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The State Security Service of Ukraine: Russia distributed special equipment for wiretapping in Ukraine
The SBU has revealed a large sales network in the Odessa region of special technical information – GPS-trackers with integrated ultrasensitive microphones, as reported by the press service of the agency.
"The devices were made by a Russian company which closely cooperates with the Russian Federal Security Service and were ordered by one of the Ukrainian leading market players in GPS devices. Russians, with the help of certain design features and special software, have the ability to activate …
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U.S. Secretary of State Nominee was a managing director of a U.S.-Russian offshore company
The main nominee for the position of U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, was a Managing Director of a subsidiary of ExxonMobil that was registered in the Bahamas and was created to conduct business with Russia, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported. Even Republican Senators have criticized his close ties with Russia and Vladimir Putin.
“The fact that Tillerson used the Bahamas as a tax haven to conduct his business in Russia would only enhance criticism,” the edition noted. According to …
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Turkey denies secret 'Syria bargain' with Russia
On Monday, Ankara denied any secret deal with Russia regarding the future of Syria, Western media outlets reported.
"That's not how we see it. That is not how we make deals. We don't see any connection," a senior Turkish Foreign Ministry official said.
Earlier, a number of Western media outlets suggested that since relations between Moscow and Ankara improved, it is possible that Turkey has agreed to assist Russia in Aleppo while Moscow promised not to hinder operations carried out by the …
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Poland appealed the European Court’s decision to increase Gazprom’s pipeline access
The Polish government appealed to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg due to the decision to increase access of Gazprom to the key gas pipeline OPAL, which links Nord Stream with Germany. The European Commission adopted this decision in late October, Polskie Radio reported on December 18, with reference to the official representative of Polish Foreign Ministry, Joanna Wajda.
The decision of Brussels was heavily criticized by Warsaw. The Polish administration stated that it recognizes a …
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Media: Gazprom assets were nationalized in Turkey
As reported by the the Kommersant newspaper in early December, Turkey essentially nationalized the Akfel Holding shares owned by Gazprom and Gazprombank. According to the newspaper’s sources, the gas dispute with Turkey is "already inevitable."
The largest private importer of Russian gas to Turkey, Akfel Holding, is being effectively nationalized by the authorities in accordance with the emergency decree N674, adopted after July’s attempted coup in the country, the newspaper wrote. Gazprom, …