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Former NATO Secretary General calls Putin's plan for the Donbas a 'trap'
Deutsche Welle reports that former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has claimed that the introduction of a full-fledged peacekeeping mission in the Donbas would contribute to the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
"I believe that the peacekeeping mission would become a mechanism for the implementation of the Minsk agreements," he said.
In the meantime, according to Rasmussen, "there is no progress at all." He believes that the reason for this is precisely the absence of a …
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Ukraine begins the inventory and seizure of Gazprom’s Ukrainian assets
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is stepping up its activity to recover the fine from Russia's Gazprom, the press service of the government reported.
According to the report, the executive proceeding in this case is being conducted by the Department of the State Executive Service of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on the basis of the court's decision to recover from Gazprom 171,931,854,000 hryvnia ($6.5 billion) into the general fund of the state budget of Ukraine.
The government said …
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Kyiv: Ukraine will impose sanctions against the organizers of the Russian presidential elections in the Crimea
Sanctions will be imposed against individuals who take part in organizing and conducting "voting" processes during the so-called elections of the President of the Russian Federation in the annexed Crimea, as stated by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine for European Integration, Olena Zerkal. According to her, Ukraine has already begun preparations for imposing these sanctions.
"We are now working on the list of people who are collaborators, who take part in electoral commissions, and …
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NATO to conduct large-scale military exercises near Russian borders
In October 2018, NATO countries will conduct large-scale military exercises at Russian borders involving 45,000 personnel, RIA Novosti reports, citing General Robert Neller, the 37th Commandant of the US Marine Corps.
Neller did not specify exactly where the exercises would be conducted but he expressed confidence that Russia would respond to them. "There may be 45,000 NATO troops and dozens of ships and aircraft that will conduct exercises off the coast of Norway against the simulated threat." …
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Commanders of Russia’s Wagner private military company speak to media about the operation in Syria
Commanders from the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) have spoken to the media under conditions of anonymity and provided information on the PMC’s activity in Syria.
The PMC’s Syrian campaign began in 2015. The Wagner Group carries out military assignments, and numbers roughly 2,000 mercenaries, the unnamed commanders claim. The PMC is seconded by the Karpaty detachment, which is made up of 300 cossacks with Ukrainian citizenship. One commander claimed that there may be as many as 8,000 …