Contents tagged with Russia
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Lavrov: Trump's choice of Tillerson for Secretary of State is 'pragmatic'
According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, is a “pragmatic” choice, TASS reported.
“We are ready to work with any partners who are interested in developing relations with Russia on an equal basis. I think both President Trump and the next Secretary of State are pragmatic people. We expect that this pragmatism will be a good foundation for building mutually beneficial cooperation from the …
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Sweden identified Russia as the largest source of cyber-attacks against the country
The Director of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service, Major General Gunnar Karlson, stated that Russia is the largest source of cyber-attacks against Sweden, the Local reported.
“We have information about the sources of many activities; they can be traced more or less directly. It can be distribution of false information, distortion of truth, exaggeration of certain facts that makes it harder to understand the real picture of the situation,” Karlson said. He revealed that …
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British Defense Minister called Russia a strategic competitor of the West
The British Secretary of State for Defense, Michael Fallon, is ready to work with Moscow to achieve a settlement on the situation in Syria. However, he considers Russia a strategic competitor of the West.
"I'm ready to work with the new Secretary of Defense [of the US], James Mattis, to de-escalate tensions with Moscow; and as I said, to continue to work with Russia on how we reach a settlement in Syria," he said in an interview with the British BBC.
"At the same time, Russia cannot be …
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German media: Russian hackers passed Bundestag documents to WikiLeaks
In early 2015, a cyber attack took place on the database of the German Bundestag's administration and classified documents belonging to the committee responsible for investigating large-scale surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA) appeared on WikiLeaks, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported, citing a source in German intelligence. The documents first appeared on WikiLeaks on December 1st and are dated from late 2014 to early 2015. The documents had been stored on the …
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Putin: Russia is ready to sell advanced weapons to foreign governments to fight terrorism
Speaking at a meeting of the commission for military-technical cooperation with other countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow is ready to sell advanced weapons and equipment to foreign governments to help fight terrorism, TASS reported.
"We are prepared to offer our customers the most advanced anti-terrorist means," Putin stated, noting that this includes not only light weapons, but also military aircraft, air defense weapons, rocket launchers and armored vehicles.
"In …
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Bipartisan group of Republicans and Democrats calls for probe of Russian role in the 2016 US elections
A group of senators, both Republicans and Democrats, released a statement in which they called on their colleagues to reject inter-party differences and to work together to develop defense measures against external cyber attacks, Interfax reported.
The Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Republican John McCain, a member of the same committee, Republican Lindsey Graham, as well as the leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate, Charles Schumer and a Democrat member of the Senate …
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Media: US and Russia propose creating corridor for militants to leave Aleppo
On Sunday, December 11th, a proposal was sent to militants in Aleppo to open a special corridor for those wishing to leave the city, Reuters reported, citing sources in Aleppo. The corridor would ensure a safe passage out of Aleppo for militants as well as members of their families and other civilians.
According to a copy of the proposal, the plan will be implemented within the next 48 hours; UN representatives will be involved to facilitate and oversee the passage.
Militants are allowed to …
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Speaker of Russia's upper house: Russia has no plans to deploy regular ground forces to Syria
According to Valentina Matviyenko, the Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Moscow has no plans to deploy regular ground troops to Syria, TASS reported.
"Russia had no plans to participate in the ground operation in Syria, we don’t plan to send troops to Syria, we have made it clear from the beginning," Matviyenko told reporters. "Our goal is not to conduct a ground operation in Syria but to provide our Aerospace Force’s support to the Syrian government forces.”
Nevertheless, Matviyenko …
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Trump denies that Russia intervened to help him win the election
President-elect Donald Trump said that he does not believe the CIA’s report that Russia intervened in the election to help him win.
Trump told Fox News Sunday, "I think it's ridiculous. I think it's just another excuse. I do not believe it," Reuters reports.
In addition, the Republican President-elect accused Democrats of leaking media reports as he does not believe that those reports came from the Central Intelligence Agency.
The Washington Post wrote on Friday, December 9th, that the CIA …
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John McCain called on Trump to admit that the Kremlin intervened in the U.S. elections
The senior United States Senator from Arizona, John McCain called on the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump to admit Russia’s intervention in the U.S. presidential elections. “There are facts,” McCain said while speaking on CBS TV’s “Face the Nation” program.
The Washington Post previously wrote that the Central Intelligence Agency concluded that Russia’s hacker attacks on the official institutions of the United States were aimed at supporting Donald Trump but not discrediting …