Western nations have expelled hundreds of Russian diplomats in protest over what they call ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine Nations in Europe have responded to what they say are atrocities committed by Russian troops in Ukraine by expelling hundreds of staff members from Russian diplomatic missions.
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Veteran Russian nationalist politician had been hospitalized since early February due to Covid-19 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the long-serving firebrand leader of Russia’s parliamentary opposition LDPR party, died on Wednesday in Moscow, aged 75. He had spent over two months in hospital, suffering with coronavirus.
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Russia won’t be seeking gas payments from “unfriendly states” in rubles immediately, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, noting that the switch is likely to be a “gradual process.”
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