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Georgia to file a lawsuit against Russia over the death of Georgian citizen
Georgia’s Ministry of Justice, in coordination with the government, will submit a lawsuit against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the newspaper Vzglyad reports. Georgia’s Minister of Jusice, Tea Tsulukiani, stated that the case is being initiated regarding Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili, who died in South Ossetia in February of this year.
“The process of preparing claims started during the period when Georgian authorities were doing everything possible to get …
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Russian government fines astrologer for predicting Putin’s election victory
In Primorsky Krai, the Roskomnadzor or Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media fined the astrologer Alexander Rempel for publishing a forecast of Vladimir Putin's victory during the pre-election period, Radio Liberty reports.
The astrological forecast was published on Rempel's social network page and in Djentry newspaper. He predicted that in 2018, Putin would again become the President of Russia. The astrologer spoke about getting fined during …
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Poroshenko's representative for Crimea: escalation of conflict in the Black Sea between Russia and Ukraine is inevitable
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will escalate following the detention of Ukrainian fishing vessel "YMK-0041" by Russian border guards, the permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Crimea, Boris Babin said on Radio Krym.Realii. "Ukrainian authorities have long turned a blind eye to what is in fact a conflict in the sea due to the annexation of the Crimea. That situation cannot last forever. The logic of events suggests that an escalation is inevitable. A year ago, the …
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US Congress proposes imposing sanctions against Russian weapons suppliers
The US Congress has proposed imposing further sanctions on Russian weapons suppliers.
The US House of Representatives of Armed Services Committee made a statement on the possibility of such an initiative on the website for the 2019 US defense budget legislation.
The authors of the bill propose authorizing the US president to impose sanctions on individuals who are supported by Russia's defense industry. In particular, this would impact supplies related to the development or production of …
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Russia's Gazprom gives $1.2 billion contract to Putin's friend without considering other bids
Stroytransneftegaz (STNG) has been chosen as the general contractor for the construction of certain sections of the North Stream gas pipeline totaling a length of 538 km, RBC news agency reports. The contract’s value is estimated at 74.6 billion rubles ($1.18 billion USD), and the customer is PJSC Gazprom, represented by Nikolai Shendelev, Deputy Director of Gazprom invest.
RBC news agency reports that there is no information on the contractor included in the contract published on the public …