Tag Archives: RUSSIA

The 2022 Champions League final will be played in Paris after Russia was stripped of the match following the nation’s invasion of Ukraine. The final of Europe’s most prestigious club competition was due to be played in St Petersburg on 28 May. Uefa said the match would not be held …

Governance Lecturer at the Central University, Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, has waded into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin launches an attack on Ukraine. According to a publication by Dailymail in the United Kingdom, Russia, today, ”launched an all-out war on Ukraine with simultaneous …

At least 137 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 316 injured during the first day of the Russian invasion early Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Russia’s military on Thursday crossed into Ukraine from several directions, hours after President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a special military operation. …

The US has hit Russia with wide-ranging sanctions over what President Joe Biden called “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine”. “We’ve cut off Russia’s government from Western financing,” Mr Biden said. It came after Russian politicians authorised President Vladimir Putin to send troops into two rebel-held parts of …

Ukraine has called for a meeting with Russia and other members of a key European security group over the escalating tensions on its border. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia had ignored formal requests to explain the build-up of troops. He said the “next step” was requesting a meeting within …

IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERSImage caption, Mr Putin was speaking after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Moscow Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has accused the US of trying to draw his country into a war in Ukraine. He said America’s goal was to use a confrontation as a pretext to impose …

At a time when the number of tourists is low as the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia seems to be giving Tanzanian tourism players a reason to smile. Traditionally, the number of Russian tourists visiting Tanzania has been almost negligible. The top ten sources of tourists to Tanzania include …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTMETROPOLITAN POLICEimage caption“Alexander Petrov” (left) and “Ruslan Boshirov” Russia has announced that 20 diplomats from the Czech Republic will be expelled from the country. The Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats on Saturday. Czech local intelligence agents claim the diplomats are Russian intelligence operatives. They are suspected of involvement …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPAimage captionThe Biden administration is expected to announce the sanctions as soon as Thursday The US government is set to issue a wide range of sanctions against Russia, according to reports. The move would be retaliation for cyber-attacks aimed at the US, including alleged interference in the 2020 presidential …

Russia’s Government has on Monday announced the suspension of flights between Russia and Tanzania, with effect from April 15 to June 1, due to the status of the coronavirus pandemic. The Russian Government says it will review the suspension if the pandemic situation in Tanzania stabilizes. The suspension was announced …