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Security Service of Ukraine: 40 Ukrainians fight in Russia’s Wagner Group in Syria
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has identified nearly 40 Ukrainian citizens in the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), according to material published on Donbas.Realii.
“The Security Service of Ukraine has information that during the formation of a contingent of the so-called Wagner PMC to be sent to Syria, there was a separate group of people originating from Ukraine, who were nominally designated the ‘Karpaty’,” said Ihor Huskov, head of the SBU chairman’s office.
“This is the …
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Dzhemilev: Russia deployed six nuclear warheads in Crimea
Russia has turned the annexed Crimea into a military base and placed nuclear weapons there, as stated by the leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev on a broadcast on Channel 5, UNIAN reports.
“The Crimea has really been turned into a (military) base. For us it is most painful that the environment has been disturbed. This military-strategic object “Tavrida,” they cut down all the green areas there, if they find some statues or memorials with cultural significance, they remove …
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Assad promises benefits to Russian companies during Syria’s restoration
Syrian authorities are ready to provide maximum benefits to Russian companies during the restoration of the country’s economy, stated the Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad, as reported by RIA Novosti.
“The Government of Syria and all relevant organizations received the necessary instructions from our President Bashar Assad indicating that maximum benefits will be granted to our Russian colleagues who will participate in the restoration of Syria’s economy so that our country will be in …
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Media: Cocaine smuggled through Russian embassy was brought from Argentina to Russia on government aircraft
The plane that was loaded with suitcases of cocaine in Argentina had the same hull number as an Il-96 airliner that is part of the Russia Special Flight Detachment which serves Russian senior officials, RBC news agency reports.
At the end of the operation to clamp down on the drugs supply channel from Argentina to Russia, the Argentine Gendarmerie published a photograph and a video on Twitter. These show the aircraft’s hull number – 96023. An airliner with the same number became part of the …
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Russia bans milk imports from Belarus
On Monday, February 26, Russia banned imports of Belarusian milk, cream, whey and other dairy products, as reported by the press service of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia (FSVPS).
The ban includes: pasteurized, sterilized, and UHT milk and cream in bulk; dried, concentrated, tinned and condensed milk and cream; ripened, concentrated and dry whey, as well as concentrated whey and milk protein.
FSVPS adopted the decision “due to the numerous …