Man To 2.5 Years In Prison For "Rehabilitating Nazism"
A court in Russian-annexed Crimea has sentenced a man to two-and-a-half years in prison for "rehabilitating Nazism", the regional Investigative Committee said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on behaviour deemed unpatriotic since the start of the war in
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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Ally On Trial For Forming "Extremist Organisation"
An ally of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny went on trial in Siberia on Monday on charges of creating an "extremist organisation", as authorities press ahead with a crackdown on dissent amid Russia's assault on Ukraine.
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"Certain Attitude Towards...": Putin Defends Arrest Of Critics During War
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday defended an unprecedented crackdown on dissenting voices in Russia at a time of "armed conflict" with Ukraine, urging everyone to follow "certain rules."
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Wikipedia Owner Fined for Failing to Delete Alleged Extremist Content
The Wikimedia Foundation, owner of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, was fined by a Russian court on Thursday for failing to delete content considered extremist as Moscow pursues a drive to crack down on independent sources of information. Wikipedia, which says it offers "the second draft of history", is one of the few surviving fact-checked sourc...
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Journalist Jailed By Russia Court For 6 Years Over Online Post On Ukraine
A Russian court today sentenced a journalist to six years in prison for comments critical of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, officials said, as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissent.
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Ukraine Seizes Assets, Bans Travel For Clerics With Russian Ties
Ukraine's top security officials have ordered punitive measures against seven senior clerics, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, part of a crackdown on a branch of the Orthodox Church with longstanding ties to Moscow.
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No Push For Iran Nuclear Talks Due To Protests, Drone Sales To Russia: US
Iran's crackdown on protesters and the sale of drones to Russia have turned the United States' focus away from reviving a nuclear deal, which Tehran has so far rejected, Washington's special envoy for Iran said on Monday.
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"Not Unduly Worried": Minister On US Tariff Threat Over Russian Oil
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said India has diversified its sources for buying oil in the global market, due to which the government is not "unduly worried" over any US crackdown on Russia's oil exports.
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UK Sanctions Russian Officials In Latest Kremlin Crackdown
Britain unveiled Friday sanctions against four Russian officials and two subsidiaries of Russia's state-owned civil nuclear energy company, in the "latest crackdown on the Kremlin" following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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15 Indian Companies Face US Crackdown Over War Supplies To Russia
The US has imposed sanctions on 275 individuals and entities, including 15 from India, for allegedly supporting Russia's military-industrial base.
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Man Arrested In Moscow For Satanism, Promoting Same-Sex Relationships
Russia on Monday arrested a medic for "Satanism" and "promoting same-sex relationships", as Moscow intensifies a legal crackdown on LGBTQ rights, in defence of what it calls "traditional family values".
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Russia Targeting Children In Anti-War Dissent Crackdown: Amnesty
Russian authorities are increasingly targeting children and their families as punishment for opposing the Kremlin and its invasion of Ukraine, Amnesty International said Friday.
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Transgender Russian Politician Claims To Have De-Transitioned Back To A Man
A transgender politician from Russia said on Thursday that he had reverted to his gender assigned at birth, in an unusual message amid a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in the country.
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Putin Critic Navalny To Be Buried In Moscow Amid Tight Security Today
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny will be buried in Moscow later on Friday amid tight security and fears of a police crackdown two weeks after he suddenly died at the age of 47 in an Arctic penal colony.
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Putin Critic's Funeral To Take Place This Week Amid Fear Of Crackdown
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral service will be held at a church in southern Moscow on Friday, allies of the politician said.
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Crimea Sends Man To 2.5 Years In Prison For "Rehabilitating Nazism"
A court in Russian-annexed Crimea has sentenced a man to two-and-a-half years in prison for "rehabilitating Nazism", the regional Investigative Committee said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on behaviour deemed unpatriotic since the start of the war in
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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Ally On Trial For Forming "Extremist Organisation"
An ally of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny went on trial in Siberia on Monday on charges of creating an "extremist organisation", as authorities press ahead with a crackdown on dissent amid Russia's assault on Ukraine.
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"Certain Attitude Towards...": Putin Defends Arrest Of Critics During War
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday defended an unprecedented crackdown on dissenting voices in Russia at a time of "armed conflict" with Ukraine, urging everyone to follow "certain rules."
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Wikipedia Owner Fined for Failing to Delete Alleged Extremist Content
The Wikimedia Foundation, owner of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, was fined by a Russian court on Thursday for failing to delete content considered extremist as Moscow pursues a drive to crack down on independent sources of information. Wikipedia, which says it offers "the second draft of history", is one of the few surviving fact-checked sourc...
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Journalist Jailed By Russia Court For 6 Years Over Online Post On Ukraine
A Russian court today sentenced a journalist to six years in prison for comments critical of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, officials said, as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissent.
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Ukraine Seizes Assets, Bans Travel For Clerics With Russian Ties
Ukraine's top security officials have ordered punitive measures against seven senior clerics, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, part of a crackdown on a branch of the Orthodox Church with longstanding ties to Moscow.
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No Push For Iran Nuclear Talks Due To Protests, Drone Sales To Russia: US
Iran's crackdown on protesters and the sale of drones to Russia have turned the United States' focus away from reviving a nuclear deal, which Tehran has so far rejected, Washington's special envoy for Iran said on Monday.
