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Founder of Russian Ren-TV urges Putin to release Savchenko
The founder of Russia’s Ren-TV company, Irena Lesnevskaya, has written an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking for the release of Ukrainian citizen, Nadia Savchenko. Savchenko was charged in Russia with the murders of two Russian journalists.
The letter was posted on Facebook on Sunday. “While the whole world is looking, Nadia Savchenko is dying as a result of her dry hunger strike in a Russian prison. I call on every humane and Christian part of you to stop this …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: 15 bodies of Russian soldiers were sent from Donetsk to Russia
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the bodies of 15 Russian servicemen who were killed in the Donbas were delivered from Donetsk to Russia.
Ukrayinska Pravda cited the Directorate on March 6th as claiming that the bodies were removed from the morgue of the Donetsk Regional Hospital on March 4th. Ukrainian intelligence also reported that in the occupied Donbas, the Commander of the 3rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (Horlivka) is actually …
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Thousands protested in Tbilisi against negotiations between Georgia and Gazprom
On Sunday, thousands of demonstrators formed a human chain six kilometers long from the Russian Embassy to the square in front of the government administration building in Tbilisi in order to protest negotiations between Georgia and Gazprom.
The action was organized by the United National Movement opposition party of the ex-President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, and its supporters. "The Georgian people will not allow the government to undermine the country's energy security," said one of …
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Russia to deploy more Su-34s to Syria
The Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the Russian Federation is planning to deploy a new batch of Su-34 strike fighters to the Syrian airbase Hmeimim as well as flight and maintenance personnel from the 47th Aviation Regiment (Buturlinovka) of the 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Western Military District on the 9th of March.
“The activities directed towards ensuring the specific grouping of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria includes …
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Russia to carry out large-scale nuclear missile testing in the Arctic
Russia will bring Borey-type submarines which are 170 meters in length into the Arctic, from which 16 missiles with nuclear long-range warheads will be simultaneously launched, Bild reported. The newspaper claims this is Moscow’s attempt to show the US its military might. The tests will be the largest conducted in 25 years, and its official purpose is to test the readiness of the submarine fleet. Recently, American servicemen tested Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles, Deutsche Welle …
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German media: Russia continues to violate anti-doping rules
Russia continues to not fulfill the requirements of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on the fight against doping. An ARD correspondent, Hajo Seppelt, who has been investigating this issue, came to this conclusion. His movie Doping Top Secret: Russia’s Red Herrings, which has become the third part of the investigation dedicated to doping problems in Russian athletic programs, was broadcast on the 6th of March.
The documentary …
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Savchenko supporters threw eggs at Russian Embassy in Kiev
Supporters of Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot who is being charged with the murder of two Russian journalists, threw eggs at the Russian Embassy in Kiev on Sunday in protest of what many in Ukraine and the West view to be a show trial.
According to the TV channel 112 Ukraine, during a demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy in support of Savchenko, protestors threw eggs at the building and chanted “freedom for Nadiya”.
Authorities in Kiev provided additional security for the …
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Ukraine to take part in the creation of new transport corridor from the Baltic to the Aegean Sea
Ukraine joined the Polish initiative on the creation of an international transport corridor through the Carpathians from the Baltic to the Aegean Sea, which will allow for the strengthening of cooperation with the countries of the Middle East, the website of the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction said, as reported by UNIAN.
According to the statement, a declaration on the construction of an international transport corridor from north to south Europe with a branch towards …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: More Russian servicemen have arrived in the Donbas
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that Russian servicemen arrived in the the self-proclaimed republics of the Donbas.
The Ministry asserts that a subdivision of the 22nd Separate Special Mission Brigade of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces has been redeployed to the Southeast of Ukraine from the Rostov region.
In addition, the Main Directorate of Intelligence reports that on the 3rd of March, …
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European Parliament MPs, British government call for immediate release of Savchenko
Deputies of the European Parliament and the city of London have called for the release of Ukrainian pilot, Nadiya Savchenko. In a letter addressed to Savchenko, 26 deputies announced their intention to “continue their struggle” for her release. This letter was posted by Savchenko’s lawyer, Mark Freygin, on his Facebook page. The Ukrainian pilot is seen to be a victim of the unjust regime of the Kremlin. European parliamentarians have called Savchenko’s behavior “an example of strong …