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The United States expands secondary sanctions on foreign financial institutions that conducted business with more than 4,500 US-sanctioned Russian entities.
2024-06-12

One of the Russian cruise missiles enters NATO airspace as it travels over Polish territory, prompting the Polish government to summon the Russian charge d'affaires for an explanation.
2023-12-29

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Kamchatka Krai, Russia, with damage reported in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The Mutnovskaya Power Station is also temporarily shut down.
2023-04-3

The eight people who went missing after their helicopter crashed into Kurile Lake in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, six days ago, are all found dead. Eight more people were on board but survived.
2021-08-17

A helicopter carrying 13 tourists and three crew members crashes into Kurile Lake in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. Eight of the people on board survived, while the fate of the others remain unknown.
2021-08-12

Sources in Russia's defense industry report that Russia will be carrying out three tests of the RS-28 Sarmat hypersonic ICBM during the third quarter of 2021 at the Kura Missile Test Range in Kamchatka Krai as part of flight design tests. Two of the tests are expected to test maximum capabilities for the ICBM with a specified range of 18,000 km and speeds of around Mach 20, prior to final deployment with the armed forces in 2022.
2021-05-10

Facebook says it has discovered a Russian influence campaign based in Saint Petersburg called Peace Data on the site which targeted left-wing voters in the United States and United Kingdom, by recruiting freelance journalists to write English-language articles concerning domestic politics, racial and political tensions, and criticism of President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden. Twitter says it has suspended five accounts related to the Russian campaign.
2020-09-1

US President Barack Obama warns Russia, saying that any violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be "deeply destabilizing," and that "the United States will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine."
2014-03-1

Russian president Vladimir Putin sacks the chief of the armed forces Nikolai Makarov, three days after sacking the defence minister amid a corruption scandal.
2012-11-9

Nations including the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, the People's Republic of China, Russia, Italy and Greece evacuate their citizens from Libya.
2011-02-23