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Greece agrees to extradite to US Russian citizen suspected of money laundering
The court in Greece has approved the request for extradition to the US of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik. Vinnik was detained on suspicion of laundering $4 billion through bitcoins, as reported by Interfax with reference to Vinnik’s lawyer, Ilias Spirliadis. "The court decided to grant the US request for Vinnick's extradition but we will appeal to the Supreme Court of Athens, so the decision made today is not final," Spirliadis said.
Greek authorities detained Vinnik jointly with US …
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US Representative for Ukraine Volker and Putin’s Aide Surkov to meet on October 7 in Serbia
US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker will meet with Vladislav Surkov, aide to the Russian president and curator of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), on October 7 in Serbia.
This was reported by Interfax, citing Alexey Chesnakov, director of the Russian Center for Political Conjuncture.
“The second meeting is planned for October 7 in Serbia,” Chesnakov said.
Volker was appointed as the US Special Representative for Ukraine …
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Lavrov: Relations between Russia and the US were ruined by Obama
The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs has said that Moscow hopes for an exit from the impasse in Russian-American relations and is ready to seek ways to improve them, as he discussed during an interview with the inter-Arab newspaper Asharq Al Awsat, RIA Novosti reported.
"There is hope for the withdrawal of cooperation based on the artificially created impasse, but the future of relations depends not only on us, but also on the Americans," Lavrov said.
According to him, the fact that …
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Spanish court agreed to extradite Russian hacker to the US
The National Court of Spain approved the extradition to the US of a Russian citizen accused of creating a mass network of computer "bots" that were sending millions of spam emails a year.
According to the decision made by the National Court of Spain, a special court that considers requests for extradition, Russian Pyotr Levashov should be brought to trial in the US where law enforcement regards him as one of the most infamous criminal spammers. It was reported that he has the right to appeal …
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New US ambassador to Russia promises to restore confidence between countries
The new US Ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, while presenting his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said he would work to restore confidence and strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, Radio Liberty reports.
The American diplomat added that he intends to "seek out Russian people from all walks of life to share perspectives, [and] to relay American values."
During the formal ceremony of presenting credentials at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin noted that …
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U.S. calls on Russia to free Ilmi Umerov
The United States of America called on Russia to release Ilmi Umerov, deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People.
“The United States is deeply troubled by the September 27, conviction and two-year prison sentence for Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov in Russian-occupied Crimea. He was convicted for his opposition to Russia’s attempted annexation of Crimea and given a harsher sentence than the Russian occupation prosecutor requested. This compounds past injustices in the case, …
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Kremlin: Russia ready to respond to US over seizure of diplomatic property
The seizure of Russian diplomatic assets in the United States by US Special Services is a gross violation of international law, and Moscow is ready to respond to Washington's actions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released Tuesday.
"Despite our warnings, the U.S. authorities did not listen to reason and did not give up their illegal intentions. Today they have completely seized all facilities of the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco," the Foreign Ministry said in …
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US widens sanctions against Russia due to insufficient human trafficking prevention procedures
The White House reported that the United States added Iran to the list of countries subject to sanctions as a result of "insufficient efforts" in the fight against human trafficking, while at the same time increasing the number of sanctions against Russia, which was already on this list.
The White House statement on September 30th indicated that in addition to Iran, Venezuela, and four African countries - the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, and South Sudan - will be …
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Russia Today's editor-in-chief: the TV channel may leave the USA
Pressure from US authorities could force Russia Today TV channel to stop its activities in the USA, said RT’s editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan.
"In the worst-case scenario, we leave the territory of the United States, and we do not broadcast there anymore. In the worst-case scenario, Russia responds in the same way to the American media. But I would not like this to happen, as I'm a journalist myself," Simonyan said in an interview with Itogi Nedeli (Weekly Summary) on NTV channel, …
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U.S. Secretary of Defense believes weapons sent to Ukraine will not cause escalation in Donbas
At a press conference in Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that there is no need to fear an escalation in the Donbas in the event that America provides weapons to Ukraine, as reported by Voice of America.
“Defense weapons do not provoke anyone unless you are the aggressor. And Ukraine is clearly not an aggressor, since military operations are taking place in its territory,” he said.
Luke Coffey, director of the conservative research group Allison Center for Foreign Policy …