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Russian Foreign Ministry threatens U.S. with nuclear strike
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on reports of the rearmament of U.S. Trident-2 submarines with W76-2 missiles with low-yield nuclear warheads (5-6 kilotons). Any missile attack from the U.S. submarines of this class will be met with a nuclear strike by Russia, she said.
"As we have explained many times, we consider such a step dangerous. We believe that it is an element of destabilization. U.S. actions are aimed at obscuring the boundaries between strategic and …
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Russia to hold air parade on Victory Day
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Victory, Russia will host an aviation parade, and there will be fireworks in the major cities, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin, as cited by RBC news agency.
"By complying with the security requirements and self-isolation, we will celebrate our sacred holiday - Victory Day. Despite everything, all of us together, the whole country will do it," Putin promised.
On May 9, an air parade with combat aircraft and helicopters will be held, and in the …
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Kremlin: Russia does not support Haftar’s statement about transition of power to Libyan National Army
Russia does not approve of the statement of the Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar on the transition of power in the country to LNA, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after an informal video meeting of the BRICS Council of Foreign Ministers.
"We do not support the recent statement by Mr. Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj, the Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord, who refused to speak with Field Marshal Haftar, and we do not approve …
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Media names chief suspect in downing of Boeing MH17 over Donbas
Investigators of The Insider, Bellingcat and the BBC have identified one of the key defendants in the case of the crash of the Malaysian Boeing 777 over Donbas. Journalists claim that a high-ranking FSB official under investigation of the International Investigation Team (JIT) with the name "Vladimir Ivanovich" is Colonel-General Andrei Burlaka, deputy head of the Russian FSB border service.
In November 2019, JIT published telephone conversations in which representatives of the self-proclaimed …
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Putin’s daughter and Russian oil giant Rosneft to lead Russia’s genetic research
Rosneft and pediatric endocrinologist Maria Vorontsova, who is believed to Vladimir Putin's eldest daughter, will lead the "accelerated development" of genetic technologies in Russia, and will spend up to $1 billion for this purpose, reports BBC.
According to the publication, in early March, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova and the head of the oil company Rosneft Igor Sechin signed a cooperation agreement for "accelerated development of Russian genetic technologies" and " …
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Russian FSB detains Ukrainian border guard near Crimea
The officials of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) documented the fact of illegal detention of a sergeant of the Ukrainian State Border Service by representatives of the FSB of the Russian Federation on the administrative border with the annexed Crimea, reported the press service of the SBU.
According to law enforcement officials, representatives of the Russian special services, using violence and torture, tried to force the Ukrainian to confess to the alleged deliberate crossing of the …
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Poland threatens to seize Gazprom assets
Polish Deputy Minister of State Assets Janusz Kowalski said in an interview with WProst that he was ready to put pressure on Gazprom to force the Russian company to comply with the Stockholm arbitration decision and change the gas price formula for Warsaw. This could include the seizure of Nord Stream 2 assets.
Kowalski cited as an example the dispute between Gazprom and Naftogaz of Ukraine, during which, according to the deputy minister, the Russian side also refused to comply with the terms …
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Russia overtakes Iran in number of COVID-19 cases
Russia overtook Iran in the number of coronavirus cases and came in 8th place in the world in this indicator. In the past 24 hours alone, 6,411 new cases of infection were reported in Russia in 83 regions, including 3,075 cases in Moscow, the operational headquarters said on Tuesday, April 28. As a result, the total number of people infected in Russia exceeded 93,000.
Only the day before, Russia bypassed China, where the pandemic began. In Russia, at the same time, there are significantly …
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Turkey begins offensive in Syria
Turkey has launched an offensive in Syria, striking militant positions near the M4 motorway near the village of Nayrab in Idlib province, reported the Russian newspaper Izvestia, citing sources familiar with the situation.
Several airstrikes were carried out on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham strongholds. According to the newspaper, the intensity of fighting in Idlib increased dramatically after the Turkish military, as part of the March agreement with Russia, tried to unblock the M4 motorway, partially …
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Czech media: Russian special agent with deadly poison arrived in Prague amid dispute with Moscow over Marshal Konev monument
A Russian special agent arrived in Prague three weeks ago after a monument to Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev was demolished, reported the Czech publication Respekt.
The special agent arrived at Vaclav Havel airport from Russia. He had a Russian diplomatic passport. A car of the Russian diplomatic corps was waiting for him and took him to the Russian embassy. Sources of Respect claim that the person traveled with a briefcase in which he supposedly had deadly poison ricin. Czech Security services …