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Russian State Duma deputy comes under fire in Donbas
A Russian State Duma Deputy, Alexey Zhuravlev (non-factional) came under fire on Monday in the Donbas, as he stated to RIA Novosti.
"I wanted to be assured of today's announced ceasefire. We arrived at the Pyatnashka battalion’s location and came under mortar fire. One of the cars was disabled, we had to turn around and leave," he said.
According to unofficial data, the shelling occurred in the town of Kruta Balka near Yasynuvata.
Zhuravlev is the chairman of the Russian Rodina (Fatherland) …
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Kremlin: Russia 'technically prepared' to disconnect from World Wide Web
Russia is technically prepared to disconnect from the global Internet, but the process would not be painless. German Klimenko, Adviser to the Russian President on Internet Development, stated this in an interview with the program "Pozdnyakov" on the channel NTV.
"In and of itself, there are no hardware-software dangers that should prevent us from living good and well, even if a war similar to the isolation of Crimea is declared against us [Russia]," the Presidential Adviser said.
He noted …
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Russian transport plane crashes during landing at Khmeimim airbase in Syria
An An-26 transport plane crashed during landing at the Khmeimim airbase, killing 32 people onboard, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
According to the Ministry of Defense, there were 26 passengers onboard the plane and 6 crew members.
"The plane hit the ground about 500 meters short of the runway,"-the ministry said.
The Defense Ministry said that they would study all possible causes of the crash. But, according to preliminary data, the cause of the crash could be a technical …
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Kremlin accuses U.S. of trying to break up Syria
The Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, believes that the United States wants to implement plan “B” for Syria, which will change the regime of power in the country. He stated this at a joint press conference with the Foreign Minister of Namibia, Interfax reported.
Sergey Lavrov said that he became aware, from various sources, of the existence of a group of Americans who are developing plans for the collapse of Syria.
In particular, Western partners led by the United States are trying …
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Ukraine's Naftogaz refuses to terminate transit agreement with Gazprom
Naftogaz of Ukraine received notice of plans from Russia’s Gazprom to appeal to Stockholm’s arbitration tribunal regarding contracts for the supply and transit of gas. The company considers Gazprom’s proposals unacceptable, said commercial director of Naftogaz Yuriy Vitrenko, as reported by channel 112 Ukraine. He added that there are no grounds for dissolving the gas transit agreement in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian top manager said that the gas contracts stipulate the procedure for cancelling them. …