Foreign Ministry instructs 20 Czech diplomats to leave Russia by end of day on April 19

The ministry also demanded that the number of locally hired staffers at the Czech Embassy be reduced to the same level as that of the Russian Embassy in Prague

Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Moscow says 8 top officials to be blacklisted, other retaliatory moves announced

Lavrov: Moscow will also blacklist eight US top officials and will toughen the rules of work for the US diplomats in Russia

Russia expelling 10 US diplomats in retaliation for sanctions

NATO’s political body calls on Russia to stop ‘destabilizing activities’

NATO Allies support and stand in solidarity with the United States, following its 15 April announcement of actions to respond to Russia’s destabilizing activities

NATO backs US sanctions on Russia

The measures blacklisted Russian companies, expelled Russian diplomats and placed limits on the Russian sovereign debt market

President Joe Biden issue an executive order authorizing the U.S. government to sanction any sector of the Russian economy and used it to restrict Russia's ability to issue sovereign debt to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2020 U.S. election

U.S. imposes wide array of sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions

The West has expressed concern in recent weeks over a huge build-up of Russian forces close to Ukraine’s eastern border and in Crimea

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 13, 2021.

Russia must end Ukraine military build-up, NATO says

It reported that Navalny, who last week said he had a cough and fever, had been transferred back to the prison barracks from its infirmary

The 44-year-old opposition politician now weighed just 77 kilograms (169 pounds), it said, down from 85 kilograms (187 pounds) when he started the hunger strike on March 31

Russian prison threatens to force-feed Navalny

In phone call, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin also discuss regional developments, says Turkish Presidency

Turkish, Russian presidents discuss bilateral ties

President Putin in favor of building good relations despite Washington's hostility, says Kremlin spokesperson

Russia ready for 'worst scenarios' in relations with US

Opponent of President Vladimir Putin, announced that he going on a hunger strike last week in protest at what he said was the refusal of prison authorities to treat him properly for acute back and leg pain

Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a rally to demand the release of jailed protesters, who were detained during opposition demonstrations for fair elections, in Moscow, Russia September 29, 2019.

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny tests negative for coronavirus, says lawyer

The US company has emerged as the global leader in video-conferencing applications

Russian media reported Wednesday that Zoom had banned its distributors from selling to government agencies and companies in Russia and a number of post-Soviet countries known as the Commonwealth of Independent States over concerns of new US sanctions against Moscow

Russia warns could block Zoom if it prohibits govt use

Unconfirmed videos on social media show significant amounts of Russian military vehicles and armor driving or being freighted into the area

Ukrainian servicemen patrol along a position at the front line with Russia-backed separatists near Avdiivka, Donetsk region

Pentagon urges Russia to explain troop buildup near Ukraine

Jaishankar, Lavrov address joint news conference in New Delhi

Sergey Lavrov and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

India, Russia discuss defense, geopolitics

The legislation could pave the way for him to stay in power until 2036

Putin signs law allowing him to run for two more terms in Kremlin

Prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, declared a hunger strike last week to protest against what he said was the refusal of prison authorities to give him proper medical care for acute back and leg pain

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a rally to demand the release of jailed protesters, who were detained during opposition demonstrations for fair elections, in Moscow, Russia September 29, 2019.

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny says he has cough and temperature amid TB outbreak

Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critics, has complained of acute back and leg pain

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally in Moscow, Russia, February 29, 2020.

Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny pledge prison protest unless a doctor of his choice sees him

Authorities in January accused foreign social media platforms of interfering in Russia's domestic affairs by not deleting calls to rallies in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny late that month and early February

In a statement, Roskomnadzor described the calls to protests as "inciting teenagers" to take part in "illegal activities", or "unauthorised mass events"

Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia expelling 10 US diplomats in retaliation for sanctions

NATO backs US sanctions on Russia

U.S. imposes wide array of sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions

Russia must end Ukraine military build-up, NATO says

Russian prison threatens to force-feed Navalny

Turkish, Russian presidents discuss bilateral ties

Russia ready for 'worst scenarios' in relations with US

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny tests negative for coronavirus, says lawyer

Russia warns could block Zoom if it prohibits govt use

Pentagon urges Russia to explain troop buildup near Ukraine

India, Russia discuss defense, geopolitics

Putin signs law allowing him to run for two more terms in Kremlin

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny says he has cough and temperature amid TB outbreak

Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny pledge prison protest unless a doctor of his choice sees him

Russia fines Twitter for not removing calls to protests

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Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia expelling 10 US diplomats in retaliation for sanctions

NATO backs US sanctions on Russia

U.S. imposes wide array of sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions

Russia must end Ukraine military build-up, NATO says

Russian prison threatens to force-feed Navalny

Turkish, Russian presidents discuss bilateral ties

Russia ready for 'worst scenarios' in relations with US

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny tests negative for coronavirus, says lawyer

Russia warns could block Zoom if it prohibits govt use

Pentagon urges Russia to explain troop buildup near Ukraine

India, Russia discuss defense, geopolitics

Putin signs law allowing him to run for two more terms in Kremlin

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny says he has cough and temperature amid TB outbreak

Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny pledge prison protest unless a doctor of his choice sees him

Russia fines Twitter for not removing calls to protests