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Vietnam joins other countries in queue to buy Russian COVID-19 vaccine

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2020 0

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has registered to purchase Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, a broadcast on state-run Vietnam Television (VTV) said on Friday. “In the meantime, Vietnam will still continue developing the country’s own COVID-19 vaccine,” the announcement said, citing the Health Ministry.

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Putin sacks head of presidential human rights council due to age

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2019 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed the head of the presidential human rights council, Mikhail Fedotov, because he had reached 70 years of age. Fedotov, who headed the council for nine years, often expressed opinions critical of the Russian government. He turned 70 years old last month. This month, Putin turned 67. Putin’s fourth […]

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Turkey cannot contain fleeing Islamic State militants – Putin warns

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2019 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that Turkey, conducting an offensive in northern Syria, would not be able to contain droves of fleeing militants from the extremist group Islamic State. Kurdish troops control areas in northern Syria where Islamic State militants are kept, Putin told a meeting of leaders of former Soviet countries during […]

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Russian President Putin to link Russia, Japan islands by road

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2017 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that his country will like to construct a ground transport link between the Russian island of Sakhalin and the Japanese island of Hokkaido. According to comments carried by state media, there are already plans to build a bridge to connect Sakhalin with Russia’s continental mainland, Putin says on Thursday […]