Tag: Russia

Russia has developed ’first’ coronavirus vaccine: Putin

Russia has developed ’first’ coronavirus vaccine: Putin

Aug 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Russia has developed the first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin announced ... Read More

Afghanistan war: Russia denies paying militants to kill US troops

Afghanistan war: Russia denies paying militants to kill US troops

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Russia has denied reports that it offered Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan. ... Read More

Russia denies its nuclear plants are source of radiation leak

Russia denies its nuclear plants are source of radiation leak

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Russia has said a leak of nuclear material detected over Scandinavia did not come from one ... Read More

Paul Whelan, ex-US marine, jailed in Russia on spying charges

Paul Whelan, ex-US marine, jailed in Russia on spying charges

Jun 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Ex-US marine Paul Whelan has been sentenced to 16 years of hard labour on spying charges ... Read More

US says Russia sent jets to Libya ‘mercenaries’

US says Russia sent jets to Libya ‘mercenaries’

May 27, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The US military has accused Russia of sending fighter jets to Libya to support Russian mercenaries ... Read More

181 stranded Sri Lankans return from Russia

181 stranded Sri Lankans return from Russia

May 25, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A total of 181 Sri Lankans, who were stranded in Russia due to the Corona-19 pandemic ... Read More

Number of Coronavirus infected persons in Russia increase to 272,043

Number of Coronavirus infected persons in Russia increase to 272,043

May 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - With the identification of 9200 newly infected Coronavirus patients in Russia, the total number of infected ... Read More

Five Covid-19 patients die in Russia hospital fire

Five Covid-19 patients die in Russia hospital fire

May 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A fire at a St Petersburg hospital has killed five coronavirus patients in an intensive care ... Read More

Europeans tell Syrian regime, Russia: Return to 2018 Idlib deal

Europeans tell Syrian regime, Russia: Return to 2018 Idlib deal

Feb 27, 2020

(FASTNEWS | PARIS, ANKARA) - Foreign ministers from 14 European countries, including France and Germany, demanded on Wednesday that Syrian ... Read More

Russia says plane ‘almost hit’ by anti-aircraft fire in Syria

Russia says plane ‘almost hit’ by anti-aircraft fire in Syria

Feb 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Syria) - A passenger plane in Syria was forced to re-route after it was almost hit by the ... Read More

Nord Stream 2: Trump approves sanctions on Russia gas pipeline

Nord Stream 2: Trump approves sanctions on Russia gas pipeline

Dec 21, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Donald Trump has signed a law that will impose sanctions on any firm that helps ... Read More

Russia banned from Olympics, World Cup over doping

Russia banned from Olympics, World Cup over doping

Dec 10, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia for four years from major global sporting events ... Read More

Serbia accuses Russia of spy plot after video leak

Serbia accuses Russia of spy plot after video leak

Nov 22, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Serbian president has said his country's security services have uncovered spying by Russian agents. Aleksandar ... Read More

Unconvincing Ireland too strong for Russia at Rugby World Cup

Unconvincing Ireland too strong for Russia at Rugby World Cup

Oct 4, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Ireland returned to winning ways at the Rugby World Cup but were far from impressive in ... Read More

Fidow fires Samoa to bruising win over Russia

Fidow fires Samoa to bruising win over Russia

Sep 25, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Marauding winger Ed Fidow bagged a quickfire double as Samoa beat Russia 34-9 in a bruising ... Read More