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On 28 January 2022, Storm Malik was named by the Danish Meteorological Institute, [7] [8] after the Greenlandic name that also means "wave". [9] In Finland and Germany, which are not part of the storm naming groups, [5] it was named Valtteri by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, [10] [11] [12] while the Free University of Berlin named the same system as Nadia. [13]
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion, prompting the imposition of substantial economic and political sanctions by the EU, the UK, the US, Canada, and other countries. The Russian government has a specified " Unfriendly Countries List " which indicates those countries with which relations are now strained (or non-existent).
Since President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, the West has sought to isolate Russia, and face-to-face meetings between senior ministers have been rare.
At least 14 people died due to extreme weather conditions as a winter storm lashed parts of Russia ... has been attacked by another inmate in a Russian prison while serving a 16-year sentence on ...
Finland’s leaders said it intended to apply for NATO membership “without delay” — prompting Russia to threaten it would “be forced to take retaliatory steps” if the Nordic country ...
Relations between Finland and Russia have been conducted over many centuries, from wars between Sweden and Russia in the early 18th century, to the planned and realized creation and annexation of the Grand Duchy of Finland during Napoleonic times in the early 19th century, to the dissolution of the personal union between Russia and Finland after the forced abdication of Russia's last czar in ...
February 14–19 – European Windstorm Eunice, also known as Storm Zeynep in Germany and Storm Nora in Denmark, killed 17 people, caused over 2.4 million power outages, and caused over €1.3 billion (2021 EUR) in damage across Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom. [citation needed]