Contents tagged with Russia
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Media: Putin might vote in Crimea during the presidential elections
Russian President Vladimir Putin might vote in Sevastopol for the March 18th Presidential elections, the newspaper Kommersant writes.
According to the newspaper’s source, the region was chosen based on anticipated low turnout for the Russian Presidential election. During the previous federal elections, Vladimir Putin always voted in Moscow."However, after the change in the legislation in 2017, it became easier to vote at the place of residence rather than registration. The expert said that …
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Europe clamps down on wealthy Russians
European banks have tightened supervision of the accounts of Russian clients ahead of the transition to the new standards of financial information exchange stipulated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), RBC news agency reports with reference to bankers and lawyers involved.
The transition to the new standards of financial information exchange is carried out in two stages. The first stage has already been completed, with around 100 countries involved in creating …
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Latvian Ambassador to Russia: if Moscow stations Iskander missile systems permanently in Kaliningrad NATO will have to respond
If the recent permanent deployment of Iskander mobile short-range ballistic missile systems to the Kaliningrad region (the Russian Federation) are confirmed, this could be interpreted as a step toward the imbalance and destabilizing of the situation with Russia, according to the Ambassador of Latvia to Russia, Maris Riekstins, on LTV’s Rita Panorama program.
According to the Rus.TVNET, Mr. Riekstins also said that Russia had not announced the stationing of the missile systems, though there had …
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Japan protests against Russia’s military exercises on the Kuril Islands
At a Budget Committee meeting of the lower chamber of the Japanese Parliament, Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed a strong objection against the beginning of the Russian military exercises on the Kuril Islands, Kyodo news agency reports.
According to the report, Russia’s exercises contradict the position of Japan on the four Northern islands (the South Kuril Islands).
Shortly before, week-long military exercises started on the islands of the Kuril Ridge, Interfax reported, citing the …
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Ukrainian court gives four years to National Guard employee recruited by Russia
The Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv has found a National Guard technician-operator who transmitted classified information to Russia guilty of high treason, and has sentenced her to 4 years in prison, reported the press service of the Security Services of Ukraine (SBU).
"This woman visited her sister in the Russian Federation in the summer of 2016. During the time of her visit, she was recruited by Russian Special Services. She even had had two pseudonyms, as she has affirmed; they were ‘45 …
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Body of Su-25 pilot killed in Syria transferred to Russia
The body of the Russian pilot Roman Filipov, who was shot down in Syria, was handed over to Russia “through Turkish mediation” by one of the “revolutionary groups”, reported the Syrian newspaper Enab Baladias with reference to a statement made by militants from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Al-Nusra Front). The pilot’s body was “stolen” by one of the rebel groups, stated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s. The story was relayed by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors the jihadists’ …
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Russian Embassy in Damascus comes under mortar fire
The building of the Russian trade mission came under mortar fire in Damascus. The building was seriously damaged, reported the Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday evening, February 6.
“At approximately 16:00 local time, the building of the Trade Mission of the Russian Federation in Damascus (currently inactive, but continues to have diplomatic immunity) was hit by a 120-mm mine. No one was injured or killed. The building was seriously damaged,” the report said.
Russian diplomats said they “ …
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Russia’s foreign currency purchases reach record levels
The Russian Ministry of Finance continues to increase the volume of the operations to buy currency on the market after receiving additional oil and gas income into the budget .
Between February 7 and March 8, the government will funnel 298.1 billion rubles into currency interventions on the Moscow Exchange, the Finance Ministry reported on Monday.
The volume of currency purchases has increased by as much as 18% compared to January, and will be an all-time record for the operations which began …
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Estonia establishes border with Russia
As TASS reports, Estonia has fully completed the layout of the border with Russia. According to the Police and Border Guard Department of the republic, 567 poles have been installed.
It was reported that last spring, the demarcation of the border on Lake Peipus and the Narva Reservoir was carried out and 176 buoys were placed there.
According to calculations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, the modernization of the eastern border infrastructure cost Estonia 197 million …
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Russia’s largest private bank believes the country is losing GDP annually due to sanctions
The largest private bank in Russia estimated that the Russian economy lost 0.5% of GDP due to sanctions. Because of this, the entire positive effect of the actions of the Central Bank has been negated.As indicated in the report of the chief economist of Alfa Bank, Natalia Orlova, the losses are caused by diminished possibilities in attracting financing from abroad as a direct result of the sanctions on certain companies.
The current US sanctions impose significant restrictions in the provision …