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Russia is ready to supply the Philippines with advanced weapons
Russia is ready to supply the Philippines with advanced weaponry, including submarines and aircraft, as stated by the Russian Ambassador in Manilla, Igor Anatolyevich Khovaev, Reuters reported.
Speaking during the visit of two Russian naval vessels to Manila, Khovaev stated that Russia hopes to become a “close friend” to the Philippines, a traditional U.S. ally.
"It's not a choice between these partners and those ones. Diversification means preserving and keeping old traditional partners and …
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Naftogaz head: Ukraine needs a European company to manage its gas transport system
To keep its status as a transit country, Ukraine needs to get a European company to manage its natural gas transportation system, the head of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, Andriy Kobolyev proposed.
"The ultimate goal of the process of creating a separate GTS operator is to involve a European company... that has its own interests. In fact we want to share a part of our business to make them help us guarantee that transit through the territory of Ukraine will remain after 2019," he said on Channel 5 …
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Le Pen seeks funding from Russian banks for French presidential election
The President of the French right-wing populist party, the National Front, Marine Le Pen, requested foreign financial institutions, including Russian banks, to fund her election campaign, as she stated in her interview with French TV Channel BFMTV on January 4th.
According to her, all French banks have refused to give her a loan for her election campaign before the first round of presidential elections in France in April 2017. Currently, Le Pen is in need of 6 million Euros.
“I submitted …
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Polish media: The bodies of some victims of the Smolensk plane crash were replaced
Preliminary research shows that the bodies of some of the victims of the Smolensk plane crash, which occurred on the 10th of April 2010, were misplaced, as reported by the Polish Press Agency citing its own sources.
According to the Agency’s sources, the remains from the grave of the Undersecretary of State of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland, Mariusz Handzlik, probably belong to the Chief of the Polish Olympic Committee, Piotr Nurowski.
In early December, after the …
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Heads of Moldova and Transdniestria hold a meeting for the first time in 8 years
Moldovan President Igor Dodon and Vadim Krasnoselski, the head of the unrecognized Moldovan Transdniestrian Republic, held a meeting, which is the first time the leaders of Moldova and Transdniestria met in eight years. The parties identified a number of issues requiring urgent solutions, according to Transdniestria’s press service.
The main agenda was about freedom of movement for citizens, recognition of documents, railroads, and communication. "Contact has taken place. The meeting was …