Contents tagged with Russia
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Russian court inadvertently proves presence of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine
The Kirovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don accidentally proved the presence of the Russian military in the east of Ukraine while delivering a verdict in the case of bribery for the food supplies to Russian military units stationed there.
The court considered the case of a certain V.N. Zabaluyev, who worked in one of the local companies as a deputy regional manager for military nutrition. He was found guilty of giving bribes to the head of the Center for State Sanitary and Epidemiological …
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Lukashenko asks Putin for another $35 billion
Belarus is working on obtaining new loans from Russia amid sanctions that have cut off its economy from key foreign currency sources.
Minsk is negotiating a new government loan, as well as additional funds from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development, which is 90% funded by Russia, said First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Nikolai Snopkov.
"The total amount of the requested funds is $3.5 billion," he said at a meeting with the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. New …
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Putin urges China to abandon SWIFT
It is necessary to create an independent financial infrastructure to ensure trade operations between Russia and China, said Russian President Vladimir Putin during an online meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
This should be a payment system that could not be influenced by other countries, said Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, adding that this issue is "really being discussed."
According to Ushakov, Putin and Xi Jinping also discussed the increase in the share of national …
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Exports of Russian firearm ammunitions to U.S. reach record highs
Despite U.S. sanctions on the import of Russian small arms and ammunitions, their supplies from Russia to the United States broke the record set in the early 1990s, reports the Russian news agency RBC with reference to the data of the US Census Bureau.
During the first 10 months of 2021, American companies imported $ 157.9 million worth of Russian firearm cartridges, breaking the record of 2016 ($ 148 million per year).
According to the UN, more than 94% of all Russian firearm cartridges are …
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Macron calls Putin ahead of his visit to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation. One of the topics of the conversation was the situation around Ukraine.
According to the Kremlin’s press service, the conversation took place at the initiative of the French side.
The Kremlin's press service reports that Putin complained to the French president about the alleged violation of the Minsk agreements by Ukraine. The Russian president claims that Kyiv is exacerbating the situation …
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German Foreign Minister: Nord Stream 2 cannot be commissioned
Germany's new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, currently sees no reason to commission the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. This gas pipeline does not yet comply with the norms of European energy legislation, said Baerbock on the air of the ZDF television channel. In addition, according to her, it seems clear that "in the event of further escalation [of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict] this pipeline can no longer be connected to the gas transit network." This was agreed by the …
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Kyiv accuses Berlin of blocking weapons supplies to Ukraine
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov accused Germany of blocking arms shipments to Ukraine through NATO's Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), even after Berlin had been warned by Washington about a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Reznikov said that Berlin had vetoed Ukraine's purchase of anti-drone weapons and anti-sniper systems through NSPA over the past month.
"They are still building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and at the same time blocking our defense weapons. It's …
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Putin: Russia is world leader in advanced weapons production
Russia and the United States have reached parity in nuclear weapons, but Moscow is ahead in advanced weapons development, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on the TV channel "Russia 1".
"And in this sense, we can say with confidence that according to this indicator we are number one in the world today," Putin said, noting that new weapons are already supplied to the Russian army.
In early December, the head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, said that …
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Kremlin confirms Biden threatened Russia with financial isolation in the event of an attack on Ukraine
US President Joe Biden, in a conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, threatened Russia with financial isolation in the event of an attack on Ukraine, said Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov on the TV program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on the TV channel Russia-1.
"Yes, indeed, Biden said that if there is this ephemeral invasion of Ukraine - apparently, the Americans have made themselves believed that this is not fake information, but the real truth - then Russia will be financially …
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U.S. to allocate $ 20 million to Ukraine to strengthen its borders with Russia and Belarus
The United States will allocate $ 20 million for a project to strengthen the capabilities of the Ukrainian State Border Service on the northern and eastern borders, reported the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
"Today, we have another plan for technical assistance. We have signed a plan for joint actions to implement and improve the capacity of the State Border Service," said the First Deputy of the Head of State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Volodymyr Nikiforenko.
The agreement was …