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Russian President Vladimir Putin authorizes a temporary state takeover of French agribusiness Danone and Carlsberg-owned brewer Baltika's shares, as part of a wider response to many private companies, including these two, reducing their business operations in Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
2023-07-16

The first ship with Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa for Lebanon after an agreement was signed with Russia.
2022-08-1

Moody's announces that it will declare Russia in default on May 4, at the end of the grace period, if Russia services the foreign dollar-denominated bonds that it paid on April 4 in rubles rather than in US dollars, as mandated by the terms of the obligations.
2022-04-15

Russia reports a record 808 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 168,049.
2021-08-12

Russia says its navy made a United States destroyer turn back after threatening to ram it, claiming that the destroyer violated Russia's territorial waters in the Peter the Great Gulf, "passing the maritime border by two kilometers". The U.S. navy says that their destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation to challenge a Russian claim "inconsistent with the rules of international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention to enclose the waters of a bay".
2020-11-24

Russia and China veto a draft United Nations Security Council resolution sponsored by France, the United Kingdom and the United States calling for sanctions against the Syrian government and President Bashar al-Assad over allegations that the government used chemical weapons in the conflict.
2017-03-1

The government of Ukraine signs a major $10 billion shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its dependency on Russian gas imports.
2013-01-24

Japan defends dumping of water with low level radiation from the accidents in the Pacific Ocean following criticism from South Korea and Russia.
2011-04-5

Georgian police arrest 13 people allegedly belonging to a Russian spy network.
2010-11-5

Norway and Russia settle a 40-year-old conflict over their maritime border in the Barents Sea, announced during President Medvedev's state visit in Norway.
2010-04-27