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Russia transfers marines from Caspian Sea to Crimea
Several divisions of marines from the Russian Caspian Flotilla have been transferred to the Crimea, Russian Interfax news agency reports with reference to the press service of the Southern Military District (SMD) of the Russian Armed Forces.
“The transfer of marines from the Caspian Flottilla was carried out in the context of a combat readiness check, announced by the commander of the SMD forces, general-colonel Aleksandr Dvornikov,” the press service stated.
According to the SMD of the …
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Russia’s Prosecutor General's Office has сlassified information about the ‘Panama Papers’
In response to a request by the Rambler News Service (RNS) about the results of the prosecutor's inspection of the “Panama Papers,” the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation stated that this information is not available to the public, Rambler News Service reports.
“The requested information contains details that cannot be discllosed,” said Alexander Kurennoy, head of the news service department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia, in response to the request by RNS.
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Russia refuses to pay its third installment to the Council of Europe
According to Russia’s State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Russia will not pay a third of its contribution, which amount to €11 million, to the budget of the Council of Europe, Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency reported.
According to Volodin, payments to the budget of the Council of Europe are made in installments. Russia does not plan to pay the third installment, which would be due at the end of 2017, he said.
Earlier, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko spoke about …
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Poroshenko: Stockholm arbitration tribunal’s decision on the lawsuit of Naftogaz vs. Gazprom was a 'convincing victory'
President Petro Poroshenko considers the decision of the arbitral tribunal under the auspices of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce a victory in the lawsuit of Naftogaz Ukrainy against the Russian Gazprom under the gas supply contract. This was reported on the president's website.
"Our joint effort, made by NATO and legal representatives and the Foreign Ministry team, which also helped us a lot, together with the position of the President’s administration and the …
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Putin: In a war between the US and Russia, no one would survive
No one would survive a massive armed conflict between Russia and the United States, as stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with American film director Oliver Stone.
Stone asked Putin if the United States could, in the opinion of the Russian leader, win in an armed conflict between the two countries.
"I think that no one would survive," Putin said.
The Russian president also answered Stone's question as to whether Donald Trump's election to the post of US President …
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Lavrov: Russia could impose restrictions on Moldovan migrants in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Moldova, Moscow could impose restrictions on the work of Moldovan migrant workers, but the Russian authorities decided not to resort to this decision.
"President Putin decided not to do this at this stage. He communicated with Moldovan President Igor Dodon in St. Petersburg and they reached such an agreement," TASS quoted Lavrov as saying.
According to the head of the Russian diplomatic …
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Russian Alfa-Bank refuses to leave Ukraine
According to the co-owner of one of the biggest private banks, Petr Aven, Russian Alfa-Bank is not going to sell their business in Ukraine. “We have not made a decision [to sell our Ukrainian business] yet. We’ve decided to work there. We are not a state bank,” he said during a television interview on channel Russia 24, RIA Novosti reports.
Even so, Aven professes that it is difficult for Alfa-Bank to work in Ukraine. "We have had 80 attacks on different bank branches in different cities in …
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Poroshenko signed into law a 75% quota on the use of the Ukrainian language on television
President Petro Poroshenko reported on Twitter that he just signed into law a 75% quota on the use of the Ukrainian language on television.
"I would like to thank the media representatives for their proposals on the introduction of quotas and the return of the Ukrainian language to Ukrainian media. I signed the relevant law," the President wrote.
"Here the laurels belong to you. This is your initiative and your proposal, which I simply supported. People's deputies did their job perfectly and …
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Lavrov promises a 'mirror response' if Ukraine introduces visa regime with Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov promised a "mirror response" if Ukraine introduces a visa regime with Russia, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.
"When a torrent of mud pours on us; when our actors, and artists are declared persona non grata; when they take business away from Russian investors in the Ukrainian economy; when they start to talk seriously about the introduction of a visa regime; well, do you think we should just swallow all this and not respond? " Lavrov told …
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Ukraine voices protest over the visit by Russian officials to the annexed Crimea
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has voiced protest regarding a visit to the annexed Crimea by Russian officials, which was headed by Valentina Matvienko, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, as reported on the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's website.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong protest in connection with another illegal trip to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a sovereign territory of Ukraine …