Contents tagged with Russia
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US puts more Russian companies and individuals on sanctions list over Syria and Ukraine
The US has imposed sanctions on ten senior managers of the Russian TempBank, including two Deputy Chairmen, the Chairman and four members of the Supervisory Board. The information was published on Friday, December 23th, on the web site of the U.S. Department of Treasury.
Sanction were also imposed on the top management of Technolab company, which is registered in Lebanon.
Washington also imposed restrictive measures on several Syrian government officials: the Minster of Finance, the Minister …
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Capital outflow from Russia intensifies
Capital outflow from Russia continues unabated. According to the Central Bank of Russia, the total remittances of individuals into other countries amounted to USD 6.2 billion in the third quarter for a total of USD 18.5 billion since the start of the year. In comparison, private individuals had withdrawn 18.57 billion dollars during the entire 2015.
Switzerland remains the most popular country for Russians to keep money. In the third quarter of 2016, 984 million dollars were transferred there …
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Russia has tested more than 160 new weapons in Syria
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu announced that during Russia's military operation in the Syrian armed conflict, Russian servicemen tested 162 new weapons in Syria, RIA Novosti reports.
"One hundred and sixty two modern and modernized weapons were tested during the operation in Syria,” the Defense Minister noted. According to Shoygu, the Russian Defense Ministry decided to suspend purchases of some types of weapons because they failed the combat test.
"Weaknesses that were not seen …
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Ukrainian MPs call on international community to strengthen sanctions against Russia because of Syria
A group of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called the international community to tighten sanctions on Russia because of its actions in Syria.
This group's stance was explained in the statement "regarding the criminal actions of the regime of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russia in Syria", published on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.
The statement was initiated by the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Iryna Herashchenko, Chairperson of the …
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U.S drones have proven to be ineffective in the war in the Donbas
The drones provided to Ukraine by the United States at a cost of millions of dollars, have proven to be ineffective against jammers and hackers. The Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Nathan Khazin, stated in an interview with Reuters that the decision to use these drones in the conflict was wrong from the very beginning.
In the summer of 2016, Ukraine received 72 Raven RQ-11B Analog mini-drones. However, these mini-drones have proven to be so ineffective …
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Russia will repay $125 million of the former USSR’s debt to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Russian Federation will repay the part of the former USSR’s debt to Yugoslavia in the amount of USD 125 million to Bosnia and Herzegovina, as stipulated in a decree signed by the Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, as reported by TASS.The decree reads: “To approve the draft agreement between the Russian Government and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the resolution of liabilities of the former USSR under settlements related to trade turnover between the former …
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Media: Russian soldiers rob evacuees near Aleppo
Evacuation from Eastern Aleppo is accompanied by violence and brutality from Iranian and Russian soldiers controlling the checkpoints at the exit from this part of the city.
One incident was described to Hromadske.ua by Syrian journalist Monzer Etaki, who left the eastern area of Aleppo a few days ago during the evacuation.
"On Monday, December 19, we got permission to evacuate. I fell ill after living in my car all those days. People around me burned their belongings to warm themselves. I …
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Russian envoy was summoned to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry due to 'unacceptable' history statements
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry expressed its protest to the adviser of the Russian Embassy in Minsk, Vadim Gusev, in connection with the statements of the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), Leonid Reshetnikov, who called Belarus a part of Russia, BelaPAN reported.
Minsk believes that Reshetnikov’s statements "are not founded on facts and are totally unacceptable in form."
"They absolutely do not correspond to the strategic nature of the Belarusian-Russian …
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In addition to MiG-29s, Serbia will receive 30 tanks and 30 armored vehicles from Russia for free
Serbia will receive six MiG jet fighters, 30 tanks and 40 armored vehicles from Russia free, as reported by the Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić after meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, the Serbian Tanjug agency reports.
According to Vučić, aircraft modernization will cost Serbia 180 to 230 million euro. "If we purchased such aircraft with the missiles we want, it would cost us around 600 million euro,” Vučić said.
The Serbian Prime Minister said equipment from the …
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Kremlin spokesman claims that Putin still sees the collapse of the USSR as a catastrophe
The Russian President’s Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said in an interview with Mir TV that Russian President Vladimir Putin still believes that the collapse of the USSR is a catastrophe for people living in its territory but that it is impossible to talk about reversing the process.
“Nothing has been changed. Putin still believes that it was a catastrophe for those people that lived under the roof of one Union state. It was a catastrophe that significantly took us backwards in our …