Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate last year, has reported that two men doused him with red paint as he prepared to travel by train from Moscow to Samara, on Thursday. The chief editor of the liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta shared photos of his paint-splattered compartment and said his eyes were burning from the substance.
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The US Senate voted unanimously to scrap Moscow’s ‘most favored nation’ status and codify a ban on Russian oil American lawmakers have passed legislation to end favorable trade relations with Russia and halt all oil imports from the country, with the Senate fully united in its vote and only a few stray representatives dissenting in…
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The latest round of penalties targeted state-run companies in Russia, including a major diamond mining concern The United States has imposed another layer of sanctions on Moscow, this time targeting state-owned enterprises, including one of the world’s largest mining companies and Russia’s top shipbuilding firm.
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