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Syrian media claims another missile strike has been averted
The Syrian anti-missile defense forces deflected a missile attack aimed at the Shayrat military base in the Homs province, the Syrian state media reported on Tuesday, April 17. The missiles were reportedly shot down by the Syrian anti-missile defense systems. The reports did not specify the number of missiles shot down, or who could have fired them.
Later the Lebanese media reported another interception, citing Hezbollah. The Dumayr airbase on the outskirts of Damascus was the target of the …
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Deripaska’s company stock price hits all-time low
The share price of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s company UC Rusal dropped to a historic low on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange due to the US’s promises to announce new anti-Russian sanctions.
On Monday, the company’s share price dropped almost 30% compared to the previous close. At 10:51 Moscow time, the unit price was 1.43 Hong Kong dollars (0.18 USD). Rusal’s previous all-time low was 2.09 Hong Kong dollars on June 12, 2016.The day before, the US Treasury Department announced new sanctions …
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Berlin: Russia is behind recent cyber-attack on German Foreign Ministry
The German government believes a recent cyber-attack on the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry came from Russia, said Heiko Maas, Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, during an interview with the ZDF broadcasting company.
Maas listed what he considered to be Moscow’s “problematic” actions, which included insufficient progress in maintaining ceasefire in the east of Ukraine, an attack using poison in the UK, Moscow’s support of the Syrian government, Russian attempts to influence elections in …
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German President Steinmeier calls for a dialogue between the West and Russia
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed concern over the growing "alienation" between Russia and the West and called for the restoration of diplomatic efforts aimed at repairing damaged ties.
On April 15, in an interview with Bild am Sonntag newspaper, Steinmeier conceded that the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain was "a very serious incident" but he added that "we should be at least as worried about the galloping alienation between …
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Swiss laboratory denies Lavrov's claims that Skripal’s poison was developed by NATO
In response to comments by the Foreign Minister of Russia,The laboratory in the town of Spiez, Switzerland that had contributed to the investigation on the notorious Skripal poisoning incident stated that the BZ toxin was not mentioned in its report.
“Only the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) can comment on this statement. But we can reiterate what we said 10 days ago. We have no doubt that Porton Down was right in identifying Novichok as the poisoning agent,” the …