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Russia preparing sanctions against the USA
The Russian Parliament adopted in first reading bills on sanctions against the USA and also on criminal liability for compliance with the sanctions against Russia, as reported by the press-service of the State Duma.
It is reported that 412 Deputies of the Russian State Duma voted in favor of the draft bill. In addition, the MPs also adopted amendments to the Criminal Code that impose responsibility for complying with the Western sanctions in the Russian territory.
The voting on these draft …
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Chemical weapons watchdog: Chlorine used in attack on Syrian town of Saraqeb in February
The mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) concluded that on February 4 chemical weapons, probably chlorine, were used near the city of Saraqeb in the Syrian province of Idlib.
The OPCW report, released on May 16, states that “chlorine was released from cylinders by mechanical impact in the Al-Talil neighbourhood of Saraqeb."
The experts studied two cylinders, which used to contain the chemicals, and also analyzed the samples taken in the area of the …
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US Representative Volker meets with Ukraine's Joint Forces Commander Sergei Naev in Donbas
The Joint Forces Operation press service announced via its Facebook page that U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, met with the Joint Forces Commander, Lieutenant-General Sergei Naev, to discuss the Donbas security situation.
“We are glad to welcome you in the operation area,” Naev stated. “We thank our partners for their support in the fight against the Russian aggressor.”
The Joint Forces Operation’s press service reported that the Joint Forces Commander will acquaint …
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Turkey and Israel expel each other’s diplomats because of the violence in the Gaza Strip
Turkey and Israel each expelled the other country’s high-ranking diplomats on Tuesday because of a dispute over the killing of 60 Palestinians by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip during protests against the moving of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.
According to Reuters, the Turkish leadership ordered Israeli ambassadors to leave the country.
“Turkey was one of the loudest critics of both Israel’s reaction to protests in the Gaza Strip and the moving of the U.S. Embassy. It recalled its …
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Ukrainian President suggests that each EU country rebuild one city in the Donbas
President Petro Poroshenko proposed an initiative for every country of the European Union to prepare a targeted program of patronage over certain cities of the Ukrainian Donbas, contributing to their revival and the restoration of their infrastructure. He wrote about his proposal on Facebook after meeting with the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, George Tsereteli, who returned from the East of Ukraine.
"During the conversation, I proposed an important initiative to rebuild the …