Новости за 16.04.2021

Europe accounts for more than 31% of the COVID-19 daily tally (254,068 cases)

The minister pointed out that Moscow had long been telling Washington about "the unacceptable disparity" in the numbers of diplomatic staff

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that Russia can take measures that will be painful to the US, but would keep them in reserve

The Foreign Ministry stressed that "it is high time the United States demonstrates wisdom and drop its confrontational policy"

On Tuesday, Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden held their second telephone conversation since the American leader assumed office

The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that the measures announced on Friday are only a part of Moscow’s options

According to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, 450 Russian diplomats work in the United States

On Thursday, the White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki claimed that the US believes that Moscow should explain the alleged involvement in payment of bounties for assassinations of US soldiers in Afghanistan

According to Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov is still in Moscow, continuing consultations

On April 15, Poland declared three Russian diplomats personae non gratae

Lavrov explained that in addition to its regular diplomatic employees stationed in Russia, the US sends several hundred people annually "for short-term business trips"

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that during his phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin earlier this week he had invited the Russian leader to hold a personal summit this summer in Europe

On Wednesday, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced the start of production of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Serbia

The Google representatives noted Russia is of great importance for Google, the lawmaker stressed

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on April 15 to impose new restrictions against Russia

The parliamentarian said that the bulk of objections against Google from the communications watchdog remained

On Thursday, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia. In particular, the US government is prohibiting American companies from acquiring Russian debt obligations issued by the Bank of Russia, the Russian National Wealth Fund or the Russian Ministry of Finance after June 14

This will be a tit-for-tat response, the top diplomat stressed

The world cannot allow long-standing political differences between states to prevent the adoption of a common response, the organization's secretary general noted

The property list in the President’s declaration remains unchanged

The vaccine by the same company was earlier administered to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Russia has restricted flights with Turkey from April 15 to June 1 and fully suspended flights to Tanzania due to the situation with coronavirus in those countries