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Roshen factory in Lipetsk repaid $2.8 million in unpaid taxes
Roshen Corporation, which is owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and which has a factory in Lipetsk, Russia, has repaid $2.8 in taxes and penalties as demanded by the Russian court. Russian Prime news portal reported that this was stated in the case documents which were submitted by the Moscow City Court.
“The factory voluntarily paid 181 million rubles [$2.8 million] and penalties, thus repaying the claimed damage caused to the state,” the judge announced while reading the case …
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Turkish authorities detained the airmen who shot down Russian Su-24
Turkish authorities detained the airmen who shot down a Russian Su-24 near the Syrian border in November 2015, Bloomberg reported, citing a high-level Turkish official as their source. Earlier, the Mayor of Ankara, Melih Gökçek, stated that one of the pilots who downed the Russian attack aircraft took part in the coup in Turkey. According to Gökçek, the pilot is a member of the opposition organization of the Islamic preacher, Fethullah Gulen, accused of anti-government activities, Kommersant …
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Theresa May defends Trident nuclear program due to threats from North Korea and Russia
Before the vote on updating the Trident nuclear program, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, stated before parliament that the United Kingdom can’t turn away from the nuclear deterrence program because of real threats from Russia and North Korea. According to the Prime Minister, the nuclear program is a guarantee of national security and that is why it can’t be abandoned.
“Some people suggest to us that we should actually be removing our nuclear deterrent. This has been a …
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Ukrainian representative in Minsk: There are 702 Russian tanks in the Donbas
There are more Russian tanks in the temporarily occupied territories than in Germany and the UK combined.
This was said on-air on Channel 5 by the representative of Ukraine in the Minsk talks, Yevhen Marchuk.
He assured that Ukrainian intelligence knows exactly through which railway crossing and border checkpoints trains come from the Russian side, how much and what kind of equipment is being transported, and where it is being unloaded.
“It is absolutely certain that on that side there are 70 …
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Putin: All officials involved in the doping scandal will be dismissed
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the officials named in the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) report will be temporarily suspended from their positions until an investigation into the incident is over, the Kremlin's press service reported.
“To let us make a final decision on the responsibility of the government officials we would like to request that the WADA commission provide us with more complete, objective information information, information which is based on facts and which can …