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India to purchase S-400 missile systems from Russia
India has approved the final draft of the agreement to buy S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia for $6 billion, the Times of India newspaper writes.
The Indian government's Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) settled "minor differences" that had emerged during recent negotiations with Russia. Now, the contract for the supply of missile systems will be sent to the Ministry of Finance for approval and the Cabinet Committee on Security for final permission, the newspaper reports, …
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Russia to finance Nord Stream 2 if US imposes sanctions
The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which will connect Russia and Germany directly, may be financed even if Washington places sanctions on the European companies involved in the project, Nord Stream 2 CFO Paul Corcoran told Welt am Sonntag in an interview.
“The project will definitely be financed. It is important for Gazprom, and Russia currently has a large liquidity reserve in euros,” Corcoran emphasized.
According to the CFO, the initiative may be realized even without …
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Gazprom loses in court to Ukraine's Naftogaz once again
The Svea Court of Appeal (Sweden) has dismissed Gazprom’s complaint that there was a serious violation of Swedish law in the drafting of the ruling made by the Stockholm Arbitration Institute to collect $2.6 billion in favor of Naftogaz.
“After studying the arguments presented by Naftogaz, the court dismissed Gazprom’s baseless claims that a significant part of the court ruling’s rationale on transit had allegedly been written by the administrative secretary,” Naftogaz noted in a public post. …
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Protests held in Russia over the increase in the pension age
On Sunday, thousands of Russians protested the increase of the pension age. However, no demonstrations were held in the World Cup host cities due to a regulation banning protests in those cities for the duration of the Championship. The Sunday protests were led by supporters of the Kremlin’s most established opponent, Alexei Navalny.
Navalny stated that his supporters organized protests in 39 cities throughout the country, from the Russian Pacific Coast to Murmansk. Most of the rallies were …
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Defense ministers of Russia and Israel discuss situation in southern Syria
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu discussed by telephone the fighting in southern Syria and Iran’s attempts to gain a foothold in the neighboring country, the press service of the head of the Israeli military department said.
The conversation took place amid clashes between government forces and the opposition in Syria, which are on the border of Israel and Jordan.
“Lieberman and Shoygu discussed the situation in Syria and, in particular, the …