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The State Duma of Russia reports that a referendum on the accession of the Luhansk People's Republic to Russia will be held in the near future.
2022-09-19

Russia reduces the mandatory isolation period for close-contact COVID-19 patients to seven days amid an unprecedented increase in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases with the country reporting a record for the fifth consecutive day of 67,509 new COVID-19 cases.
2022-01-25

Russia reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 679 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 136,565.
2021-07-2

Following a public outcry, authorities in Russia drop drug charges against a journalist, Ivan Golunov, who has earned a reputation for exposing the corruption of Moscow city officials.
2019-06-11

At least 13 passengers are killed in a head-on bus collision in Tver, Russia. The bus driver and another passenger are injured.
2018-10-5

A bomb blast rips a trolleybus apart in Volgograd, Russia, killing at least 15 people in the second deadly attack in the southern city in less than 24 hours.
2013-12-30

Russia circulates a draft resolution condemning the violence in Syria.
2011-12-15

Russia and the People's Republic of China veto a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Syria for a crackdown on political protestors.
2011-10-4

Russia and China boycott a meeting of the United Nations Security Council where a resolution condemning the Syrian government is being debated.
2011-06-13

The United Nations Human Rights Council condemns Syria for using deadly force against peaceful protesters and calls for an investigation into the killing of civilians and other alleged crimes; China, Russia and Pakistan vote against measures as "meddling in Syria's internal affairs".
2011-04-29