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US general: Russia and China working on new weapons to challenge the US
Russia and China are creating anti-satellite weapons to reduce the United States’ capabilities and to shift the balance of power in the world, said the Head of the US Strategic Command, General John E. Hyten, Interfax reports.
"They have been building weapons, testing space weapons that can be controlled from Earth, electronic warfare weapons, laser weapons… and they make no secret of it," noted Hyten and added that in doing so, Moscow and Beijing defy the United States and its allies, …
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Girkin: Russia driving new parties of 'cannon fodder' into Syria
Militants from the unrecognized Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR & LPR) are leaving en masse as “volunteers” to the war in Syria, where they will serve as cannon fodder, former DPR Defense Minister Igor Girkin (Strelkov) wrote on his VKontakte page.
“Molkino (a military base where the private military companies involved in combat operations in Syria are trained) is packed with former ‘corps’ fighters and other formations from the ‘separate regions’, who have retired for various …
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Media: Latvia considers recognizing Russian TV channels as foreign agents
The Latvian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (LSDWP) has prepared a petition calling for the adoption of a law that would give the Russian TV channels in the country the status of foreign agents, reported Russian newspaper Izvestiya.
The request was registered by LSDWP board member Raymond Leijnieks-Puke. According to the news outlet, the document was placed on the official social initiatives platform, where citizens can collect the necessary 10,000 signatures for the document to be …
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Media: Russian air strikes leave dozens of victims in Syria
In Syria, as a result of the bombing that was carried out on December 3 by the Syrian military aircraft with the support of the Russian warplanes, at least 19 civilians were killed in the area of East Ghouta, located near the capital of Damascus, reports DW, citing as a source the Syrian Monitoring Center for Human Rights Observance.
According to observers, the air strikes were inflicted on several cities in Eastern Ghouta. Most of the victims of the bombings were in the city of Hammuria, …
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EU removes Russian-made fuel required for Mars expedition from sanctions list
The European Union has lifted part of the restrictions imposed on the Russian Federation, allowing the sale and purchase of hydrazine space rocket fuel needed for a Russian-European joint project, the ExoMars.
The November 30 decision on lifting the sanctions was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Restrictions were lifted specifically on operations that provide technical support, financing or funding regarding the sale, supply, shipment, transfer, export and import, …