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Lavrov and Pompeo discuss situations in Syria and Ukraine
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed by telephone the settlement of the Syrian crisis and the conflict in Ukraine. This was reported on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website. Pompeo is the one that placed the call.
The Foreign Ministry noted that Lavrov and Pompeo discussed “a number of aspects of the joint agenda,” including bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington. The two men also touched on the issue of resolving the conflict in Ukraine …
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Media: Israeli and Russian Minsters of Defense to discuss deployment of Syrian troops near Israel’s borders
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman will meet on Thursday in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu amid rumors of the forthcoming return of Syrian government troops to the southwest of the country. According to the source of RIA Novosti , the main topic of the conversation will be precisely the discussion of the allegedly forthcoming return of Syrian government forces to the borders of Israel.
According to the Israeli media, Israel is ready to accept that the Syrian forces …
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Russia plans to create electronic warfare systems based on analysis of US missiles found in Syria
Vladimir Mikheyev, adviser to the first deputy CEO of Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), said that within three years, Russia will create new electronic warfare systems using information gained from an examination of the unexploded American Tomahawk cruise missiles acquired by Russia’s Defense Ministry following the western coalition’s airstrike on Syria, RIA Novosti reports.
“Of course, on the basis of this experience [the airstrike on Syria], technical assignments are now being …
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Russia preparing to ban Microsoft
At the “Internet after Globality” conference, Herman Klimenko, advisor to the Russian president on matters related to the Internet, said that Microsoft “may be asked” to leave Russia, RBC news agency reports.
“I hope that we will be proud of those projects where we are doing really well - in artificial intelligence, neural networks, etc. It is clear that in today’s fragmented world, when Kaspersky is asked to leave America, and we are likely to ask Microsoft to leave us, it will be amusing to …
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Media: notorious killer associated with Russian Security Service arrived in Kyiv before assassination of journalist Babchenko
The killer known as Validol, who is associated the Russian special service (FSB), arrived in Kyiv before the murder of the Russian journalist, Arkady Babchenko, reports Kavkazcenter news outlet.
According to Kavkazcenter, the Chechen-born Walid Lurahmanov, who also goes by name Alexander Smirnov, arrived in Kyiv on May 3. According to the publication, he could have used a fake passport to get to the territory of Ukraine.
"It is not clear what the purpose of his visit was. It is possible that …