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Serbia shuts down Russian 'military patriotic' youth camp
Police in Serbia stopped the activities of the “military and patriotic youth camps that was create by Russian and Serbian ‘patriotic’ veteran organizations,” reported Blic news outlet. “The camp on Zlatibor no longer exists,” Serbian Minister of Interior Nebojša Stefanović stated.
The Minister said that he ordered the camp eliminated because of public concern and possible child abuse. He added that the Serbian authorities were in the final stages of dismantling the camp.
The camp’s closure …
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Kremlin's main biker begins his show in Sevastopol
The Night Wolves, a motorcycle club closely linked to the Kremlin, organized and started a bike show "The Russian Dream" the Mount Gasfort area in the annexed Sevastopol, the leader of the bikers, Alexander Zaldostanov aka "Surgeon" announced this on his Facebook page.
According to RIA Krym report, the first day of the event traditionally starts with a concert that includes Russian rock performers. The "December" band from St. Petersburg opened this year’s rock concert. An American-Russian …
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Kyiv promises not to block Russian cargo transit through Ukraine
In an interview with the Ukrainian Channel 5, the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Volodymyr Omelyan said that the Ukrainian authorities are not going to block the transit of Russian cargo through the territory of their country.
“Transit volume drops every year. Once again Russia is doing it deliberately to bleed Ukraine, but we cannot affect this process. For our part, we certainly do not plan to block transit, because we have obligations under the WTO (World Trade Organization), “said …
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Ukraine receives counter-battery radars from the US
The United States gave two counter-battery radars to Ukraine. The equipment transfer ceremony was attended by the US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, reported the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on Friday, August 17th.
The Defense Ministry specified that the mobile AN/TPQ type counter-battery radar is an designed for automatic position determination of enemy artillery, missile launchers and mortars.
At the same time, this type of radar can monitor fire from 10 …
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OSCE SMM patrol comes under fire near Donetsk
On August 16, observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission came under fire on the outskirts of th settlement of Holmivskyi, which is 49 kilometers northeast of Donetsk, reported the mission’s press-service.
Three mission members patrolled on foot while two remained in the SMM cars. A member of an armed formation, carrying an automatic rifle, and a Voda Donbasa public utility company worker were speaking to the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) observers while two other rifle-bearing …
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Polish President expresses hope for the permanent presence of the US military in the country
Speaking at the parade on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day, Polish President Andrzej Duda expressed hope for the permanent presence of the US military forces in his country.
According to Duda, Poland fears a new aggression from Russia and the permanent presence of the US Army would act as “deterrence for any potential aggressor".
The US Armed Forces and US servicemen are stationed on a rotation basis in Poland and other countries on the eastern flank of NATO - Lithuania, Latvia and …
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Kremlin: new Ukrainian sanctions against Russia would be a violation of international law
The imposition of sanctions against Russia by Ukraine will be considered “a blatant violation of rules of international law,” stated the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
“The package announced by the Kyiv regime can be compared with the “Magnitsky list”, another attempt to impose unilateral coercive measures that are contrary to international law and the practice of civilized international relations,” TASS cites Zakharova as saying.
Earlier, Ukrainian …
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Ukrainian prosecutors asks for 15-year sentence for Yanukovych
The Military Prosecutor's Office of the Central Region of Ukraine asked the court to sentence the country’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych to fifteen years imprisonment on charges of state treason, Channel 112 Ukraine reports.
“I ask the respected court to find Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych guilty on all the charges proceedings and to sentence him to 15 years imprisonment,” stated prosecutor Maksym Krym during the court debate.
The defense was outraged with the speeches of prosecutors' …
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Estonia approves €190 million construction project of the border with Russia
The Estonian Government finally approved the €190 million construction project on the border with Russia, ERR news outlet reports. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2026. Estonia had decided in 2015 to modernize the infrastructure of its border by constructing sections of fencing, patrol path, barriers to animals, gates, border markers and the like, but had not gotten budget approval for a long time.
“We will immediately start calling for bids for the construction of four parts of …
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Latvian Foreign Minister calls on Russia to release imprisoned filmmaker Sentsov unconditionally
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs urged Russia to immediately release convicted Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov without preconditions.
"I call on Russia for the immediate and unconditional release of unlawfully convicted Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov. His hunger strike lasting more than 90 days causes deep concerns for his health,” Rinkēvičs wrote on Twitter. The Russian commission rejected two earlier requests for pardon from his mother and from Archbishop Kliment of …