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Plotnitsky says separatist republics averted coups
The head of the self-proclaimed LPR, Igor Plotnitsky, stated that the leadership of the DPR and the LPR could have averted the impending "revolution." According to him, as reported by DonPress, it is possible that such “revolutionary” preparations were managed not only in Ukraine but also in Russia.
"It was another attempt at a coup. However, it's not so much the fact of the coup in the LPR. The main goal was to create a precedent for the alleged indignation of the Ukrainian people and the …
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Lukashenko: Belarus will not tolerate pressure from Russia
At a meeting with State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Grigory Rapota on September 20, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed his dissatisfaction with the decrease in Russian oil supplies because of the dispute between Minsk and Moscow on gas prices. The president of Belarus said that he instructed the government to optimize the country’s participation in the integration projects. “We are dragging our feet and already for several months cannot agree on the price …
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Poroshenko and Putin could meet in the coming weeks
France and Germany hope to gather together the Normandy Four, the President of the French Republic, François Hollande reported. Hollande stated at the General Assembly of the United Nations that France and Germany are working on holding Normandy format negotiations in the coming weeks.
“We, together with the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel have taken the initiative to arrange a meeting with the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine in the coming weeks in order to bring the Minsk Agreements …
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Media: FSB officer has been captured by the so-called Islamic State
The so-called Islamic State stated that they captured a Russian FSB officer, as reported by the Dozhd TV. The source of the information was credited to Furat Media, a media outlet controlled by the extremist group.
The terrorists published a video message from a man who calls himself a Russian citizen, Captain Yevgeny Petrenko. He stated that he worked as a non-staff officer of the second operational staff of the FSB in Moscow.
In the video, the hostage addressed President Vladimir Putin and …
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The Kremlin has little hope of salvaging the truce in Syria
Moscow has almost no hope of restoring the truce in Syria. This was the view communicated in a statement made by Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the Russian president, on Tuesday, September 20. He said that the hope of restoring a ceasefire in the Middle Eastern country “is very weak for now,” Interfax news agency reported.
Peskov said that he reached this opinion because of the offensive launched by Islamists in Syria the day before. “The offensive has started by the units of al-Nusra …