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Russian warship spotted off the coast of Latvia
On Monday, a Russian warship was spotted near Latvian territorial waters, Delfi reported, citing the Latvian Armed Forces.
"At a distance of 6 nautical miles from the state border of the exclusive economic zone, the Russian Federation warship ‘Zhigulevsk’ was recorded,” the statement read
The newspaper also reports that on Thursday, June 30, two Russian warships were spotted in the Baltic.
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: The US indirectly supports the so-called Islamic State
The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the U.S. indirectly supports the so-called Islamic State by imposing sanctions against defense enterprises cooperating with Syria.
The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Ryabkov, stated that Russia considers the new sanctions of the United States against five Russian defense enterprises as indirect support of terrorists.
“The desire of the White House to punish Russian enterprises that help Syrian people to fight against ISIS …
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German politican: Strengthening of NATO presence in the Baltic should be short-term
A few days before the summit of NATO countries in Warsaw, the German Co-Chair of the German-Russian Petersburg dialogue, Ronald Pofalla, stated that the planned strengthening of NATO troops in Poland and Baltic States should only be in the short-term, Korrespondent.net reported.
“NATO could initially limit the term of strengthening of troops to one year. If ceasefire is observed in eastern Ukraine and a legally binding truce is established, the Alliance would be able to weaken the military …
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MH17 investigation team to visit Moscow
The investigation team dealing with the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crash in the Donbas in July 2014 will arrive in Moscow soon, the head of Russia's delegation at OSCE PA, Nikolay Kovalev reported.
He referred to the statement made by the head of the Dutch delegation at a session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Tbilisi. "The international commission … is expected to arrive in Moscow in a week or two in order to establish direct contact with the Russian representatives, who are …
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Russian MoD: NATO-Russia Council will take place right after NATO Summit
Permanent representatives of the NATO-Russia Council will meet on July 13th, right after the Alliance's summit in Warsaw, reported the website of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
"Currently, the inclusion of the issue of safe flights over the Baltic Sea in the agenda of the Russia-NATO Council… is being worked out,” the statement said. It is also reported that Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu ordered a proposal prepared "about developing a system of confidence-building measures that …