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EU voted on resolution to counter Russian media
At a meeting on Wednesday, November 23, members of the European Parliament voted on a resolution to combat the Russian media, the most dangerous of which were determined to be the Sputnik news agency and RT television network.
Out of 691 deputies who voted, 304 supported the document. In the resolution, initiated by the deputy from Poland, Anna Fotyga, it is argued that Russia provides financial support to opposition political parties and organizations in EU member-states.
The Sputnik news …
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Russian FSB detains former naval officer who is accused of passing information to Ukrainian intelligence
A former Russian officer of the Black Sea Fleet has been detained by the FSB in the Crimean city of Sevastopol for allegedly providing information to Ukrainian intelligence agencies, TASS reported.
"On November 22, Russia’s Federal Security Service detained a former officer of the Black Sea Fleet headquarters, reserves Captain II rank Leonid Parkhomenko," a source told the Russian news agency.
"Parkhomenko was fulfilling tasks given to him by the Ukrainian military intelligence, and provided …
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Russia’s Defense Ministry has buried nearly a thousand soldiers in three years
According to representatives from the Russian Defense Ministry, the burial costs of active military personnel “does not exceed 0.25%.” Most of the money was spent to pay for the funeral of the Great Patriotic War veterans and military retirees.
The Ministry of Defense originally provided other data that showed that funeral costs for active personnel amounted to not more than 5% of the RUB 20.9 billion, but later the department announced it was a typo. Taking into account the typo, the number …
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Putin’s advisor: The state of the Russian economy 'is like a heart attack'
Russian Presidential Advisor Sergey Glazyev compared the state of the economy to a heart attack. He said this speaking at “The trap of the new normal” forum at the Financial University.
“This was easy to foresee, and we have already talked about this. As soon as monetary authorities opted for the floating exchange rate of the ruble, immediately we got a spike in devaluation, inflationary shock, from which we still cannot recover. And our macroeconomic system is similar to a patient with a …
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Putin ratifies joint armed forces agreement with Abkhazia
Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified an armed forces agreement with the Republic of Abkhazia that unites the Russian and Abkhazian militaries. The information was recently published on the official portal for legal information. The agreement establishes the missions, the orders of formation, deployment and use of the joint forces of both countries.
Earlier, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden stated during a telephone conversation with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili that the …