Contents tagged with Russia
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Lawsuit filed against Ukraine over Malaysian Airlines flight MH17
Several relatives of victims from the Boeing 777 crash filed lawsuits in the European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) against Ukraine for the crash of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over the Donbas on July 17, 2014, Kommersant reported. The lawsuit was filed by German citizens Elena Joppa and Tim Laushet, living in Australia, as well as Chris and Denise Kenke, relatives of passengers killed in the disaster. They hold Kiev partially responsible because the airspace over the territory where the …
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Russian citizen detained in Ukraine for illegally transferring millions of dollars to Russia
Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained a Russian citizen suspected of illegally transferring funds in the amount of 16 million dollars from Odessa to Russian accounts.
A statement posted on Saturday, August 6th, on the SSU website indicated that the as-yet unidentified Russian "created a mechanism of fake financial and business operations for the accumulation, transit and withdrawal of funds." The monthly turnover of the said fraud totaled more than $2 million. …
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State Border Guard Service of Ukraine records Russian helicopters over Crimea
Ukrainian border guards again reported sightings of Russian helicopters flying over the territory of the Crimea, according to the service’s website.
"Guards from the Berdyansk detachment on the administrative border recorded a flight of Russian Mi-8 helicopters over the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Cooperative units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already been informed," the website noted.
The day before, at administrative border with the …
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Media: There is unexplained Russian military buildup in the Crimea
According to witnesses, the Russian military has been increasing its presence in several areas in the annexed Crimea over the previous day. According to eye witness accounts, military roadblocks reinforced with armed soldiers have been established in the Razdonletsky district.
The soldiers are stopping and inspecting the passing traffic. Similar roadblocks are reportedly set up in Chernomorsky district. When asked about the reasons for the road checks the soldiers state the “breach of the …
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Latvia detects three Russian military ships near its borders
Three Russia ships were detected near Latvian territorial borders, as stated by the Latvian Armed Forces on Twitter.
“On August 6, three Russian ships, Boikiy Steregushchy-class corvette, Admiral Essen frigate of Admiral Grigorovich-class and Dimitrovrgrad tarantul class corvette, were detected in the Latvian exclusive economic zone about 9 nautical miles from the Latvian border," reads the statement of the Latvian Armed Forces.
Relations between Moscow and the West have deteriorated …
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Russia's gas export revenues fell by 31 percent
Revenue from Russian gas exports in January-June 2016 amounted to 14.975 billion dollars, which is 31.6% less than in the same period of 2015 as indicated in the data from the Russian Federal Customs Service, reports Prime business news outlet.
In January-June of 2016, Russia exported 95.4 billion cubic meters of gas (a 6.95% growth in comparison with January-June 2015), including the far abroad countries - 78.3 billion cubic meters (14.6% growth) and the CIS (former Soviet Union) countries - 1 …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: Russia deployed naval ship carrying cruise missiles to the Crimea
On the 5th of August, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine released data indicating the strengthening of the naval component of the Russian Armed Forces in the annexed Crimea. In particular, the Agency reported on the addition of ships with powerful missile complexes.
According to the press service of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the inclusion of the Admiral Makarov frigate, which is armed with a Caliber-NK …
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Ukrainian Ambassador to the US criticizes Trump for his stance towards Russia
The Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, said that the statements of the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States, Donald Trump, regarding Ukraine and the Crimea have caused considerable concern in Kyiv.
In the article in The Hill newspaper, Chaly emphasized that Trump sends the wrong signal to the world by his statements which call for the violation of international law. The Ambassador also noted that Trump’s statements run counter to the platform of …
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Russia destroyed 7,500 tons of banned food imports
Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) announced that over 7,500 tons of banned food products, mostly fruit and vegetables, were destroyed over the last year, Russian TASS news agency reported.
"Overall, 7,282 tons of vegetable products under sanctions have been destroyed from August 6, 2015 to date," Rosselkhoznadzor’s spokeperson Yulia Melano stated.
The representative added that fruits and animal products were also destroyed.
In July of …
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Naftogaz believes their chances of beating Gazprom in Stockholm court are high
Director for Business Development at the national joint-stock company Naftogaz of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko stated that Ukraine has a good chance of obtaining a positive decision for their claim against Gazprom in the Stockholm Arbitration Court.
“In short, we are in the home stretch. Trials will start in the next few months. Our position is very firm, as demonstrated by the fact that, in particular, even Putin had to change his favorite statement about Gazprom: that since 2020 they will not need …