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Ukrainian military intelligence: Russia supplies weapons to Donbas from Crimea
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Deputy Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Vadym Skybytsky claimed on Radio Liberty’s Donbas.Realii that two routes are used by the Russian military to supply to the Donbas Ukrainian weapons seized in annexed Crimea.
"Two routes were used to deliver weapons seized by the Russian army from occupied Crimea to the separate areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions: through the waters of the Sea of Azov and through the territory of Russia. The arms supply is …
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Ukraine condemns inclusion of South Ossetian Army into Russian Armed Forces
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the ratification by the State Duma of Russia of the so-called agreement to include separate units of the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia—the separatist-controlled territory of Georgia—into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
"This is another provocative step that perpetuates the Kremlin's policy of destabilizing the situation in the Black Sea region and undermining the architecture of European security," …
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Russian doping scandal whistleblower: Putin knew of abuses in Russian sport
Former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov said that Putin may have had a role in the doping scandal.
A full version of the program by Seppelt, who has shot several films on doping problems in Russia, is scheduled to be released on the night of January 30. Several hours earlier, ARD uploaded a trailer to YouTube announcing an interview with WADA informant Grigory Rodchenkov, who is now hiding in New York.
The trailer contains a recording of Rodchenkov claiming that …
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Russia confirms interception of US reconnaissance plane over Black Sea
The Russian Ministry of Defense has confirmed that a Su-27 fighter was scrambled to intercept a US reconnaissance plane that was flying over the neutral waters of the Black Sea.
“In order to intercept the target, a Su-27 fighter from the on-duty anti-air defense forces was scrambled, it approached the aircraft at a safe distance and identified it as an EP-3E Aries II radio-electronic reconnaissance craft of the US Navy,” states the report, as cited by RIA Novosti.
CNN reported earlier that a …
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Foreign Minister of Finland: We want to see a stable Russia, but its future is concerning
Russia is a next-door neighbor of Finland, and it is a major issue for Helsinki to always support an open dialogue with Moscow, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Timo Soini, wrote in an op-ed to the Dagens Nyheter. In particular, the Minister said a stable Russia was in the interest of Finland, but at the same time there were growing concerns over the domestic situation in the Russian Federation, where the economy heavily depends on natural resources and civic society is discarded as mere …