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.
-Namibia and the Russian Federation have signed a cooperation agreement on security.
-Trade levels between Namibia and Russia are considerably low and is a concern for both countries.
Russia and United States relations plummeted during the Obama administration, but there is hope that the two countries will reach consensus with a new US president.
