Новости за 18.04.2021

Head of the foreign department of the Czech president’s office Rudolf Jindrak also said he did not understand why the Russian side had expelled by two diplomats more than the Czech side

The overall number of such cases exceeded 140,32 million, the World Health Organization said

They are to leave Russia by end of day on April 19, the Russian foreign ministry said

Vitezslav Pivonka spent 20 minutes inside the Russian foreign ministry building

Suspects in an assassination attempt on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko are kept in a detention center and are cooperating with the investigation, giving confessions, Konstantin Bychek, department chief of the Belarusian State Security Committee’s investigation directorate, said

Vitezslav Pivonka entered the ministry’s building, giving no comments to journalists

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on the Russian authorities to provide "adequate medical assistance" to Alexey Navalny whose health condition had deteriorated

According to the French leader, a number of EU member states have decided to begin discussions about Sputnik

Twenty grenades were fired, the DPR’s mission to the Joint Ceasefire Control and Coordination Center said

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and First Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamacek on Saturday announced the expulsion of 18 employees of the Russian embassy in Prague, who were allegedly "officers of Russian special services"

There isn't currently a summit on the books, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said

According to Jake Sullivan, Washington has arrived at a conclusion that this matter should better be discussed directly with Moscow, via diplomatic channels

A corresponding note will be sent to the Russian embassy tomorrow morning, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin says

The United States plans to organize an international summit on climate change on April 22-23 and has invited 40 world leaders

Commenting on reports about detention of lawyer Yuri Zenkovich, a holder of Belarusian and US passports, on suspicion of his involvement in the assassination plot, a US State Department official said that Washington would offer all necessary consular assistance to its national

According to Russia’s Foreign Ministry, "this hostile step" is a follow-up to a series of anti-Russian actions taken by the Czech Republic in recent years

France is committed to ironing out the crisis in eastern Ukraine in the framework of the Normandy format, the country’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian noted

According to those detained, ketchup was to symbolize blood of the victims who died in 2014 during the explosion at the ammunition depot in the village of Vrbetice

Roscosmos stressed that as soon as a decision on these issues is made talks with partners will begin on the terms and forms of cooperation after 2024

According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov’s administration, the timeframe of the station’s operations has expired and its condition leaves much to be desired

According to the Syrian Foreign Ministry, "these steps indicate flagrant US interference in other countries’ affairs"

The spread rate increased to 1.07

Nearly 780 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered worldwide, World Health Organization Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said

About a quarter of all cases were registered in Moscow