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Media: Russian air defense systems failed to intercept Israeli missiles over Syria due to 'external interference'
The electronic warfare systems deployed in Syria were unable to shoot down several Israeli missiles due to overwhelming external interference, the Federal News Agency (FAN) reported.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the airstrike on the T-4 airbase in Homs was made from Lebanese airspace by two Israeli multipurpose F-15 fighters. Three of the eight missiles launched by the Israeli aircraft reached the western part of the airbase. The Syrian electronic warfare systems were unable to …
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Russian oligarchs lose $12 billion in a day due to US sanctions
The share prices of the largest Russian companies and the ruble exchange rate have plummeted due to US sanctions, Meduza news outlet reports.
Oleg Deripaska is among those to have suffered the greatest losses. The value of his companies crashed immediately after it was announced that they were under sanctions.
Rusal dropped by 50% on the Hong Kong Exchange and 25% on the Moscow Exchange. The company even issued a warning concerning possible technical default due to sanctions. Trades of En + …
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Journalist: Two convoys of Russian infantry vehicles headed towards Ukraine
On April 7, residents of the Russian settlement Petrovka in the Rostov region filmed a convoy of BMD infantry fighting vehicles that were moving toward the border with Ukraine, reports Voice of America journalist Fatima Tlisova on Twitter.
Residents told the journalist that this is the second convoy of Russian BMDs that drove through their settlement. Each BMD can carry three crew members and five airborne troops. The distance from Petrovka to the border with Ukraine is more than 80 km. …
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Ukrainian State Border Guard Service: Crew members of Nord fishing boat seized by Ukraine tried to flee to Russia
The crew of the Nord ship, which was detained by Ukrainian border guards on March 25 in the Sea of Azov, tried to leave the territory of Ukraine through the Hoptivka automobile border checkpoint in the Kharkiv region, the press service of the State Border Service of Ukraine reported. Representatives of the General Consulate of the Russian Federation tried to smuggle the members of the crew out of Ukraine using their diplomatic immunity.
On April 7, at about 9PM, two Volkswagen cars with …
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Russia promises to reveal damaging information about UK regarding Berezovsky and Litvinenko
In an interview with NTV channel, Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika said that the Prosecutor General's Office (GPO) intends to publicly release materials from its correspondence with London that ostensibly indicate that the UK Interior Ministry had prior knowledge regarding a threat to the life of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko. It also plans to release materials suggesting that information concerning businessman Boris Berezovsky is of a false nature.
"We will hold a press …