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Media: DPR militants to buy WEX cryptocurrency exchange
Dmitry “Moryachok” Khavchenko, a former militiaman close to the previous DPR prime minister, intends to purchase WEX, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange with a daily trading volume of $20 million. WEX was previously BTC-e, which was shut down by the FBI. Khavchenko plans to turn the exchange into a “powerful and patriotic project”.
An investigation by RBC news agency showed that Konstantin Malofeev may be behind the deal. Khavchenko made a provisional agreement with WEX founder Dmitry Vasilyev …
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Serbia to buy S-300 missile systems from Russia
Russia has received an official request from Serbia to deliver S-300PMU-2 systems in 2021, TASS reports, citing an unnamed Russian military official. “From Serbia we have received an official request to supply a regimental set of S-300PMU-2s as part of a regiment command center and two divisions. The request is now being considered by the competent organizations of Russia’s defense industry,” the source said.
The source believes that in light of the friendly relations between the countries, “ …
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Ukraine's Naftogaz: seizure of Gazprom’s assets in Switzerland reinstated
The Supreme Court of the Canton of Zug (Switzerland) reinstated the freeze of Gazprom shares in Nord Stream AG and Nord Stream 2 AG, RBC news agency reported with reference to a statement by the Ukrainian company Naftogaz.
The Ukrainian company said that it appealed the decision of the local authorities, which ordered the freezing of assets, concerning the collection of debts. The seizure, explained Naftogaz, was lifted because Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 told the authorities that the …
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Russian air strikes continue in southwest Syria
Russian airstrikes resumed in southwest Syria on July 4 after the talks on restoring Bashar Assad’s rule in these areas failed. The air strikes targeted the cities of Tafas, northwest of the city of Daraa, and Saida, to the east. This was reported by the Syrian Human Rights Monitoring Group.
Syrian President Bashar Assad is conducting a campaign in the southwest, with Russian air support, to recapture the region from rebel groups, and he has seized a large portion of their territory. This was …
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Second Novichok poisoning near Salisbury
On June 30, two people were found unconscious at a residential building in Amesbury, England. The victims, 44 year-old Dawn Sturgess and 45 year-old Charlie Rowly, were rushed to a hospital in Salisbury in a critical condition.
Police later reported that the couple had been poisoned with Novichok, the same military-grade nerve agent used in the assassination attempt on former MI6 double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury in March. England holds Russia responsible for …