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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

Seven people are killed and nine others are injured in a gas explosion at a residential building in Novosibirsk, Russia.
2023-02-9

British foreign secretary Liz Truss warns Russia that any attack on Ukraine would be a "grave mistake", and that the UK is working closely with its NATO allies to provide support to Ukraine.
2021-11-24

Twitter announces it is notifying 677,775 people in the U.S. that they had some contact with the Kremlin-linked troll farm, Internet Research Agency, during the 2016 election period. The count of Russian-linked bot accounts is now 50,258, the company having identified an additional 13,512 bot accounts since its November Congressional briefing.
2018-01-19

Russian authorities discover and deactivate an explosive device in a Saint Petersburg flat, during ongoing raids occurring in response to the bombing.
2017-04-6

The Obama administration formally accuses the Russian government of cyber attacks against the U.S. Democratic Party in influencing presidential election.
2016-10-7

The Russian gas company Gazprom suspends shipments of gas to Ukraine following a payment dispute.
2015-07-1

The United States imposes a third round of sanctions against Russia, reportedly in response to Russia encouraging rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
2014-04-28

The Chinese icebreaker "Xuě Lóng", or "Snow Dragon", was only six nautical miles away from the Russian-flagged vessel "Akademik Shokalskiy" when it too became obstructed by heavy ice in Antarctica.
2013-12-28

The "mysterious life form" detecting last week in Lake Vostok, Antarctica, turns out to be a false positive resulting from contamination.
2013-03-12