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Poland demands access to site of Smolensk air crash from Russia
Polish Undersecretary of State Bartosz Cichocki handed a note of protest to the Russian Ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreev, over impediments to accessing to the site of the Smolensk air crash, as outlined in a statement of the Polish Foreign Ministry.
"During today's meeting, MFA Undersecretary of State Bartosz Cichocki handed a diplomatic note to the Russian Federation's Ambassador, Sergey Andreev, and expressed Poland’s serious concern regarding impediments to accessing the site where the …
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Belarus: hype around Zapad-2017 military exercises incomprehensible
Belarusian Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Oleg Belokonev called the excitement around the Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2017 exercises, which will be held in September, incomprehensible. He assured that the Russian group participating in the exercises in the territory of the Republic of Belarus would return to Russia by September 30, BelaPAN news website reports.
"The exercise will allow us in practice to improve infrastructure sharing arrangements in the interest of ensuring the …
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Media: Russian Ministry of Justice issues warning to Putin’s daughter’s foundation
The Russian Ministry of Justice has issued a warning to the foundation “Interdisciplinary initiatives in the field of the natural and humanitarian sciences” (FMI), co-owned by Yekaterina Tikhonova, who is presumed to be the daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reported news outlet Sobesednik, citing the Russian Justice Ministry’s response.
The news outlet sent an inquiry relating to the fact that the foundation does not provide the accounting required by law. The Ministry of Justice …
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Security Service of Ukraine: Zaporizhya Aluminium Plant deliberately destroyed to serve Russian interests
Investors deliberately destroyed the Zaporizhya Aluminum Plant (ZALK) in the interests of Russian metal producers, the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) press center reported.
During the pretrial investigation, security services agents established that the only producer of primary aluminum in Ukraine had been deliberately destroyed, with this beginning as early as 2006.
“At first, structures affiliated with Russian businessmen acquired a controlling share of ZALK. In order to implement the …
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Moldovan opposition accuses Dodon of treason and promoting interests of Russia
The Moldovan opposition party, the Action and Solidarity Party, appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office to prosecute the country's President Igor Dodon “for promoting the interests of the Russian Federation and treason,” Ukrinform news agency reports.
“In breaking the provisions of the Constitution and the oath taken by the Moldovan president at the time of his inauguration, citizen Igor Dodon openly promotes the interests of another state - the Russian Federation. Congratulating the …