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Opposition candidate from Russia's PARNAS party says his main goal is Putin's impeachment
A candidate to the State Duma of Russia from the opposition People’s Freedom Party (PARNAS), Viacheslav Maltsev, announced during a pre-election TV debate on channel “Russia 1” that Putin’s impeachment is his main political goal. “That’s why each vote for PARNAS is a vote against Putin,” Maltsev said on August 22nd.
Representatives of the parties Just Russia, Party of Growth, The Civic Platform, Patriots of Russia, and Yabloko also took part in the televised debates. These are the first …
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Poland holds emergency meeting as Russia tests combat readiness
The unexpected start of the test of the Russian army’s combat readiness has alarmed the Defense Ministry of Poland. Radio Poland reports that the ministry has held an emergency meeting.
It was reported that the heads of the Operational Command of the Armed Forces, the Military Counterintelligence Service and the Military Intelligence were urgently summoned on the orders of the Polish Defense Minister, Antoni Macierewicz.
A Polish military attaché in Moscow was also summoned to the Russian …
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Russia announces surprise inspection to determine combat readiness of armed forces
According to Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, a comprehensive inspection of the combat readiness of the country’s forces will be carried out.
The plan to inspect was unexpectedly announced on the 25th of August and will be directed at the Southern, the Western and Central Military Districts and the Northern Fleet, as well as the High Command of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) and the Airborne Forces (VDV). This was reported by Shoygu.
According to him, the first 24 hours will be …
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Biden: Nord Stream 2 is bad for Europe
The Vice-President of the USA, Joe Biden, said that Washington is convinced that the construction of the Russian gas pipeline project "Nord Stream 2" is a bad thing for Europe.
"This will allow Russia to destabilize Ukraine,” Biden said on the 25th of August, 2016 in Stockholm, adding that Europe needs to diversify its sources of gas supply. "No country should use energy as a weapon," Biden said appealing to Russia.
Nord Stream 2 is a gas pipeline under construction that is intended to …
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Russia's Black Sea Fleet begins naval exercises
The Black Sea Fleet of Russia has started naval exercises. Their press service announced on Wednesday that the exercises would last until August 27th. According to their press release, “At the initial stage, Naval Forces will perform anti-submarine tasks, deploy anti-mine forces and carry out minefield operations.”
Crews of the mine-sweepers Turbinist and Ivan Golubets will search and destroy minefields mainly by shooting at floating mines. The guard ship Admiral Grigorovich and small anti- …