Contents tagged with Russia
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Russia and India to sign a contract on the supply of S-400 missile systems
Russia and India are in the final stage of negotiations to purchase Triumph S-400 air defense missile systems. The contract is expected to be signed in the first week of April, the Economic Times reports with reference to internal sources.
According to the Economic Times, the contract might be signed during the first visit of Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to Moscow in early April. Indian Air Force representatives note that the procurement of the S-400, developed by Russia, is …
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Doping whistleblower Rodchenkov meets with US senators
Members of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Senators Ben Cardin and Cory Gardner, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee held a meeting on Capitol Hill with the former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov, who was the first to report the existence of a state-supported doping program in Russian sports.
The website of the commission says that during the meeting, threats to the United States from Russia, corruption in international sports structures, and possible measures to …
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Russia accuses Britain of developing chemical weapons
The Russian Embassy in London has released a statement alleging that the head of a the laboratory of the British Ministry of Defense in Porton Down “confirmed the development of poisonous substances”, including the one that was used to poison Sergei Skripal, Russia’s Interfax news agency reports .
According to a Russian Embassy spokesperson, the statements by Gary Aitkenhead, the Chief Executive of the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory in Porton Down who spoke about the laboratory’s …
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Kremlin: Russia will continue to develop new advanced weapons
Viktor Bondarev, the Head of the Council of the Federation Committee on Defense and Security, told RIA Novosti that Russia will continue to develop advanced weapons, despite the reduction of the defense budget.
Dmitry Peskov, the Russian President's Press Secretary, said earlier in an interview with RT that Russia's defense budget would be reduced. In five years Russia is planned to spend less than 3% of GDP on defense purposes.
Bondarev said that "This won’t affect the financing of the …
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Russia may lose $3 billion over tariffs imposed by Trump
The losses of Russian companies from the introduction of duties on imported steel and aluminum by the US may amount to about $3 billion, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Viktor Evtukhov stated on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
"As for the losses to our businesses, our companies, according to preliminary estimates, it is at least $2 billion in steel and $1 billion in aluminum," Evtukhov said.
According to him, the high level of losses is explained, in particular, by the fact that …
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Estonia considers expelling Russian diplomats because of 'Skripal case'
The Prime Minister of Estonia, Jüri Ratas, canceled his trip to Russia as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Estonia’s independence. According to the Estonian Foreign Ministry,the decision was made after negotiations in Brussels, RBC news agency reports.
“I decided not to visit Russia in May where I planned participate in activities devoted to the 100th anniversary of Estonia,” the press service of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign affairs quoted the Minister as saying. …
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Human rights activists: Russia used napalm bombs during air strikes in Syria
Human rights activists accuse the Russian air force of bombing the Syrian city of Arbin, killing 37 civilians, Deutsche Welle reports.
According to a twitter post by the Syrian humanitarian organization White Helmets on Friday, March 23, napalm bombs were used during the attack. The majority of victims were women and children, the activists noted.
The White Helmets have repeatedly reported in recent days on the bombings committed by Russian aircraft in the Idlib area.
The Syrian Observatory …
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Russia to dispose of Topol ballistic missiles
Russian state-owned corporation Roscosmos has posted an online public procurement application for the disposal of nine intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) Topol RS- 12M. The maximum contract price is 9.78 million rubles ($170,000 USD).
Lot includes the disposal of the missile parts, sale of the obtained materials and disposal of illiquid waste. The contractor must have a valid license for the dismantling of military equipment, the Russian Armed Forces security clearance with access to …
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NATO calls on Russia to answer all questions in Skripal case
Russia must respond to all the United Kingdom’s questions regarding the incident of the poisoning of former GRU (Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate) colonel Sergei Skripal in the British town of Salisbury, as stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after discussions with the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš.
In particular, he urged Russia to disclose the details of its chemical program since the Soviet Union era.
"We call on Russia to answer all the questions …
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German experts: Nearly all Putin’s weapons still on drawing board
Germany’s Federal Academy for Security Policy has analyzed the capabilities of the Russian army.
According to Deutche Welle, following the poisoning of former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal in the UK, Germany has begun talking about “the threat of a real war, not a cold war”.
Out of all the new strategic weapons showcased by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Berlin believes that the RS-28 Sarmat inter-continental ballistic missile is the only item which really exists at present. The missile can …
