Contents tagged with Russia
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Russia sends new batch of military equipment to Syria
Russian cargo ship Inzhener Trubin loaded with military equipment passed through the Bosphorus, as reported by observers tracking the movement of ships.
It is reported that the destination of the vessel is the Syrian port of Tartus.
Pictures show at the least two dozen GAZ, ZiL, KamAZ and UAZ trucks on the deck of the ship.
The cargo within the hull holds is not known but the sources assume that it could be weapons such as tanks and artillery.
This is the third such shipment to be delivered …
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Kremlin suspects Ukraine of importing cheese through Belarus ignoring Russian sanctions
The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) suspects that 25% of all cheese in the Russian market was produced in Ukraine, repacked in Belarus, and imported into the Russian Federation as produced from third party countries, as stated by RBC news agency citing the official representative of Rosselkhoznadzor, Julia Melano.
According to her, cheese-like products produced mostly from vegetable fat, but presented as milk cheese, are repacked in …
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US expands sanctions against Russia
The US has announced new sanctions on a number of Russian companies and individuals involved in Russia’s annexation of the Crimea and violence in in eastern Ukraine, as reported on the website of the US Treasury. Both Russian citizens and citizens of Ukraine involved in the activities of the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) and DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) fell under the sanctions. In particular, the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Andrey Cherezov, the Director of the …
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Putin promises that Crimea will experience growth in the future
During a teleconference with universities, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that "the situation around the Crimea is not dramatic," and that the peninsula will experience growth in a variety of areas in the future.
"To date I do not think that the situation around the Crimea has been dramatic; on the contrary, I am confident that everything will gradually stabilize," the Russian agency TASS quoted Putin as saying.
As Interfax reports, the Russian president noted that "after solving a …
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Russia will only send 169 of the 500 athletes it planned to send to Olympic Games in Pyeongchang
Russia has approved the final applications for athletes to compete in the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. According to the application, 169 athletes will go instead of the 500 who would have participated were they not disqualified.
According to R-Sport, all 169 people decide for themselves whether to go to the Games or not.
The International Olympic Committee dismissed the Russian team from the 2018 Olympic Games due to the doping program, which operated in the country. Clean athletes are …
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Kremlin: Russia is ready to be disconnected from SWIFT
The Russian economy is ready to work without being connected to the SWIFT international bank transfer system, stated Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovych at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“It can work without SWIFT, at some point SWIFT did not exist. Of course, all of this is a little slower and not as effective, but it can work,” Dvorkovych said, as cited by TASS and RIA Novosti.
He added that the Russian government hopes that there will be no disconnection from SWIFT, because …
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Russian press in Davos asks Poroshenko about 'law on war'
On January 24 at the World Economic Forum in Swiss Davos, a Russian journalist provoked Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
A journalist wearing a Vyshyvanka (a traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt) without distinguishing marks asked Poroshenko in Russian: “Why did you adopt the law on war?”
The Ukrainian president reacted to her embroidered shirt and advised her to “take off the Vyshyvanka”. He also said that he will respond to the question if it is asked in the Ukrainian language. The …
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Kremlin: Meeting on chemical weapons in Paris directed against Russia and Syria
The Russian Foreign Ministry reacted to a meeting to investigate chemical attacks in Syria called the “International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons”, which took place on January 23 in Paris.
As noted in the statement of Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, the tone of the meeting was anti-Russian in nature, and Russia itself was not invited to it. Along with this, according to the diplomat, preparation for the meeting was carried out secretly.
“When we began …
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US reconnaissance aircraft flies near Russian bases in Syria
A U.S. Air Force Boeing RC-135V strategic reconnaissance aircraft flew along the coast of Lebanon and Syria, where the Russian Khmeimim Airbase and the Russian Navy technical material base in the port of Tartus are located. This was posted by MilRadar, which tracks the movement of military aircraft, on its Twitter account.
The American aircraft, with the onboard number 64-14845 and call sign SIMMS76, flew over international waters along the Syrian and Lebanese coasts.
In addition, it was …
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Putin: Russian defense enterprises should develop their production of civilian products
By 2020, when the main part of the State Defense procurement is complete, the financial stability of state enterprises should be maintained by producing civilian products, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during his visit to the Ufa Engine Industrial Association (UEIA), as reported on the Kremlin’s website.
The main task of Russian industry, as noted by the Russian President, is mastering the production of modern and competitive civilian products. At the same time Putin stressed that …