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Vulnerable at State Museum of Oriental Art (photo report)

Vulnerable at State Museum of Oriental Art (photo report)

Today, an exhibition project has opened at the State Museum of Oriental Art. It is a part of the large art project "Vulnerable", dedicated to the culture of small ethnic Asian and African groups. This exhibition introduces viewers …

Expo 2020 shows states as they want to present themselves

Expo 2020 shows states as they want to present themselves

Spend a few hours wandering the manicured walkways of the Expo 2020 grounds and the world -- or at least this sanitized version in the Dubai desert -- feels at peace and in harmony. But, for many nations, it's all a façade, …

UN: Myanmar could become Covid ‘super-spreader’ state

UN: Myanmar could become Covid ‘super-spreader’ state

Myanmar is at risk of becoming a super-spreader Covid state that fuels outbreaks across the region, the UN special rapporteur for the country has warned as he urged the security council to call for a ceasefire. The south-east Asian …

Russia ousts China and USA from South-East Asia

Russia ousts China and USA from South-East Asia

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s much-publicized tagline for the homegrown Sputnik vaccines — “reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle” — seems to bear a special connotation for Southeast Asia, …

Biden targets Myanmar generals with sanctions, asset freeze

Biden targets Myanmar generals with sanctions, asset freeze

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday (Feb 10) the United States was taking action against Myanmar's military including freezing access to US-based assets as he urged its generals to relinquish power, CNA reports. "Today I …

Myanmar approves Sputnik V Covid vaccine

Myanmar approves Sputnik V Covid vaccine

Myanmar has approved Russia'sSputnik V vaccine against the new coronavirus, the Russian Direct Investments Fund said on Saturday on official Twitter account for the vaccine, Yahoo Finance informs. "Myanmar becomes the 21st …

Chechnya helps refugees from Myanmar

Chechnya helps refugees from Myanmar

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published today on his VKontakte page the preliminary results of humanitarian aid to Muslim refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh. “The humanitarian mission of the Regional Public Fund named …

Russia's Chechnya to help Rohingya refugees

Russia's Chechnya to help Rohingya refugees

The Akhmad Kadyrov Regional Public Fund will provide humanitarian help to Rohingya refugees, pouring over their border with Bangladesh, Chechnya's senator Ziyad Sabsabi said. According to him, about $800 …

No ‘Fronde’ in Kadyrov's position on Myanmar, Putin says

No ‘Fronde’ in Kadyrov's position on Myanmar, Putin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he opposes any violence in Myanmar, and every Russian citizen has the right to express his own opinion on this issue, including the leaders of the regions. "As for the opinion of Russian …

Peskov comments on Kadyrov's statement

Peskov comments on Kadyrov's statement

Earlier today, thousands of people gathered in the capital of Chechen Republic protesting against the anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar. According to local police, more than one million people gathered at the …

Chechnya protests Myanmar violence against Muslims

Chechnya protests Myanmar violence against Muslims

Thousands of Chechens gathered on Monday in the center of Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic, to protest against the anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar, Sputnik reports. According …