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Kremlin: over $430 billion illegally withdrawn from Russia
Between 2000 and 2017, more than $430 billion was illegally transferred out of Russia, as stated by the head of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Viktor Bondarev, RIA NOvosti reports.
According to Bondarev, resolving the problem of illegal withdrawal of capital from Russia would impact the development of the domestic economy. He noted that the committee offers a number of measures to improve current legislation in the field of preventing economic crimes.
Among the …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: additional group of Russian mercenaries arrived in Donbas
Ukrinform, citing Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesperson Maksym Prauta, reports that a new group of mercenaries from the Russian Federation have arrived in the separatist-controlled territories of Donbas.
According to Maksym Prauta, Ukrainian intelligence has found evidence of the arrival of mercenaries to reinforce one of the motorized infantry units of the 1st Army Corps. The mercenaries are Russian citizens.
"That said, the main motivational factors for them are monetary compensation …
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Ankara: Turkey will purchase Russian S-400 missile systems despite the threat of US sanctions
Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, stated that Turkey has decided to go ahead with plans to purchase the S-400 Air Defense Systems from Russia despite sanctions imposed by the United States, Radio Liberty reports.
Cavusoglu stressed that the purchase agreement worth 2.5 billion dollars was signed in December and cannot be revised. According to him, Russia is “accelerating the process” of delivering the Russian missile system, as requested by Ankara.
“We have completed the deal for …
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Iraqi court sentences 19 Russian women to life for supporting ISIS
19 Russian women were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Iraqi court for participating in activities of the extremist “Islamic State,” an Agence France-Presse [AFP] journalist reported.
According to the AFP journalist who was in attendance during the court session, the Chief of the Central Criminal Court of Baghdad found all 19 women guilty of “joining and supporting ‘ISIL.’”
Six women from Azerbaijan and four from Tajikistan were also sentenced to life imprisonment on the same charges. …
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Latvia detects Russian warships near its territorial waters
The National Armed Forces of Latvia detected two Russian warships near the country's borders.
"In the Latvian exclusive economic zone, five nautical miles from territorial waters, the Naval Forces identified a Steregushchiy-class frigate of the Russian Navy on April 28,” the message of the Latvian National Armed Forces reads.
In addition, eight nautical miles from the territorial waters of Latvia, a Gorin-class Russian tugboat was spotted.
Latvia regularly reports on the Russian warships …