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Putin: Russia will respond if Finland joins NATO
If Finland joins NATO, the Russian troops are unlikely to remain retracted at a distance of 1,500 kilometers from the border.
This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Helsinki, the Kremlin website states.
“Imagine that Finland joins NATO. This means that Finnish troops will cease to be independent, will cease to be sovereign in the full sense of this word. They will become a part of NATO's military infrastructure, which overnight will appear on the Russian …
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Gazprom has provided the Donbas with $718 million in gas
The head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, stated at a press conference in Moscow on June 30th that the Russian gas company has supplied the occupied Donbas with $718 million in gas under the contract price initially granted to Naftogaz of Ukraine, Ukrainian news portal UNIAN reports.
“As for the gas supplies to the Southeast of Ukraine, we have only one contract signed with Ukraine in 2009. The contract defines the entry point for the gas supply to Ukraine, including the entry points in the …
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Ukraine to extend sanctions against Russia through 2017
According to Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Natalia Mykolskaya, in response to the extension of food restrictions by Russia, Ukraine will extend its own food embargo until the end of 2017.
“The proposal of the Ministry is to extend our embargo [against Russia], measures that we take in retaliation, to the same term. We are ready to contact the Cabinet of Ministers with this proposal and consider this decision,” Mykolskaya said in her interview with journalists in …
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Following visit to Moscow, PACE President announces need for dialogue with Russia
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Pedro Agramunt, has urged members to maintain communication with the Russian parliament. He said this after a two-day visit to Moscow.
“Russia is a member state of the Council of Europe. Russia is important because without its active participation, we will be unable to effectively fight against terrorism. We will not be able to find a solution to the crisis in Syria. We will not be able to solve the crisis in Ukraine,” …
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Yerevan supports placing Russian air defense system in Armenia
The Armenian Parliament has ratified the government’s decision to combine its air defense system with that of Russia. The governmental proposal was adopted by the Armenian Parliament on the 30th of June despite protests from the opposition. 102 People’s Deputies voted in favor of this proposal while 8 voted against it.
Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are all members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Moscow strengthened its military …
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Poland will consider increasing the number of NATO troops in the country if Russia does not change its position
If Russia's position does not change, the number of NATO forces near the eastern flank of the Alliance may increase as was stated by the head of the National Security Bureau of Poland, Paul Solokh, Radio Poland reports.
"We expect that at the summit in Warsaw, the decision to increase the presence of NATO forces will not be final. These forces can be increased if the Russian position does not change," Paul Solokh said.
At the same time, he stressed that the process of preparation for the NATO …
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EU extends sanctions against Russia
On July 1, the European Union extendes sanctions against the Russian Federation until January 2017. This was reported by Radio Svoboda correspondent Rikard Jozwiak on Twitter.
"The EU has prolonged its economic sanctions on Russia to 31 Jan 2017.The decision will be published in the EU official journal on Sat.," Jozwiak wrote on Twitter.
The European Union imposes sanctions against Russian as a result of Russian’s involvement in the crisis in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea. …
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Shoygu: NATO presence near Russian border forces us to retaliate
The scale of NATO’s military presence and activity near Russia’s borders has caused Moscow to retaliate. This was said by the Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, at a board meeting of the military department on the 29th of June, Radio Svoboda reported.
“These actions by the West are undermining the strategic stability in Europe and are forcing us to take retaliatory measures, primarily in a western strategic direction,” Shoygu stated.
He said that actions for strategic deterrence are …
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Putin extends embargo on food from Western countries
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the food embargo on Western products.
“To extend the action of separate special economic measures from the 6th of August to the 31st of December 2017, envisaged by the Presidential Decree of 6th of August 2014 № 560 ‘On the use of special economic measures in order to ensure security of the Russian Federation’ and extended by the Presidential Decree № 320 of June 24th” a statement issued by the Kremlin read.
Russia imposed an embargo on …
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Italian regional council calls for a review of the EU's policies towards Russia and Crimea
The Liguria Regional Council in northern Italy has voted in favor of a resolution which calls on the government and parliament to review the EU’s policy towards Russia and Crimea. This was reported by Genova24.
The Regional Secretary of the Northern League and the author of this initiative, Edoardo Rixi, said that all members that were present at the meeting voted in favor of the resolution. These included representatives of the center-right majority.
“The unanimous approval for our …