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Putin to attend Chirac's memorial service
The press secretary of Russian President, Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin will attend a memorial service for former French President Jacques Chirac, reports RIA Novosti news agency.
The memorial service for Chirac will be held in Paris on September 30. After the Church service, French President Emmanuel Macron will invite the heads of countries, who have come to pay tribute to the former head of state, to the Elysee Palace.
Jacques Chirac died on September 26 at the age of 86. He was …
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office denies ‘Biden case’ investigation
Ukrainian Deputy Prosecutor General, Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Nazar Kholodnytskyi said in an interview with Novoe Vremya radio that Ukrainian investigators had not questioned former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter in the case of possible abuse of power by Ukrainian Ecology Ministry officials.
According to him, the Prosecutor decided to close the case on August 1, 2017, because the investigation had no progress for about two years.
"What will …
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Russian citizen detained in Spain at US request
Spanish police arrested a Russian citizen at the request of the United States, reports TASS news agency, citing the Russian Embassy in Madrid.
According to the embassy, the police detained a man on September 20 at the Valencia airport at the request of the United States. The Russian citizen was arrested, and after that, an employee of the Russian Consulate General in Barcelona visited him. A local lawyer is involved in the case. The diplomatic mission added that they are carefully following …
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Ukrainian military to start using Turkish combat drones
Ukrainian Air Force received permission to use Bayraktar TB2 drones, reports the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
50 Ukrainian soldiers completed training in Turkey on the use and maintenance of drones.
"This is important in the context of the acquisition of specific educational institution experience in training specialists for new types of weapons, and it will also create the necessary personnel reserve for filling positions of already trained soldiers in the future," reads …
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Polish Defense Minister: Poland no longer a second-class NATO member
Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak accompanied president Andrzej Duda during his visit to the USA where Duda and Donald Trump signed a military declaration which assumes the increase in the number of American soldiers stationed in Poland. Mariusz Blaszczak said in an interview with Polskie Radio that this declaration is "a success for Poland".
The minister reminded that this document which was signed by both presidents "adds to framework of cooperation that was set out in …
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Russia demands inclusion of DPR and LPR as Steinmeier Formula signatories
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Kommersant in an interview that the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) are members of the Trilateral Contact Group and should sign the Steinmeier Formula.
“We are extremely upset and concerned about what happened in the Contact Group. At the meeting of foreign policy advisors in Paris on September 11, there was a rather substantive discussion about how exactly the Contact Group should approve this formula. In the end, without …
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NATO rejects Russia’s proposed moratorium on intermediate and short range missiles
NATO has rejected Russia’s proposal that a moratorium be put on the deployment of intermediate and short-ranged missiles, because Moscow’s initiative is “untrustworthy”, Alliance spokesperson Oana Lungescu told Deutsche Welle.
She pointed out that Russia has already deployed SSC-8 missiles (9M729 in Russian classification) in its own territory.
“Before negotiations, they need to destroy these missiles in a verifiable way,” the NATO representative emphasized.
Kommersant reported previously …
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Libyan Government of National Accord: eight Russian mercenaries were killed in recent airstrikes
The spokesperson for Libya's Government of National Accord, issued a statement saying at least eight Russian servicemen were killed in the attacks on the Libyan capital. It is reported that a group of Russian military came under the attack by the Libyan Air Force.
"The Air Force managed to kill eight mercenaries of the Russian private military company Wagner two days ago, who were preparing to carry out an attack on the capital," the statement reads.
The air force of the Libyan Government of …
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Russia sends another free arms shipment to Central African Republic
This September Russia has sent a second batch of weapons for the army of the Central African Republic (CAR) at no charge, announced Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a UN Security Council session devoted to peace and security in Africa.
“In the CAR, over the last year and a half Russian instructors have trained more than 3,000 soldiers for the army of this sovereign country. With the consent of the Security Council committee, two batches of Russian weapons have already been sent free …
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Russian mercenaries spotted in Libyan war zone
Russian mercenaries are taking part in the war in Libya. Since the overthrow of the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the country has been in civil war. Libya’s capital Tripoli, controlled by the internationally recognized Government of National Accord, was besieged by the Libyan National Army headed by General Khalifa Haftar. Russian mercenaries are taking part in the conflict on Khalifa Haftar’s side, reports Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT).
CIT investigators were able to examine …