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The US will station a company of paratroopers in Estonia during the Russian-Belarusian Zapad exercises
The United States will send a company of paratroopers to Estonia during the time when Russian-Belarussian exercises Zapad 2017 are held. According to the main headquarters of the Estonian Defense Forces, 150 servicemen will arrive at the end of August, BNS agency informs.
In September this year, Russian-Belarusian exercises Zapad 2017 will be held in the territory of Belarus where Russia will mobilize more than 4,000 wagons for the transportation of weapons and soldiers.
Ukraine expressed …
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Russian oil conglomerates help Venezuelan President Maduro to stay in power
Moscow continues pouring money into the treasury of Venezuela, whose economy plunged into a chaos caused by currency shortages, lack of essential goods and protests, during which more than 120 people were killed.
In the second quarter, Venezuela received another $1 billion from Russia’s Rosneft, as reported by Finanz news web site with reference to Raiffeisenbank's semi-annual IFRS report.
The money was transferred to the accounts of PDVSA, a Venezuelan oil company that consolidates the last …
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Amid US sanctions Russia is trying to develop its own credit card payment system
Russian Federation is intensifying development of the payment systems that would be independent from U.S. financial system as well as from using U.S. dollar as a base currency.
Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated that an independent financial system “is becoming a vital need,” because otherwise Russia “will always be on the hook” of the United States of America.
Russia has developed its own payment card called Mir (‘Peace’ or ‘World’ in translation from Russian), which is supposed to …
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Latvia, Lithuania and Germany participate in military exercises in Baltic Sea
In the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of Lithuania in the Baltic Sea this week, the Baltic Fleet is holding the annual Baltron Squadron Exercise 17/2, Delfi news agency reports.
Lithuania, Latvia and Germany are participating in the exercises.
The Latvian Navy is using the supply vessel Varonis and the minesweeper ship Rusins, and the German Navy is using the minesweeper Pegnitz.
The Lithuanian Navy is represented by the Jotvingis staff ship, the Suduvis and Kursis …
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Polish Foreign Minister: Poland to buy Patriot missile defense system from US because of Russian Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad
Warsaw’s desire to deploy additional batteries of Patriot anti-air defense systems is related to Russia’s plan to rearm the missile brigade in the Kaliningrad province, Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told Kommersant in an interview.
“Here’s your answer: Russian missiles have already been deployed there, and until now we have had no anti-air defense systems to defend ourselves in the event of a possible attack. We are not taking the first steps, we are reacting to what we see. …