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Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF said on Jan. 23 it had signed an agreement with Turkey on the production of its Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, the Interfax news agency reported.

RDIF added that it had begun transferring the production technology to Turkey.

Alexei Navalny's team on Tuesday released a two-hour video featuring details of a luxurious property on Russia's southern Black Sea coast purportedly belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The YouTube feature, accompanied by a blog post from the jailed dissident, claims Putin's property cost $1.35 billion (€1.1 billion) and was paid for "with the largest bribe in history."

At the beginning of a new Presidential Administration in the US, and perhaps a new era in US-Greece relations, Kathimerini English Edition is partnering with the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) to create an expanded Greek Current podcast.

The Save Romania Union - Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (USR PLUS) alliance backs the need for the reform of the statutes of the National Public Television Broadcaster - TVR as soon as the regular Parliament session begins, chairman of the Lower House Culture Committee Iulian Bulai told a debate today on the situation of TVR with journalists and civil society representatives.

Polska Press's reach is impressive. Just in Malopolska (Lesser Poland Voivodeship), Polska Press publishes, among others, Gazeta Krakowska and Dziennik Polski, one of the largest circulated dailies in Krakow, several local weeklies, a popular giveaway newspaper and three major web portals, which for many, especially in smaller towns and villages, are essential sources of local information.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed 67-year-old Eleonora Mitrofanova as ambassador of the Russian Federation to Bulgaria, RIA Novosti has reported.

YouTube has removed a new video uploaded to President Trump's account for violating the company's content policies on inciting violence. The account has also been issued a "strike" and is unable to upload new content for at least a week. It's presently unclear exactly which video prompted the action on Trump's account, or what it contained.

According to British newspaper Mirror

Ljubljana – Three candidates have applied for the job of RTV Slovenija director general as the public broadcaster’s incumbent Igor Kadunc’s four-year term expires in late April. The programme council is expected to discuss them on 25 January. To be appointed, the candidate will have to receive at least 15 of the 29 councillor votes.

The WHO team was supposed to arrive in China early in January, but the authorities in Beijing did not immediately agree to approve their arrival.
Reuters reports that the National Health Commission, which announced the date of arrival of the WHO investigation team, did not provide more details about the plan of activities of the WHO investigators.