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Ukrainian forces launch an ATACMS missile bombardment on Sevastopol, Crimea, with missile fragments hitting a beach, killing five people and injuring at least 153 others of which 27 were children. Russia's ministry of defense says that it holds the United States responsible for the attack and vows that there will be a response.
2024-06-23

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

At the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, G7 officials announce that they have unveiled an international framework for Ukraine’s long-term security in a effort to boost their defense against Russia and deter them from any future aggression. The measures will include bilateral talks, military hardware, training, intelligence-sharing, and other plans to rebuild the country’s economy.
2023-07-12

Pro-European Union candidate Maia Sandu defeats pro-Russian incumbent Igor Dodon to be elected the first female President of Moldova.
2020-11-15

The self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus re-opens Varosha, Famagusta, to the public. The area was abandoned in 1974 during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, and access is forbidden under international law imposed by the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. Russia condemns the decision, calling it "unacceptable", and Cyprus has requested the United Nations intervene to stop the re-opening.
2020-10-9

Two people are killed in an attack in a Federal Security Service office in the Russian city of Khabarovsk. The gunman is also killed. The US-Israeli SITE Intelligence Group says Amaq News Agency claims the attack for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The Russian Federal Security Service says the native 18-year-old perpetrator was a known member of a neo-nazi group.
2017-04-21

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announces the invitation sent to Montenegro to join the military alliance, 16 years after the country, as part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was bombed by the alliance in the Kosovo War. Montenegro's accession would result in "retaliatory actions", according to a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
2015-12-2

China summons a Russian diplomat after the latter country opened fire on a fishing boat and detained the Chinese crew.
2012-07-19

Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly, cuts 15% of Belarus' gas supplies over alleged debt, and threatens to gradually cut up to 85% of Belarus' gas supplies if the debt remains unpaid.
2010-06-21

Russian journalist Konstantin Popov dies after being beaten by police in Tomsk, Siberia.
2010-01-20