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European Commission President sees no argument for lifting sanctions on Russia
The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, stated in his interview to Euronews that he sees no argument for lifting sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation for its occupation of the Crimea and aggression in the Donbas.
“So far, I haven’t seen any argument for an immediate lifting of sanctions imposed against Russia. I would like to have an agreement with Russia that would go beyond ordinary boundaries; I mean that there is no security in Europe without Russia,” …
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Ukraine releases KGB documents pertaining to famine in 1932-1933 known as Holodomor
On Saturday, November 26, Soviet KGB document on repressions during the famine of 1932-1933, known as Holodomor, were made public in Ukraine, and released in an electronic archive. Mainly, these are demonstrative documents: indictments, pictures and protocols that previously were unavailable to the public. According to the Director of the State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine Andriy Kohut, search and systematization of the documents that shed light on this tragic page of Ukrainian …
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SBU: Russian security forces attempt to recruit Ukrainian servicemen
Russian Security Forces tried to massively recruit Ukrainian servicemen, mostly representatives of naval forces who were in the Crimea before the occupation, as was stated at a briefing by the Chief of Staff of the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Oleksandr Tkachuk.
According to him, this information is the result of the military counterintelligence operation that has lasted since 2014. He added that “dirty techniques” were used for recruitment.
"People are detained, are taken away to …
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Russia to place space control systems to the Crimea and the Altai
Russia plans to deploy complexes of the new space monitoring system (SKKP) in the Altai, the Far East, Buryatia and the Crimea, as reported on the radio station Life Zvuk by the deputy commander of Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Colonel Andrey Ivashin.
“In the coming years a network of new complexes of the space monitoring system will be deployed on the territory of the Russian Federation. It will be a network of specialized radio engineering control systems and optoelectronic systems of a …
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Spain puts Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash on wanted list
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of Spain has put Ukrainian tycoon and head of the Board of Directors of the DF Group, Dmytro Firtash, who is suspected of money laundering in large amounts, on the international wanted list, Deutsche Welle reported citing a representative of the Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the edition, Firtash was declared wanted along with two accomplices, also citizens of Ukraine, whose surnames were not disclosed in the interest of the investigation. The …