Contents tagged with Russia
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Russian warship collides with a commercial vessel in the Black Sea, sailors reported missing
The Black Sea Fleet's reconnaissance ship, Liman, received breach below waterline in a collision with the Ashot-7 vessel, as reported by Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"No members of the Liman crew were injured. The ship's crew is trying to rescue the vessel,” the Ministry’s statement reads.
“The incident occurred on Thursday at 11:53 am in the south-west of the Black Sea, 40 km north-west of the Bosporus Strait. The Liman collided with the Ashot-7 ship. Ashot-7’s country of …
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'Charity Funds of the Russian Prime Minister' publish financial statements for the first time showing billions in expenditures
The charity funds, which are considered part of the "secret empire" of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, have published their financials for the first time. This was reported by the founder of the Anti-Corruption Fund and the leader of the Russian opposition, Alexey Navalny, who earlier published a high-profile investigation on the wealth of the head of the Russian government.
Reporting for the funds Gradislava, Sotsgosproekt, Dar and the Fund for the Support of Winter Olympic Sports …
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Polish Media: The St. George ribbon is a sign of Russia's aggressive nationalism
Russia has announced the beginning of a propagandist initiative. By May 9 it is going to distribute 100,000 Saint George ribbons abroad but even its allies are apprehensive of this plan.
This was reported by Gazeta Wyborcza, adding that in Russia and some post-Soviet countries the ribbon is considered a symbol of the end of the Second World War. That's why it is massively distributed in the streets on the occasion of the celebration of the Victory Day on May 9.
Distribution activities began …
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Media: Russia has resumed its memorandum with the US on flights over Syria
Izvestia reports that Russia has resumed its memorandum on preventing incidents in the sky over Syria, at the request of U.S. authorities. The newspaper referred to three sources in the Russian Foreign Ministry, saying that the memorandum went out on April 13.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Izvestia while he was in Moscow that they had "appealed to the Russian leadership to extend the agreement." Tillerson visited Moscow on April 11-12. Following meetings with the Russian President …
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In May, Estonia will begin marking its water border with Russia
The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board together with the Department of Waterways will begin marking the state border with Russia at the Chudskoe, Teploe and Pskov lakes in May, as reported by ERR.ee.
Border signs in the water will be installed along a 126-kilometer border stretch. It was noted that the work will cost 74 million euros.
The state border will be marked with milestones along the water, which will be installed at an interval of more than one and a half kilometers.
On each of …
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Ukraine intends to prove that Russia supplies weapons to the Taliban
Washington's allegations that Russia is supplying arms to the Taliban are unprofessional, and there are no grounds for such assertions. So says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as reported by RIA Novosti.
“As for the allegations of supplying arms to the Taliban, which come from the military in Washington and from the military that is leading the US group in the region, including Afghanistan under the command of General Nicholson, they are unprofessional statements and have no basis in …
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Putin is ready to cooperate with the Ukrainian defense industry
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready to resume military-technical cooperation with Ukraine, reports Lenta.ru.
"We are ready to resume this relationship at the first opportunity. Our cooperation in these areas depends on our partners, not us. It will be taken seriously when the relevant conditions are created for this,” he said at a meeting of the Military Industrial Commission.
It should be noted that during the meeting, Putin also said that Ukraine helped Russia to create a new …
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Russian military command: The Pentagon is developing weapons for preemptive global strikes
The United States is developing weapons which can be used for instantaneous preemptive global strikes, said Lt. General Viktor Poznihir, the First Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff, as quoted by Russia’s Interfax news agency.
"In implementing the concept of the joint use of offensive and defensive weapons, the Pentagon began to create forward-looking complexes for instantaneous global strikes," said Poznihir at the conference in Moscow on Wednesday. …
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German newspaper Bild announces boycott of 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia
The German newspaper, Bild, announced their boycott of Russia, where the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup will be held in the summer. The German newspaper refuses to send their journalists to the largest football tournament due to censorship by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to Bild, media representatives’ freedom of speech was restricted.
"Putin imposed censorship on the precursor to the World Cup. Journalists were only allowed to report on Confederations Cup football matches. The …
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Media: Russia prepares to officially send troops to Syria at Assad’s call
Israel’s Channel 10 has reported on negotiations currently being conducted between Putin and Assad on the beginning of an extensive ground operation in Syria by the Russian army.
Channel 10 reports that it received this information from its sources in the UK, and they in turn refer to their agents in the Syrian general staff.
According to this information, Moscow expressed its readiness to formally enter its army into the territory of Syria, if requested by the "legitimate government of Syria" …