Contents tagged with Russia
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Media: Russian security services search offices of largest Russian IT companies
Law enforcement officers conducted a search of the main office of the IT-group, Lanit, at the Murmanskiy Proyezd in Moscow on Wednesday, December 6th, as reported by RBC news agency, citing a representative of the press service of the company.
The TAdviser web portal, citing a visitor at the office who witnessed the incident, and an employee of the company, specified that the search was carried out by people wearing masks and hats with FSB inscriptions.
According to the portal, employees were …
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Putin: Kremlin will not interfere with participation of Russian athletes under neutral flag at 2018 Olympics
The Kremlin will not interfere with Russian athletes participating under a neutral flag in the 2018 Olympics, said Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with workers at GAZ car plant in Nizhny Novgorod.According to him, the Russian authorities “themselves provided grounds” for the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban the national team from the Olympic Games. At the same time, as Putin put it, the IOC has acted “not quite honestly” with the Russian athletes, …
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Tillerson: Deploying peacekeepers in Donbas a priority for US
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that, in order to resolve the conflict in the Donbas, the US considers it a priority to reach an agreement on the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission there.
A statement to this effect was made by the head of the US foreign policy department on Wednesday, December 6, the day before the planned talks with his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov, DW reports.
“Russia has long resisted the idea of bringing in peacekeeping forces, but now they have agreed,” …
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Putin announces complete defeat of ISIS in Syria
The forces of the Islamic State have been completely defeated in Syria, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing a report of Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, reports Interfax.
“Two hours ago, the Minister of Defense reported that the operations on the eastern and western bank of the Euphrates have been completed with the complete defeat of the terrorists,” Putin said.
He noted that there may still be isolated areas of resistance.
“But in general, the combat at this stage and in …
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Media: Kremlin considers establishing special bonds to allow Russian oligarchs to bring their wealth back to Russia
A special refund mechanism for returning money back to Russia may be developed for businessmen who fear new sanctions. The plan envisages special bonds in currencies with high yield.
The idea was initiated on December 5th by a group of wealthy Russians who have assets abroad, Reuters reports. The newspaper cites anonymous sources in the state-owned companies and in the financial markets, one of whom describes the idea as absurd. The refunds would be issued in foreign currency bonds with …
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Russian human rights lawyer Feygin appeals to Merkel and Macron for protection from persecution in Russia
Mark Feygin, a Russian lawyer and defender of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia and the Crimea appealed to European leaders asking them to protect him from persecution in his own country.Feygin wrote an appeal addressed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, which he then handed over to Ukrinform.
"By the will of the circumstances, Germany and France are involved in the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine through the quadripartite ‘Normandy format.’ This …
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Finland summons Russian ambassador over violation of country’s airspace by Russian plane
Russian ambassador Pavel Kuznetsov was summoned to the Finnish Foreign Ministry after the Ministry of Defense of Finland suspected a Russian plane of violating Finnish airspace,as stated in the message of the Finnish Foreign Ministry on Twitter.
"The Russian Ambassador was informed about the alleged incident with a request for clarification," the message says.
According to the Finnish Defense Ministry, the incident refers to a passenger or cargo Tu-154. The Finnish border service launched an …
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Russia accuses U.S. of provoking discontent among Russian populace
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the U.S. intentionally cut the number of employees of its general consulates in Russia working in the visa field to “provoke public discontent.”
This was stated in a message published on the Ministry’s website.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation believes that the decision to reduce the staff in American consulates was made by Washington. According to the Russian Ministry, this was done “deliberately.” “They intentionally made it …
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Kremlin: Pentagon took credit for Russia's and Syria’s victory over ISIS
The international coalition, fighting against the forces of ISIS in Syria, inflicted no more blows on the militants in a month than Russian aircraft did in a day, RBC reported the Defense Ministry as saying.
“The statement by Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon, alleging that the majority of the territory in Iraq and Syria was liberated because of the efforts of the global coalition and its partners, is nothing more than an attempt to portray things as they wish they were,” the ministry said.
This …
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Russia will compete for contract to supply Argentina with MiG-29 fighter jets
Russia sent Argentina the necessary materials to participate in a tender for the supply of fighter jets with its MiG-29, reports to TASS, citing Anatoly Punchuk, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation and head of the official Russian delegation at the ExpoDefensa-2017 exhibition, which will take place from December 4 to 6 in Bogota, Colombia.
“Regarding the issue of the acquisition of Russian MiG-29s by Argentina, I note that the choice of technology is …