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Russian intelligence agent deported from US
The United States deported Evgeny Buryakov, a Russian convicted of espionage who spent more than two years in American prison, Radio Svoboda reports.
42 year-old Buryakov worked for several years in the US at the New York branch of Vnesheconombank, while engaging in economic espionage for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)
Buryakov collaborated with two other SVR agents, Igor Sporyshev and Viktor Podobny, who worked at the Russian Trade Delegation and the Russian Mission to the UN. …
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Erdogan promises to support US in war against Assad
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he would support a US military operation in Syria against the country’s President Bashar Assad, according to western media.
“If the matter comes to practical realization, then we are ready to do anything that will be necessary,” he said.
Erdoğan added that he had talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the chemical attack in Syria, but he did not receive a clear answer about whether Assad had been involved in the action.
Before this, the …
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General Hyten: The US has 'no defense' against Russia's new cruise missile
The United States has "no defense" against ground-based cruise missiles recently deployed by Russia, according to a report submitted to Congress by a high-ranking American general.
The Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, General John Hyten, warned that Russian missile systems "are within range and can threaten most of the continent of Europe" and that the US "has no defense against it," especially with regard to the defense of European allies.
The US authorities described the deployment of …
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U.S. Secretary of State to visit Moscow on April 11
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirms the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Moscow early next week.
“On April 11-12, U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson will visit Moscow on a working trip. This is his first visit to our country as the head of the foreign policy department of the Donald Trump’s administration," reads the statement on the web site of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During the talks between Secretary of State and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, …
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Ukraine’s Minister of Energy and Coal Mining expects to receive three million tons of anthracite from the U.S.
Ukraine expects to import 2.5-3 million tons of anthracite coal from the United States, Minister of Energy and Coal Mining Ihor Nasalyk said.
"Presently we have received information that we could receive 2.5-3 million tons of coal from America. I, as a Minister, just sent a letter to the State Department asking for assistance with the anthracite coal," he told journalists in Kyiv.
According to Nasalyk, energy-generating companies have already begun signing contracts for anthracite deliveries …
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Pentagon: 'Russian-speaking' actors were needed to bring NATO military exercises closer to reality
American military exercises in Germany that included the participation of Russian-speaking actors are not preparation for any concrete actions. This was stated by U.S. Army Captain Chris Bradley, an official representative of the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) for the training of military personnel in Germany, reported RIA Novosti news agency.
"In our Center, we try to train servicemen in the most realistic ways, to ensure that they can operate in many different situations," he …
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Putin: Russia has 'a large number of friends' in the US
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at the International Arctic Forum that Russia has a large number of friends in the United States, RBC news agency reports.
According to the Russian President, Russia is thinking about the United States as a great power with which it would be desirable to establish relations. "Everything else is a lie and a provocation," he said. He went on to further assert that the "anti-Russian card" is played within "certain groups in the United States" to "strengthen …
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US Senate considers resolution to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons
A resolution was introduced in the U.S. Senate in connection with the third anniversary of the annexation of the Crimea, calling for the maintenance of sanctions against the Russian Federation and the provision of lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine.
According to the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States, the draft resolution "Condemning illegal Russian aggression in Ukraine on the three year anniversary of the annexation of Crimea" was introduced by Senators Robert Portman and Sherrod Brown, …
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US representative to the UN: Russia committed crimes in Syria
Nikki Haley, Permanent US Representative to the UN, while speaking on the protection of human rights at the UN Security Council on March 29, said that Russia and Iran are involved in the Assad regime’s annihilation of the population and civilian infrastructure in Aleppo. The US representative referred to this as “war crimes”.
“Together with Russia and Iran, the Assad regime has destroyed every hospital in eastern Aleppo. Every single one. A quarter of a million people have been left to suffer. …
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NATO Commander urges U.S. to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons
The Commander in Chief of NATO forces in Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti urged the United States to begin the delivery of lethal weapons to Ukraine. The general called for this specific support during hearings in U.S. Congress, the record of which is posted on the website of the Committee on Armed Services.
Scaparotti noted that the Ukrainian armed forces need support in the fight against "a very lethal, tough enemy.” He asserted that Russia does take part in the conflict in the east of …