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Kremlin: Russian troops are preparing to pull out of Syria
The Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, Nikolai Patrushev stated that preparations for the withdrawal of the Russian military group from Syria were well under way.
As Gazeta.ru news website writes, Patrushev clarified that the pullout would take place "when ready". Earlier, the General Staff had already stated that Russia might reduce its military forces in Syria before the end of the year.
At the same time, the Chief of General Staff, Valery Gerasimov stressed that the ceasefire …
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Russia to deploy Voronezh radar station in Crimea
Russia plans to deploy the Voronezh radar missile attack warning system in Crimea, the Director of Russian “Radio Technology and Information Systems” company, Sergey Boyev told Russa’s Interfax.
“The main client, the Defense Ministry, has decided to deploy the Voronezh VHF station in Crimea. Work is currently underway to determine the place where it will be installed,” he said.
According to Boyev, the construction will begin in 2019.
On November 7, Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery …
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Russia to sign agreement with Cairo on use of Egyptian military airports
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Russian Defense Ministry and Foreign Ministry to hold negotiations with the Egyptian government and sign an agreement on “the procedure for using the airspace and airport infrastructure of Russia and Egypt”. The text of the agreement preliminarily approved by the governments of both countries was published on November 30 on the official legal information portal.
The agreement will permit military planes to utilize the airspace of both countries for …
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US Congress removes Russia Today’s accreditation after its registration as foreign agent
US Congress has taken away the press accreditation of Russian TV channel RT (Russia Today) after it registered as a foreign agent, the RT website reports.
The relevant letter was addressed to Mikhail Solodovnikov, General Manager of RT. “This action was taken in response to the registration of RT Network’s operating company, T&R Productions LLC (T&R) as a foreign agent,” RT cites the letter as saying. The decision is effective immediately. The company T&R Productions LLC, which services RT …
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Le Figaro: Minsk process is dead
The results of the Eastern Partnership summit, which took place on November 24 in Brussels, show that the Donbas risks becoming a new frozen conflict within the territory of the former Soviet Union, following the examples of Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, due to inaction of Europeans, writes the French publication Le Figaro.
Despite the fact that the EU declared its support for Ukraine, neither the conflict in the Donbas nor the Russian annexation of the Crimea was incorporated …