Contents tagged with Russia
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Kyiv: 6,500 Russians were denied entry into Ukraine in 2018
The press representative of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Oleh Slobodyan, said in an interview with Espresso TV that the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine refused entry to 6,500 Russians last year. He added that the number has increased compared to 2017.
Slobodyan clarified that there are three main reasons for refusing entry: failing to prove the trip purpose, exceeding the stay period during previous trips and violation of Ukrainian legislation regarding visiting the Crimea. …
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Russian media reveals sources of the reports about Russian mercenaries in Venezuela
Yevgeny Shabaev, a Cossack leader who chairs the All-Russian Officer’s Assembly, revealed the sources of the reports that Russian mercenaries have been sent to protect Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during the political crisis in the country.
Shabaev told RBC that on 21 January he received a request for assistance from a fighter in one of the Russian private military companies (PMCs). “One of the boys who is involved in the protection of the elite persons in the current structures of the …
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Venezuelan ambassador to Russia: Caracas is ready to accept Moscow’s mediation
The ambassador of Venezuela to the Russian Federation, Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa stated that Venezuela is ready to accept Russia’s mediation in order to establish a dialogue between the government and the opposition.
“We heard the statement made by Russia, we also heard the offer from the Russian side to serve, if necessary, as a mediator in the dialogue between the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the opposition,” he stated.
Faria Tortosa reminded that earlier …
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Ukrainian foreign intelligence: Russia has allocated $350 million for interference in Ukraine’s elections
Yehor Bozhok, chairman of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (SZRU), told the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia news outlet in an interview that the Russian government has allocated an additional $350 million to its efforts to destabilize Ukraine – this time, the funds are to be used to interfere in Ukraine’s elections in the hope of bringing Ukraine back into Russia’s sphere of influence.
“The aim is to bring Ukraine completely back into the Russian orbit of influence. But in such a way that there …
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Russia in first place in the number of lawsuits in the European Court of Human Rights
Russia and Turkey lead in the number of lawsuits filed against these countries in the European Court of Human Rights. Russia leads Turkey twofold.
In 2018, Russia, led by a large margin in the number of lawsuits filed in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). As reported by the ECHR chairman Guido Raimondi there were 12150 complaints filed against the Russian Federation. Turkey is in second place with 6700. In total, last year 43000 lawsuits were received by the court.
Russia leads in the …
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Kremlin accuses the United States of attempting to introduce direct control in Venezuela
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to the decision of the US Department of State to appoint a person responsible for the situation in Venezuela. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that this was an attempt by Washington to introduce direct control in Venezuela.
“This is Washington’s attempt to introduce direct control of the political situation in Venezuela, which the American establishment regards as its future regional vassal. In Iraq, …
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Media: a conflict is brewing between Russia and Iran in Syria
After the victory of the Damascus government forces over the rebels, there is a new escalation in the Syrian crisis, reported the German Spiegel Online on January 25 with reference to the intercepted radio communication dated January 19.
According to these records, units that are part of the corps of pro-Russian militants started an armed clash with the units of the pro-Iranian militants in the strategically important Al-Ghab Plain in the north-west of the Hama Governorate. Both sides …
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Ukraine's Naftogaz hires American lawyers for the Crimean assets case against Russia
According to the ProZorro public procurement system’s data, the national joint-stock company Naftogaz of Ukraine hired the US law firm Covington & Burling LLP for $5.9 million to protect their rights and interests during the argument settlement with Russia about the seizure of the group’s assets in the Crimea.
The purchase of the service was part of a contractual procedure to attract skilled and highly qualified legal advisors to ensure the protection of the rights and interests of Ukraine …
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Russia to grant Cuba 2 billion euro for infrastructure projects
Russia has agreed to help Cuba modernize the railway network. The total cost of the project, which will be carried out with loan money and will amount to 2 billion euro, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told TASS.
Borisov said that the implementation of the project will take seven years and it will play a key role in the economy of Cuba”. “We agreed to break it down into two phases, optimize required loan resources, and we will begin specific work on the project soon,” he said.
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Russian state high-tech investment fund caught taking taxpayer money offshore
Rosinfokominvest, the Russian State Investment Fund for Information and Communication Technologies, established in 2007 to modernize the Russian economy, has financed only one project in the more than 10 years of its existence – a scheme to take taxpayer money out the country.
This was the conclusion reached by Russia’s Accounts Chamber after an audit of how the budget funds allocated to the company have been used.
According to the fund’s business plan from 2007, after receiving 1.45 billion …