Contents tagged with Russia
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Lavrov and Pompeo discuss situations in Syria and Ukraine
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed by telephone the settlement of the Syrian crisis and the conflict in Ukraine. This was reported on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website. Pompeo is the one that placed the call.
The Foreign Ministry noted that Lavrov and Pompeo discussed “a number of aspects of the joint agenda,” including bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington. The two men also touched on the issue of resolving the conflict in Ukraine …
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Media: Israeli and Russian Minsters of Defense to discuss deployment of Syrian troops near Israel’s borders
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman will meet on Thursday in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu amid rumors of the forthcoming return of Syrian government troops to the southwest of the country. According to the source of RIA Novosti , the main topic of the conversation will be precisely the discussion of the allegedly forthcoming return of Syrian government forces to the borders of Israel.
According to the Israeli media, Israel is ready to accept that the Syrian forces …
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Russia plans to create electronic warfare systems based on analysis of US missiles found in Syria
Vladimir Mikheyev, adviser to the first deputy CEO of Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), said that within three years, Russia will create new electronic warfare systems using information gained from an examination of the unexploded American Tomahawk cruise missiles acquired by Russia’s Defense Ministry following the western coalition’s airstrike on Syria, RIA Novosti reports.
“Of course, on the basis of this experience [the airstrike on Syria], technical assignments are now being …
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Russia preparing to ban Microsoft
At the “Internet after Globality” conference, Herman Klimenko, advisor to the Russian president on matters related to the Internet, said that Microsoft “may be asked” to leave Russia, RBC news agency reports.
“I hope that we will be proud of those projects where we are doing really well - in artificial intelligence, neural networks, etc. It is clear that in today’s fragmented world, when Kaspersky is asked to leave America, and we are likely to ask Microsoft to leave us, it will be amusing to …
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NATO Secretary General: Russia should take responsibility for the crash of MH17
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that he agrees with the conclusions of the international investigation team on Russia's involvement in the crash of the Malaysian Boeing in the East of Ukraine in the summer of 2014, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"I agree with the Dutch government's assessment concerning the Malaysian Boeing. Russia has to admit its responsibility," Stoltenberg said at the session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Warsaw, as quoted by the Alliance's spokesperson, …
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Cyprus starts closing bank accounts of Russian nationals
The problems of Russian citizens with accounts in Cypriot banks began after the delegation of the US Office of Foreign Assets Control, the sanction unit of the US Treasury, visited the country in early May, the Fun & Profit telegram channel reported.
Authorized representatives of the US Treasury served an ultimatum demanding the removal of Russian accounts in Cypriot banks, a source from Fun & Profit said, which was confirmed by a source from The Bell news outlet who is familiar with one of …
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Polish President: Russia is greatest world threat
During the last day of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Warsaw, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that Russia is the greatest threat to global peace, and its actions in Georgia in 2008, the annexation of the Crimea and the invasion of the Donbas demonstrate the true intentions of the Russian Federation, reports Polskie radio.
"Russia is the biggest threat to the security of Europe and the world. The invasion of Georgia in 2008, the unlawful annexation of Crimea, and military intervention …
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Russian government demands that Apple remove Telegram from its AppStore
The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) demanded that Apple stop distributing the Telegram application in the AppStore in Russia, and that they block the messenger from sending push notifications.
The statement by the press service of the ministry, published on Monday, May 28, says that the regulator is waiting for an immediate response from Apple about the company’s further actions "aimed at solving these …
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Kremlin: Russia will respond to US military base in Poland
The Russian Defense Ministry will take counteractive measures if a US military base is established in Poland, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council defense and security committee Yevgeny Serebrennikov told RIA Novosti.According to him, the Russian diplomatic community intends to warn the US of the consequences of this decision, or to persuade Poland to renounce it. However, despite the diplomatic efforts, the Defense Ministry is prepared to take counteractive measures.
Serebrennikov …
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Russia arrests Ukrainian MP Herashchenko in absentia
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has arrested Anton Herashchenko, a board member of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ukraine and former adviser to the interior minister, in absentia RBC news agency reports, citing Basmanny Court secretary Yunona Tsareva. The secretary also clarified that the ruling was made on May 22.
A criminal case has been filed against Herashchenko according to Sec. 2 Art. 205.2 of Russia’s Criminal Code (public calls to carry out terrorist activity, public …