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Reinforced armor fails to save Russian T-62 tanks in Syria
Doubts have arisen regarding the defensive capabilities of modern and “modernized” Russian military vehicles following the destruction of three T-62 tanks in a single battle in Syria, writes the Vietnamese news outlet BaoDatViet.
In battles with rebels in Idlib and Latakia last week, Syrian government forces lost five tanks, and many other military vehicles were damaged. Three of the destroyed vehicles were identified as T-62M tanks.
The published pictures clearly show that the tanks were hit …
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Putin’s nephew’s net worth estimated at $1.2 billion
The Russian news outlet “Proekt” estimates that Mikhail Shelomov, the 51 year-old son of Vladimir Putin’s cousin, has a net worth of $1.2 billion. This is the value of his share in the Sogaz insurance company and in Rossiya Bank, which he owns through the company “Accept”.
Shelomov also holds another 2.1% package of shares in Rossiya Bank through the company “Platinum”. He told Novaya Gazeta previously in an interview that his president uncle has nothing to do with the Accept company.
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Russia is concerned about number of US satellites in space
During a speech at United Nations General Assembly First Committee, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva Andrey Belousov said that Russia is concerned about the number of American satellites in space.
"At the same time, we have serious concerns about the American group of satellites," said Belousov, as quoted by RIA Novosti news agency.
He noted that the grouping of US satellites "has more than a thousand units and has the same number of satellites as …
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Bulgaria denies visa to Russian diplomat
Bulgarian authorities refused to issue a visa to a Russian diplomat, who was supposed to take the post of defense attaché at the Russian embassy in Sofia, reports Focus news outlet, citing Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.
According to RBC news agency, Russian Embassy in Bulgaria also confirmed this information. "We confirm this information, but we don't give any additional comments," said the press attaché of the Russian Embassy.
Focus also reported that the Russian diplomat, whom the Bulgarian …
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Russia transfers special forces and ‘Cossacks’ to Donbas
The Russian Armed Forces command has been transferring special forces and so-called “Cossack formations” to eastern Ukraine to rotate and reinforce the pro-Russian forces, said Ihor Lossovsky, Ukraine’s deputy envoy to international organizations in Vienna, during a session of the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation in Vienna on October 30, Ukrinform reports.
“Through the stretches of the Russian-Ukrainian border not controlled by Ukraine, special forces divisions and so-called ‘Cossack …