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Japan reports an increase in the number of Russian military aircraft at its borders
On January 21st, the Ministry of Defense of Japan reported an increase in the number of appearances of military aircraft, primarily reconnaissance, of the Russian Aerospace Forces near the border of their country, citing a report from the Joint Staff of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces for the period from April to December of last year.
"Due to the approach of Russian aircraft [fighters of the self-defense air force ] were scrambled 328 times, this is 97 times more than during the same period …
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Kyiv denies statements about private meetings between Putin and Poroshenko
As Russian media reported earlier, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, stated that the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko, were in secret contact with each other. Kyiv, however, denies that such meetings took place.
Interfax cited Ukraine's presidential administration as saying the leaders of the two countries have not held bilateral meetings since the 2015 signing of the Minsk Agreements aimed at ending the war with the Russia-backed separatists in eastern …
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Ukrainian President is one of the top 10 richest speakers at Davos World Economic Forum this year
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko was ranked ninth among the richest speakers at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos. At the same time, US President Donald Trump became the sixth among the richest speakers of the forum, cityam.com reports.
The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates topped the rating, followed by Jack Ma, founder of the Chinese wholesale giant Alibaba worth 47.2 billion dollars, and Ray Dalio, investor and hedge fund manager. Richard Liu, the founder of JD.com, …
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Russian citizen with frostbit limbs crosses the border of Ukraine asking for asylum
Ukrainian border guards detained a Russian citizen who illegally crossed the state border in the Kharkiv region and asked for asylum in Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service said in a statement.
“Yesterday, at noon, a senior inspector from the state border guard unit in Starytsia (Kharkiv region) received information from a local resident about a suspicious looking person moving from the Russian Federation to Ukraine. In a few minutes a border guard squad discovered and detained the Russian …
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Putin’s press secretary speaks of Russian President’s unofficial contacts with Poroshenko
A number of President Vladimir Putin’s meetings and contacts, even with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, are not of a non-public nature, stated Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov on the program “Actors with Nailya Asker-Zade” which was broadcast on Rossiya 1 on Sunday.
According to Peskov, the president’s “intense workday” is not limited to the “dozens” of meetings, press conferences and talks which end up in the media.
“It is much more intense and thoughtful than can be seen on TV. …