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Putin believes that Americans want to send troops to the Kuril Islands
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is "aware" that the Americans are drawing up plans to transfer their military to the Kuril Islands. He voiced such considerations at a meeting with the heads of world news agencies, responding to a question from a correspondent of the Japanese news agency Kyodo.
"As for the theoretic possibility that US troops might emerge on the islands, if we assume that the sovereignty over the islands might be transferred to Japan - yes, such a possibility …
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Putin: NATO contradicts itself by increasing military expenditure while talking about establishing relations with Russia
In an interview for Le Figaro, Russian President Vladimir Putin called NATO’s plans contradictory, since it is increasing military expenditure but simultaneously talking about a desire to establish relations with Russia.
“At the NATO summit there was talk that NATO wants to establish good relations with Russia. But why then are they increasing their military expenditure? Who are they intending to fight against? There are a couple of internal contradictions here,” Putin observed.
The Russian …
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Putin admitted he did not expect anything special from Trump’s US election victory
Russia did not hold special expectations from Donald Trump’s administration coming to power. Moscow understands that an internal political struggle continues in Washington and that this hinders the establishment of relations. This was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expressed opinion in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper.
"We did not expect anything; nothing special actually [from the Trump administration]," he said. "Of course, during the election campaign we heard about Mr. Trump’s …
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Macron calls Russia Today and Sputnik news outlets ‘tools of propaganda’
French President Emmanuel Macron at a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to the Russian state television channel Russia Today and the news agency Sputnik as "tools of false propaganda."
On Election Day in France, Sputnik and Russia Today were not allowed into Macron’s headquarters despite several requests.
He responded to the question as to why employees of Russia Today and Sputnik were denied access to his election headquarters during the election campaign. " …
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Macron warns Putin that sanctions will be tightened if the situation in the Donbas escalates
French President Emmanuel Macron said that he is willing to tighten the sanctions against Russia if the situation in the Donbas escalates.
He made a statement to this effect at a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Versailles.
“If needed, we will have to intensify the sanctions, but (only) if there is an escalation. But if there is a de-escalation, this won’t happen, and I want there to be a de-escalation,” Macron emphasized.
He also added that a discussion of the …
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Putin personally awards Russian Special Forces for military actions in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given an award to Russian Special Forces, who for two days restrained the attack of militants in Syria. This was reported by Interfax, citing Press Secretary for the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. "The Head of State on Wednesday, as promised, personally awarded the Russian Special Forces who performed a feat in Syria, in the province of Aleppo", said Peskov. Then, according to him, "because of a lack of coordination that occurred, the Syrian troops in …
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President of Philippines asks Putin for weapons
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country needs modern weapons and will ask for help from the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reported.
Duterte also said that he had come to Moscow to enlist the support of Russia.
“Our country needs modern weapons. We had ordered certain things from the U.S., but now the situation is not going very smoothly. And in order to fight the Islamic State, with their many units and factions, …
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Putin demanded that the process of developing a super-heavy rocket be sped up
Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that the process of developing a super-heavy rocket be sped up, as indicated by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin following a meeting on the development of the space industry. A new super-heavy class rocket may appear after 2025, he said.
In March 2017, Roskosmos reported on the development of the space industry, stating that flight tests of the super-heavy rocket are scheduled for 2035, according to TASS.
"The president set the task before …
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Media: Putin to make an unexpected visit to Paris
Russian President Vladimir Putin will make an unplanned visit to Paris, during which he will meet with the new French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian news outlet Kommersant reports, citing a high-ranking source in the Kremlin and informed sources in Paris.
The reason for the visit will be the opening of an exhibition on Peter I in Versailles.
The exhibition in Versailles coincides with the 300th anniversary of the Russian Tsar’s visit to France and the establishing of bilateral diplomatic …
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Russian opposition leader accuses Putin’s friend of corruption
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny published the results of a new anti-corruption investigation against restaurateur Yevgeny Prigozhin, also known as 'Putin’s chef.'
In its recent report, the Anti-corruption Foundation, founded by Navalny, exposes the cartel of Prigozhin, who, while imitating a competition, received 23 billion rubles ($ 375.3 million USD) from Russia’s state defense order budget, at least a third of which was stolen. This was reported on May 19 by Russian office of Radio …