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News From Russia: What You Missed Over the Weekend - The Moscow Times

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Where there's smoke

Heavy smoke from hundreds of wildfires raging across Siberia’s republic of Sakha blanketed dozens of cities, including Yakutsk, prompting authorities to issue stay-at-home orders and halting operations at the city’s airport over the weekend.

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said Sunday it had deployed two amphibious aircraft to help tackle the fires, whose smoke filtered into Alaska and caused hazy skies in Anchorage.

Fear of prosecution

A Russian legal group that recently defended the organizations of Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny said Sunday it was disbanding over fears of criminal sanctions.

Team 29 said its website had been blocked after a request from prosecutors, who accuse the group of links with a Czech organization that has been deemed "undesirable."

Fleeing activist

Pussy Riot activist Veronika Nikulshina said Saturday that she left Russia after multiple arrests and what she called continuing persecution of fellow activists.

Nikulshina was sentenced to 15 days in custody on charges of disobeying police orders earlier this month, immediately after serving a 15-day sentence under the same charges.

Olympic drama

The Russian Rowing Federation withdrew its men’s quadruple sculls team from this week’s Tokyo Olympics on Sunday after two members tested positive for meldonium last month.

Meanwhile, two Russian swimmers who were provisionally suspended by the FINA international water sport federation were cleared to compete. 

Covid data

The St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute said Sunday that its preliminary research showed Russia reaching 60% herd immunity through infection and vaccination. It warned that Covid-19 cases will continue to rise unless that target reaches 90%.

State statistics meanwhile showed Russians’ average life expectancy dropping for the first time since 2003, declining from 73.34 years in 2019 to 71.54 in 2020.

AFP contributed reporting to this article.

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