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Putin plans to withdraw Gryzlov from Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas
Russian President Vladimir Putin will decide very soon on the structure of the Presidential administration. The changes will also affect the foreign policy direction, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported.
The Russian representative in the Trilateral Contact Group negotiating Donbas settlement, Boris Gryzlov, may take a post of the presidential envoy in the Central Federal District of Russia, although this has not yet officially confirmed. On Mary 30, Gruzlov took part in the regular …
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Chelsea F.C. freezes the construction of the new stadium after Abramovich's departure
The Chelsea Soccer Club, owned by Russian oligarch Abramovich, halted indefinitely the construction of its new Stamford Bridge Stadium in London. The official reason was an "unfavorable investment climate" but the club announced the extension of project's terms after Abramovich failed to get a UK visa.
The stadium worth 500 million pounds was to be commissioned in 2022. It was to be built on the site of the old stadium, which was scheduled for demolition. The new stadium would have an …
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Russia sides with Hungary, calls on NATO to put pressure on Ukraine
The Russian Federation requested the North Atlantic Alliance to put pressure on Ukraine following the country’s changes to provisions of the law “on education”, Evropeyska Pravda reports with reference to a source in the NATO headquarters who commented on a meeting of the NATO-Russia council which took place in Brussels in May.
Russia claims that one of the members of NATO, namely Hungary, is not satisfied with the Ukrainian law. Budapest has blocked ministerial meetings of the Ukraine-NATO …
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Apple blocks Telegram updates at Russia's demand
Apple has stopped support of Telegram messenger after Russia blocked the service, and has limited updates of the application for all users, reported Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov.
“Apple has been preventing Telegram from updating its iOS apps globally ever since the Russian authorities ordered Apple to remove Telegram from the App Store. Russia banned Telegram on its territory in April because we refused to provide decryption keys for all our users’ communications to Russia’s security …
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Ukrainian Security Service receives complete list of those who were to be killed along with journalist Babchenko
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies received a complete list of 30 people who were supposed to be killed at the request of the Russian intelligence agency, just as journalist Arkady Babchenko was to be. This was stated by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko on a broadcast on the TV channel “1 + 1,” TSN reported.
“At one of the meetings, Herman – and this is recorded on audio and video according to the court’s decision – gave him (the killer) half the sum of 15 thousand dollars. At the …