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National Bank of Ukraine calls for extending sanctions on subsidiaries of Russian banks
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has deemed it necessary to prolong sanctions on banks carrying Russian state capital, said the Chairperson of the NBU Financial Stability Department, Vitalii Vavryshchuk, as RBC-Ukraine reports.
The sanctions against five Russian bank subsidiaries - VS Bank, Sberbank Ukraine, VTB, BM Bank, and Prominvestbank - were imposed by a decree signed by President Petro Poroshenko in mid-March 2017, for one year, expiring this March.
“Yes, we deem it necessary to …
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Joint media investigation reveals that Putin's friend Boris Rotenberg owns villas on the French Riviera
Boris Rotenberg, a Russian businessman close to Russian President Vladimir Putin owns two villas in the commune of Èze in France. The villas have a total area of 1300 square meters. Rotenberg also owns another villa under construction. This was stated in a joint investigation of Novaya Gazeta, Le Monde and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project or OCCRP.
Rotenberg filed his application to construct the first two villas in 2009. He planned to build a tennis court, a swimming pool …
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Russia accuses the United States of unfair competition
Russia is trying to hedge risks related to instances of unfair competition on the part of the United States in the market of military and technical cooperation. It will fight such instances, said Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the recent statements of the US State Department that announced that Russia had lost contracts with some foreign countries amounting to more than $3 billion due to new US sanctions, RBC news agency reports.
"You know, it's a very, …
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US to help Georgia in fight against Russian propaganda
The United States will help Georgia to fight against Russia’s hybrid warfare, Voice of America reports.
With financial assistance from the US embassy, a series of training programs on strategic communication for civil servants was launched on February 20.
“Today, when many governments, especially Russia, are actively using various means of hybrid warfare, and strategic communication has become a powerful weapon not only for shaping the public opinion, but also for direct implementation of …
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Russian media reveals the total number of Wagner Group mercenaries fighting in Syria
At least 3,602 fighters are serving in the Russian “Wagner” private military company (PMC), reported Republic (formerly Slon) news outlet, citing the Wagner PMC’s payroll.
As the news outlet points out, one of the divisions on the list contains private badge numbers from 1 to 3602. Republic did not specify how many badge owners were currently in the company’s active service, but it did point out that one of the names on the list – Yevgeny Alikov from Russia’s Arkhangelsk province – had died in …