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Vasyl Zvarych, Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland, is summoned by the Polish Foreign Ministry to convey its strong protest over the statement of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the United Nations General Assembly. Zelenskyy's statement that some European countries' actions indirectly help Russia, drew condemnation from Poland.
2023-09-20

The U.S. State Department announces that they have ordered government employees and their families to leave Belarus amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
2022-02-1

Russia reports a record 929 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 212,685.
2021-10-6

Russia announces the suspension of all flights to and from the United Kingdom for one week beginning at midnight due to the new variant of SARS-CoV-2.
2020-12-21

Russia blocks agreement on a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day truce in Syria. A formal vote is postponed.
2018-02-22

Russian president Vladimir Putin attends the International Arctic Forum in Arkhangelsk, Russia. He says there that he is ready to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Helsinki, Finland.
2017-03-30

Russian and Syrian government attacks on rebel-held east Aleppo kill two people and injure 13 others. The Syrian American Medical Society reports the city's main trauma hospital closes.
2016-10-1

Japan imposes additional sanctions on Russia due to the Ukraine conflict and a visit by an aide of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to a contested island off the coast off northern Japan.
2014-09-24

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

Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna condemns a court case in Russia that could see the "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" holy book banned there.
2011-12-20