Contents tagged with Russia
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Mattis: NATO doubts Kremlin’s desire to comply with treaty on Elimination of Missiles
Speaking at a press conference in Brussels after a meeting of defense ministers of NATO member countries, the head of the Pentagon, James Mattis, said that Russia has violated the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
“The bottom line is – you have to have respect for other nation’s security when you make agreements, and we have a firm belief that the Russians have violated the INF and our effort is to bring Russia back into compliance,” said Mattis.
He also stressed …
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Putin connects doping scandal to upcoming elections in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that a doping scandal involving Russian athletes is a ploy by those who accuse Moscow of attempts to influence elections in the United States. According to Putin, this is retaliation from his enemies timed for the run-up to the March elections in Russia.
The accusation that Russian officials support doping athletes at the state level is an attempt to stage a smear campaign before the upcoming presidential elections, Putin said at his visit to the …
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Kremlin: Siemens intends to supply Russia with turbines
The German concern Siemens is taking part in tenders to supply the gas turbines for energy facilities in Russia, despite the situation with the delivery of turbines to sanctioned Crimea, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Andrei Cherezov told the press, TASS reports.
“Several companies are now holding large tenders with the same turbines, and Siemens is taking part in these tenders,” the deputy energy minister said. According to him, Siemens has even “shown interest” in the tender to supply …
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Editor-in-Chief: Russia Today will comply with the US demands to register as a foreign agent
The Kremlin-financed RT channel will be registered in the U.S. as a foreign agent, but will appeal this in court, as stated by the editor-in-chief of RT Margarita Simonyan.
“The American Ministry of Justice left us no choice. Lawyers say that if we do not register as a foreign agent, then the head of the company in America can be arrested and company accounts may be seized. The company cannot function under such circumstances,” she said.
A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria …
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Head of Crimea wants to create Silicon Valley on the peninsula
Crimean authorities believe that it possible to create an IT technology hub, similar to Silicon Valley in the American state of California, on the peninsula, as stated by the head of the republic, Sergey Aksyonov, TASS reports.
Aksyonov noted that authorities in the region want "people” who will be engaged in the development of IT technologies “to come" to the Crimea. "We thought about creating a center here similar to Silicon Valley, and we are thinking about how this can be accomplished," …
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Lithuanian Security and Defense committee investigates why Lithuanian trains are equipped with Russian security system
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense has begun an investigation into who decided to install the Russian “CLUB-U” security system on Lithuanian Railways trains during their modernization, stated Committee chairman Vytautas Bakas after a closed meeting in the Seimas, reports Delfi news agency.
According to Bakas, the Russian system may pose a threat to national security, since it is linked to the Russian military industry.
"We will find out the circumstances of …
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Kremlin wants to verify that Facebook follows Russia’s data collection laws
The officials of the Roskomnadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media announced they intended to check whether the social network Facebook was complying with Russian legislation governing the processing of personal data. The announcement was made by the executive body’s press service, reported Interfax.
"Soon, the Roskomnadzor will plan supervisory actions aimed at analyzing the activities of the administration of the social …
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Amendment on breaking of diplomatic relations with Russia introduced in draft bill on reintegration of Donbas
A group of independent MPs introduced an amendment which proposes to obligate the Cabinet of Ministers to break off diplomatic relations with Russia, for the second reading of bill No. 7163 on ensuring Ukraine’s sovereignty in the Donbas.
This was announced by MP Andriy Teterev (People’s Front), a member of the Committee on National Security and Defense, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
“This amendment exists. It is with number 595. Introduced by a group of [independent] MPs from the UKROP political …
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Russian FSB agent detained in Estonia
Over the past weekend, the Internal Security Service of Estonia detained a Russian citizen at Narva checkpoint who is believed to be an agent of the Federal Security Service of Russia. The ERR Estonian news agency reports that the man was detained on cybercrime charges and that he was travelling from Estonia to Russia.
On Monday, October 6, the Estonian Harju County Court issued an arrest warrant for the suspect. He is charged with non-violent actions aimed against the independence and …
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Media: Russia to spend billions of rubles on fences and checkpoints for Crimean bridge
The land sections of the Crimean Bridge will be fenced off, with access to the bridge controlled by checkpoints. Billions of rubles will be spent on this, Kryminform reported with reference to the Russian state purchases website.
The news outlet notes that a competition is being held for the state enterprise Russian Ministry of Transport Departmental Security Administration (RMTDSA). The Kerch and Taman coasts and Tuzla Island will be fenced off.
In addition, the Crimean Bridge is to be …