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Three Japanese fishermen were killed and three injured

26 May in 14:00 A Japanese fishing vessel collided with a Russian ship on Wednesday off Japan’s Hokkaido island, the maritime rescue center in the Far Eastern Russian city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk said. "The ships collided," the center’s staffer said. "This is the Japanese zone." In his words, three Japanese fishermen were killed and three injured in the accident. "The Japanese ship capsized. Crew members fell into water. All of them were lifted aboard Russia’s Amur vessel. It is now heading to the port of Mombetsu for an inquiry," TASS cited the Russian rescuers as saying. The Russian Cons...

Moscow Official Slams Slow Vaccination, Lax Mask-Wearing as Coronavirus Cases Double Updated: April 29, 2021 With most nationwide restrictions lifted and life in Moscow all but returning to normal since the start of 2021, Russia has relied on its homegrown Sputnik V vaccine to tackle a new wave of Covid-19 infections.  Sergei Karpukhin / TASS Moscow’s chief infectious disease specialist hit out Thursday at the city’s slow vaccination drive and residents not wearing masks in crowded places after co...

© Sputnik Installer Pavel Shchukin attaches a radio relay antenna for cellular communications on a tower in the village of Babarykino A court in the remote Far Eastern Russian region of Chukotka has handed down a fine to a resident accused of spreading fake news online about 5G, a next-generation cellular network that promises faster connections for users. The local regional prosecutor announced on Monday that "routine monitoring of the internet revealed that a resident of [the city of] Anadyr disseminated inaccurate information about the dangers of cellular communication devices in a public...