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Russia threatens to close France 24 TV channel
Russia's state media regulator Roskomnadzor threatened to stop broadcasting France 24 TV chanel the day after the French Superior Council of Audiovisual (CSA) issued a warning to the Russian channel RT France for inaccurate reporting on Syria.
Roskomnadzor stated that the French channel violated Russian legislation, Russian media reported.
Roskomnadzor employees allegedly found that the editorial activity of France 24 is directed by a foreign legal entity. This violates Russian law on the …
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Lavrov: Russia does not set time limits for its military presence in Syria
Russia does not set artificial time limits on its military presence in Syria but it gradually reduces the length of presence there, depending on how the situation develops "on the ground,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with British Channel 4.
When asked if Russia troops could be expected to withdraw from Syria by the end of the year, Lavrov gave a negative reply.
"No. And I do not think that this is a topic on which we can conduct a sensible dialogue. We do not …
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Putin’s rating falls by 15% in two months
In June, the approval rating of the activities of the Russian President Vladimir Putin fell by15% compared to the data for April 2018. This is evidenced by the results of the poll conducted by the Russian Levada Center on June 22 to 26 this year.
According to sociologists, the peak of Putin’s popularity was in March 2018 when he had an 80% approval rating. Since then, there has been a decline in approval ratings in general, including those for leadership activities since March, general …
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Half of Russian scientists want to emigrate
According to a study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which involved 24,000 respondents from Russia, including both specialists and recruiters , Russia remains unable to compete for talent in the world market, and the majority of professionals in the scientific and high-tech sectors feel they would be better off working abroad.
The desire to work abroad was expressed by 50% of Russian scientists, 52% of senior managers, and 54% of IT specialists. 49% of engineering specialists and 46% of …
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Kremlin promises to prevent US from crossing 'red line' with weapons in space
Russia is keeping close tabs on the development of a military space force by the United States to ensure that Washington "has not crossed a red line," said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos (Russian state-run Corporation for Space Activities), during the corporation’s Moscow conference while commenting on US President Donald Trump’s order to the US Department of Defense to study the creation of a space force.
"The decision announced by the president [US Donald] Trump concerns the creation, in …
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Kremlin announces visit of USA’s parliamentary delegation to Russia
The parliamentary delegation of the USA will visit Russia from June 30 to July 5, reported the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, Interfax reported.
“In the coming days, the American parliamentary delegation is going to visit Russia. It is expected to include representatives of both Houses of Congress: The Senate and the House of Representatives. The group is chaired by Senator Richard Shelby,” Zakharova said.
According to her, the itinerary …
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Lithuania to add Russian citizens associated with the case against Sentsov to the 'Magnitsky list'
At an extraordinary meeting on June 27, the Seimas of Lithuania, voted in favor of adding persons connected with the case of Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov to the Lithuanian "Magnitsky List", TASS reported.
The resolution was submitted by the representatives of the Right conservative party Homeland Union-Lithuania Christian Democrats. The document was supported by 82 deputies while one deputy abstained and one voted against.
The resolution calls on Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign …
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Swedish appeals court upholds suspension of Stockholm arbitration ruling on Gazprom vs Naftogaz case
The Swedish Svea Court of Appeal upheld its decision to suspend the February 28 ruling, which was made by the Stockholm arbitration court, concerning the gas transit contract dispute between Gazprom and Naftogaz.
“Naftogaz tried to appeal this court order, but the court ruled that its arguments were insufficient,” Gazprom reported through its press service. “This circumstance strengthens Gazprom’s position for appealing attempts by Naftogaz to enforce the aforementioned arbitration ruling in …
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PACE adopts resolution calling on Russia to release Ukrainian political prisoners
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a draft resolution on June 28 in Strasbourg calling on Russia to release Ukrainian political prisoners, reported the TV channel 112 Ukraine.
Seventy-seven PACE members voted in favor of the corresponding decision, while fifteen abstained. The relevant report was read out loud in the chamber prior to the vote; a debate on the topic was then held following the announcement.
The resolution, which was prepared by the Commission on …
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France drops charges against Russian oligarch Kerimov
Russian billionaire and senator from Dagestan Suleyman Kerimov has been pardoned by the French justice system, and can leave his villa on the French Riviera, where he has been under house arrest since the end of last year.
Kerimov, who was suspected of money laundering through a series of deals to purchase property in France, has had all the charges against him dropped, his attorney Nikita Sychev told Interfax. Kerimov’s passport will soon be returned to him, and he will be allowed to return …