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Media: Ukrainians bought thousands of FIFA World Cup 2018 tickets
Football 24 news outlet reports that Ukrainian citizens purchased more than four thousand tickets for 2018 World Cup matches in Russia.
According to the publication’s source, FIFA sold 2,053 tickets for tournament matches to Ukrainian fans during the second phase, which lasted from December 5, 2017 to April 3, 2018.
The first phase lasted from September 14 to November 28, 2017. During this time, Ukrainian fans purchased 2,087 tickets. Thus, the total number of tickets at the moment is 4,140. …
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Kremlin urges Washington to return Russian diplomatic property in the US
At a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday, April 5, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, called on Washington to return diplomatic property it has seized from Russia.
"The United States has seized diplomatic property from Russia, including Russian property for the Permanent Mission to the United Nations here in New York, and has established a 25-mile zone of restriction on our diplomats. It does not extend nor issue American visas to them," Nebenzya said. …
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European Commission: EU economy unharmed by Russian sanctions
The EU’s economy is not harmed by placing sanctions on Russia, Russia does not have enough money to develop its economy, and Russian counter-sanctions against the EU do not work – the exportation of agricultural goods and food products from the EU to Russia have adjusted to the new realities and grown by 16%.
According to LB.ua news outlet, this was the topic at a session of the NATO Permanent Representatives Committee on March 28, 2018, during discussion of the effect of EU sanctions on the …
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Ukrainian Minister of Defense: Russia continues to build its military presence near Ukrainian border
Russia is not going to agree to stop armed aggression in the east of Ukraine, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak believes.
In an interview with the Uriadovy Courier he stated that the probability of the escalation of the conflict in the Donbas into full-scale aggression with the backing of the Kremlin has not diminished.
“We absolutely expect that the aggressive actions will continue in the east of Ukraine. Moreover, there is a possibility of the conflict escalating into full-scale aggression …
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Putin's Press Secretary Peskov: There are no oligarchs in Russia
Press Secretary to the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the time when there were oligarchs in the country has passed.
“We consider the phrase ‘Russian oligarch’ to be inappropriate. It has been a long time since there were oligarchs in Russia. There are no oligarchs in Russia,” he said.
The representative of the Kremlin made this remark when a reporter asked him to comment on the fact that several oligarchs from Putin’s inner circle were invited to the U.S. for questioning.
“You …