-The 45th WorldSkills Competition kicked off in the Russian city of Kazan.

The national rugby side suffered a 20-0 at the hands of Russia in the Nations Cup game played in Montevideo in Uruguay on Saturday

President Hage Geingob has appealed to the Russian government to assist Namibia in mitigating the impact of drought.

A 24-year-old Namibian woman was arrested on Tuesday at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital where she was pretending to be a student doctor from Russia.

The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) Movement has condemned the alleged acquisition of four farms, by a Russian national Rashid Sardarov, while Namibians still find it difficult to acquire land.

-Namibia and Russia have agreed to further strengthen their existing cooperation which dates back during the years of the independence struggle.

-The visiting Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, Sergey Lavrov, paid a courtesy call on President Hage Geingob following his meeting with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (MIRCO), Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on Monday.

Namibia and Russia committed themselves to combat transnational crimes.

-Namibia and Russia have signed three bilateral agreements to cooperate in the legal sphere.

-The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has expressed concern over 50 Namibian medical students who have been left stranded in Russia due to unpaid tuition fees.