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The Kremlin disagrees with Trump's statement that Iran is a 'terrorist state'
The Kremlin disagrees with the view of U.S. President Donald Trum, that Iran is a "terrorist state," and declares that they have an intention to develop relations with this country, as stated by the Presidential Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, TASS reported.
"We do not agree with this approach," the Kremlin official said, commenting on Trump’s statement that Iran is "terrorist state number one."
"You know that Russia has a good partnership with Iran, we are cooperating on a number of issues, …
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Strelkov: The Kremlin found a way to conceal military losses in Syria
The former Minister of Defense of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Igor Strelkov (aka Igor Girkin), while commenting on a post by a LiveJournal blogger in which the blogger expressed surprise of non-existent losses of Russian military in Syria, pointed out the usage of mobile cremation chambers by the Russian military.
“There is nothing to be surprised of [the lack of the statistics on losses in Syria]. Most of the auxiliary operations in Syria are carried out not by regular …
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Dzhemilev: Crimean Tatars are waiting for the Crimea to become Ukrainian again
Crimean Tatars living in the Crimea are waiting for the peninsula to become Ukrainian again as was stated by the leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev on February 4, during a Crimean Tatar Evening in Ankara, according to a Crimean News Agency.
"We have been, and still are, counting every single day since the beginning of the occupation. The Crimean Tatars, who live in the Crimea, are waiting for this hell to be over, for the Crimea to be free from the occupier and become …
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UN is concerned that Ukraine doesn't pay social benefits to Luhansk and Donetsk regions
The U.N. Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, Neal Walker, stated in his interview to Zerkalo Nedeli, that the United Nations is deeply concerned by the suspension of social payments and pensions to some internally displaced people and to residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. According to him, the United Nations has specific examples of shortcomings of the Ukrainian authorities in the humanitarian field.
“I usually don’t discuss the Government because I believe that it is …
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Media: Russian hackers were not able to hack into the computers of the Dutch government
Hackers from the APT28 and APT29 groups, who are behind the attacks on the US Democratic Party servers, tried to gain access to the computers of the Dutch government, as reported by De Volkskrant, the Dutch daily morning newspaper.
The attacks were repeatedly carried out over the last six months and have been unsuccessful.
Hacker groups were testing the capacity of the Netherlands civil servants, sending them phishing messages by e-mail and creating fake web sites in an effort to gain access …
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German Foreign Minister: Rapprochement between the United States and Russia would be useful for Ukraine
Following the visit to the United States, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel, expressed confidence that the Administration of the U.S. President, Donald Trump, is still just developing its strategy towards Russia. Gabriel stated this on the air of the ARD TV Channel, Deutsche Welle reported. The Minister welcomed the possibility of rapprochement between the United States and Russia.
“We must all hope that the United States and Russia will reach an agreement but not at the …
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Klimkin: A step-by-step lifting of sanctions against Russia would be 'senseless'
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Pavlo Klimkin, considers the step-by-step lifting of sanctions against Russia, as advocated by Austria, "senseless," as he stated in an interview with Austrian magazine Profil, according to the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s Facebook post. "If there were no sanctions, the temptation ‘to create facts on the spot’ would be much greater for Vladimir Putin. Sanctions are the only line between good and evil, peace and war, which in this situation …
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Media: 80% of Russian air strikes in Syria were not directed against the Islamic State
The German tabloid Bild reports that the overwhelming majority of Russian air strikes in Syria were not aimed at Islamic State targets, according to data from the Munich Security Conference of 2016.
"The vast majority—80% of strikes—was directed at "other targets,” opposition and civilians, and this is confirmed by various human rights organizations," the newspaper notes.
By comparison, the data for air strikes carried out by Turkey and by the U.S.-led coalition shows that 94% of the …
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Lavrov: Russia is ready to do its part to improve relations with the USA
The position of the new U.S. President, Donald Trump, “gives some hope for positive developments in bilateral relations.” To restore relations with Washington, Moscow is ready to do its part, as indicated by Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, to the Austrian magazine Profil.
“We are ready to do our part to improve relations with the USA. Their degradation in recent years has occurred not because of us, but as a result of targeted actions by the previous Administration in Washington,” …
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A new bill condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine was submitted to the U.S. Congress
A bill supporting Ukraine and the further deterrence of Russian aggression was submitted to the U.S. Congress on February 2 by Eliot Engel, the representative of the Democratic Party. A link to the document has been published on the website of Congress under the number H.R. 830.
Though the text of the bill itself has not been published, it makes reference to its content: "deter, respond and stop the Russian aggression in Ukraine, help Ukraine's democratic transformation." The document will be …