Nov 09 Russia aims to make its largest island carbon neutral by 2025 By Tanya Titova, Frank Jordans, Associated Press Tree growth will absorb as much planet-warming carbon dioxide as the island’s half-million residents and its businesses produce, an idea the Russian government 4,000 miles to the west in Moscow hopes to apply to the whole country. Continue reading
Nov 09 Russia launches forest plan as testing ground for climate action By Tanya Titova, Frank Jordans, Associated Press More than two-thirds of Sakhalin Island is forested. With the Kremlin’s blessing, authorities there have set an ambitious goal of making the island — Russia's largest — carbon neutral by 2025. Continue reading
Nov 03 Kremlin defends Putin's absence from COP26 By Associated Press "Russia’s climate action don’t have the goal of being pegged to an event,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Continue reading
Oct 28 Moscow shuts most workplaces as COVID infections, deaths soar By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press The government's coronavirus task force on Thursday reported 1,159 deaths in 24 hours. To contain the spread President Vladimir Putin has ordered a nonworking period from Oct. 30 to Nov. 7. Continue reading
Oct 25 U.S. official urges Russia to send more gas to Europe 'quickly' By David McHugh, Associated Press A senior energy adviser to President Joe Biden urged Russia to supply more natural gas to Europe now rather than wait for approval of a new pipeline. Continue reading
Oct 25 Russia-backed hackers are targeting cloud services, Microsoft says By Alan Suderman, Associated Press Microsoft said Monday the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global technology supply chain and have been relentlessly targeting cloud service companies and others since summer. Continue reading
Oct 21 Moscow closing schools, many businesses as virus deaths soar By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Restaurants, movie theaters and many retail stores in Moscow will be closed for 11 days starting Oct. 28, along with other new restrictions, officials said Thursday, as Russia recorded the highest numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths since the pandemic… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: NYC to mandate COVID vaccine for all public employees In our news wrap Wednesday, New York City ordered 46,000 police, firefighters and other city employees to get vaccinated by Nov. 1 — or get placed on unpaid leave. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered most Russian workers to take off… Continue watching
Oct 20 Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny wins top EU prize By Raf Casert, Associated Press The 45-year-old activist was poisoned with a nerve agent last year and promptly arrested upon his return to Moscow from treatment in Germany and later imprisoned. Continue reading
Oct 20 Putin keeps Russian workers home for a week as deaths soar By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press The government task force on Wednesday reported 1,028 coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours, the highest number since the start of the pandemic. That brought the total death toll to 226,353, which is by far the highest in Europe. Continue reading