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Russia fines Crimean plant Titan $10 million for air pollution
The arbitration court of the annexed Crimea decided that the Titan plant in the Crimean town of Armyansk should pay 736.9 million rubles ($10.5 million USD) to the Russia budget for the negative impact on the environment, as reported by Rosprirodnadzor (Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Use of Natural Resources) in a press release on their website. According to the report, the inspection found that the enterprise was discharging liquid industrial waste into the acid storage.
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Russian submarine approaches Latvian border
A Russian submarine came close to Latvia’s borders on September 11, the Latvian National Armed Forces posted on Twitter.
According to the tweet, the Russian Navy’s Dmitrov submarine (NATO classification: “Kilo”) was spotted three nautical miles outside of Latvia’s territorial waters.
At the start of May, the Russian Navy’s SB-121 and Kashtan ships were spotted 12 nautical miles from Latvia’s territorial waters. A large project 775 landing ship (NATO classification: Ropucha) was also seen six …
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Russia convenes UN Security Council session on Syria
Russia has asked that an open session of the UN Security Council be held in order to discus the results of the summit between Russia, Iran and Turkey, Interfax reports, citing Russia’s permanent representative to the UN.
This was done “in light of the interest shown by several Security Council members in the results of the Russia-Iran-Turkey summit” explained the mission spokesman Fedor Strzhizhovsky. He clarified that the session has been requested for Tuesday at 11:00 New York time.
“Our …
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Ukraine jamming Russian broadcasts to 180 Donbas towns
Ukrainian Serpanok propaganda jamming system covers 180 settlements along the demarcation line in the Donbas, said Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada.
According to her, Donbas militants have “reinforced” the TV tower with new transmitters, and 20 Russian TV channels are being broadcast to the front line settlements. However, they are blocked by the Serpanok system, which was developed by the Ukrainian military with the help of volunteers.
“They have also found …
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Ukrainian activist: Convoy of trucks carrying Russian soldiers and military equipment arrived in Donbas
On September 7, people of the Donetsk region noticed a large convoy of trucks that arrived from Russia, Ukrainian activist Yuriy Mysyagin wrote on Facebook. The column consisted of 12 KAMAZ trucks, 2 minibuses and 1 mobile electronic warfare system. Mysyagin added that there were soldiers in the trucks.
According to Mysyagin, in order not to attract the attention, after crossing into Ukraine, the cars of the convoy moved exclusively through fields and with an interval of 3-5 km from each other …