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60 dead in Moscow concert hall attack, Islamic State claims responsibility

By Odisha News Online Mar 23, 2024 63

MOSCOW, MAR 23: Several gunmen burst into a big concert hall on the edge of Moscow on Friday and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, Russian media reports suggest that approximately 60 individuals have lost their lives, with several others others injured in an apparent terror attack days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on […]Continue Reading

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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin believed killed in Moscow plane crash: Report

By Odisha News Online Aug 24, 2023 184

NEW DELHI,AUG 24 : Russia’s most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authorities said, two months to the day after he led an abortive mutiny against the army top brass. There was no official comment from the Kremlin or […]Continue Reading

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Russia to have new president: Mercenary group after Putin vows to crush ‘mutiny’

By Odisha News Online Jun 24, 2023 163

NEW DELHI,24/6: The powerful mercenary group Wagner’s insurrection has plunged Russia into crisis. The head of the Wagner paramilitary group said his troops had taken control of military facilities in two Russian cities. Rebellious Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that he has taken control of Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh as part of an attempt to […]Continue Reading

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Russia’s private army claims control of Bakhmut; Ukraine says fighting continues

By Odisha News Online May 21, 2023 92

KYIV: The head of the Russian private army Wagner claimed Saturday that his forces have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after the longest and most grinding battle of the Russia-Ukraine war, but Ukrainian defense officials denied it. In a video posted on Telegram, Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin said the city came under complete […]Continue Reading

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Barack Obama among 500 Americans banned from Russia in tit-for-tat for US sanctions

By Odisha News Online May 20, 2023 105

Russia, May 20 :  Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday said that former US President Barack Obama was among 500 US citizens who would be banned in response to the latest round of sanctions announced by Washington, reported news agency Reuters. Russia’s foreign ministry, in a statement, said that the move comes after US refusal last […]Continue Reading

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Ukraine war: Story of Russia’s invasion and Kyiv’s resistance in five chapters

By Odisha News Online Feb 22, 2023 122

PARIS, FEB. 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the biggest attack on a European country since World War II when he ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Here is a timeline of the main developments: Chapter 1: full-scale invasion At dawn on February 24, 2022, after repeatedly denying plans to invade Ukraine, […]Continue Reading

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Europe imported crude oil from Russia six times more than India since Feb 2022: Jaishankar

By Odisha News Online Jan 3, 2023 199

VIENNA, JAN 3: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has defended India’s move to import crude oil from Russia notwithstanding the growing disquiet over it by Western powers, saying that Europe has imported six times the fossil fuel energy from Russia than India has done since February 2022. Jaishankar, who arrived here from Cyprus on the […]Continue Reading

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Explosions rock multiple Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv

By Odisha News Online Oct 10, 2022 248

KYIV, OCT. 10: Russia’s military hurled a barrage of missiles against Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kyiv, early on Monday, striking civilian targets in what could be Moscow’s retaliation for the bombing of a key bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea. The first strikes on Kyiv in four months targeted the centre […]Continue Reading

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India abstains, Russia vetoes UNSC resolution on Moscow’s ‘illegal referenda’ in four Ukraine regions

By Odisha News Online Oct 1, 2022 255

UNITED NATIONS,OCT.1 : India, citing the “totality of the evolving situation,” has abstained on a UN Security Council resolution, vetoed by Russia, that would have condemned Moscow’s “illegal referenda” and declared its annexation of four Ukrainian territories as invalid. The 15-nation UN Security Council voted on Friday on the draft Continue Reading

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Russia school shooting: Gunman kills 9 including five children before killing himself

By Odisha News Online Sep 26, 2022 244

Russia , Sept 26: A gunman opened fire at a school in central Russia on Monday, killing at least nine people, including five children, and injuring twenty, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement on Telegram. “Nine people were killed because of this crime, including two security guards of the educational institution and two teachers, […]Continue Reading