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Putin dismisses several heads of state departments
By decree, President Vladimir Putin has dismissed several heads of the structural divisions of the Russian Investigative Committee (IC), Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). The relevant document was published on the official legal information web portal.
Among those dismissed were Alexei Mayakov, head of the IC department for the Leningrad region, Vladimir Romanyuk, deputy head of the MIA head office for the Sverdlovsk region, as well as Anatoly …
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Experts say Russian regions are rapidly becoming poorer
The growth of the Russian economy for the last three fiscal quarters at the federal level, which Rosstat (Russian Federal State Statistics Service) has been reporting about, is still not visible in most regions, Rosbalt.ru news website writes citing experts from Russia’s National Research University Higher School of Economics.
As reported in "Comments on the State and Business," nearly 60% of the territories of the Russian Federation are in a recession. This is the second month in a row that …
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Russia dissatisfied with exchange between Ukraine and Croatia on best practices for the integration of occupied territories
The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that Croatia's plans to share its experience of peaceful reintegration of occupied territories with Ukraine will not contribute to the settlement of the conflict in the Donbas. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Information and Press stated this in comments connected with statements on the revitalization of the Croatian working group on cooperation with Ukraine.
"We have paid attention to the statements made at the level of the heads of …
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The activity of Russian military aircraft has increased near Finland ‘s border
In both the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea there has been an increase in the activity of Russian military aircraft noted in recent days, as reported by Yle news agency, citing the Finnish Air Force.
“In recent days, in the region of both the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea, there has been an increase in the Russian military aircraft activity. The Hornet Finnish fighters went aloft to intercept Russian aircraft yesterday and today. At the same time, it was noted that there were no …
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Russia to create four artificial islands in the Arctic
According to the decree signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and published on Saturday, June 17 on the Russian government's website, four artificial islands will be created in the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea.
A center will be built on these artificial islands for the manufacture of marine complexes for production, storage and shipment of liquefied natural gas, as well as repair and maintenance of marine equipment and equipment used to develop offshore oil and gas condensate fields. …