Contents tagged with Russia
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Media: Thousands of foreigners visited Crimea for Russian youth festival
Foreign participants in the regional program of the Russian World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) visited Russian-annexed Sevastopol during the first three days of the festival, the festival’s information portal reported.
“During the first three days of the regional program of the festival, two thousand foreign participants visited Vladivostok, Sevastopol, Yekaterinburg, Makhachkala, Orenburg and other cities,” the report states.
The information portal mentioned one foreign participant …
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Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian warship Azov left Greek port
The Russian landing ship Azov of the Black Sea Fleet – the first Russian ship to pass under the still-under-construction arch of the Kerch Strait Bridge in September – has left Pylos Port in Greece. This was reported on October 22nd by the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Defense Ministry.
“Today, the Azov, a large landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet, left the Greek port of Pylos, where Russian sailors together with the crew of the Greek destroyer Navarinon took …
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Kremlin: Coalition trying to turn Raqqa into center of Syria not controlled by Assad
First deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Frants Klintsevich believes that by allocating funds to humanitarian aid for the population of Raqqa, the US-led coalition is trying to create a new center of Syria which is not controlled by its president Bashar al-Assad. The senator expressed such an opinion to reporters on Sunday.
According to him, the urgent allocation of millions of dollars and euros to Raqqa is another example of the US-led coalition’s …
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Expert: Russian troops will be in Transnistria until it is beneficial to Russia
The Operational Group of Russian Forces (OGRF), which is located in the northeastern part of Moldova, will not leave the unrecognized Transnistria, which borders Ukraine, until it is beneficial to the Russian Federation, as indicated by an expert, Volodymyr Kravchenko, in an article written for ZN.UA. "Russian troops will be in Transnistria until it is beneficial to Russia," the author of the article quoted the Ukrainian special representative on Transnistria settlement issues, Viktor …
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Signs set up near the Soviet monuments in Lithuania stating their inconsistency with the truth
The Biržai District Municipality in the north of Lithuania placed signs near the monuments to Red Army soldiers indicating that the inscriptions on them "are inconsistent with historical facts,” as reported by Lietuvos žinios.
The signs that appeared near the memorials state: "The burial of soldiers of the USSR are from the times of the Second World War (an object of cultural heritage). The ideological inscriptions of the Soviet period are inconsistent with historical facts."
These signs are …
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Kremlin: Russia prepares for possible US withdrawal from the nuclear deal on Iran
Russia is considering options for the possible withdrawal of the US from the Iranian nuclear program agreement, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
He noted that although Washington did not officially announce the withdrawal from the agreement, "the essence of the demands put forward by President Donald Trump puts many things into question."
According to Interfax, Ryabkov said that the Russians are now holding consultations and "considering various options," especially at the …
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Russia lifts ban on imports of Turkish tomatoes
Russia will lift its restrictions on the import of tomatoes from Turkey beginning November 1, as announced by the Russian Energy Minister, Alexander Novak, who is also the Co-Chairman of the Russian-Turkish Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation.
"The decision has been prepared. The possibility of supplying 50,000 tons of tomatoes to the Russian Federation starting November 1 has already been agreed upon by our authorities," said Novak to the reporters, TASS quotes.
He …
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Media: At previous meeting with Surkov, Volker wanted to learn if Russia was ready to resolve the Donbas conflict
On October 7, a meeting between the US Department of State's Special Representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, and Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov took place in Belgrade. However, the details of the meeting had remained unknown- until now.
The publication LB.ua, citing sources in diplomatic circles, has reported that the meeting itself consisted of three elements. First, lunch; further, a tête-à-tête, which lasted more than an hour; and, finally, communication with members of their …
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Latvia detects Russian warships near its borders
Three Russian warships were sighted near the Latvian border, the National Armed Forces of the Republic stated on Twitter.
"In the Latvian exclusive economic zone, 18 nautical miles from territorial waters, on October 21, the Navy identified the Bira-class supply ship Irgiz of the Russian Armed Forces," the statement says.
It also notes that 13 nautical miles from the territorial waters of the republic, a Russian Sura-class buoy tender Kilektor 1 was seen, and at six nautical miles, a Smolny- …
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Russian Sberbank admits that it is impossible to operate in the Crimea due to sanctions
Lawyers from the Russian Sberbank cannot find a legal mechanism that would allow them to operate in the Crimea while avoiding related sanctions, stated Herman Gref, the bank’s CEO, during a lecture at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi, reports RIA Novosti.
"You can imagine what the price of such an issue is for Sberbank. It is a question of the entire financial system of the country, the competitiveness of the country as a whole. Therefore, the speculators who raise these …