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Dutch investigators question former separatist commander over MH17 air disaster
One of the leaders of the DPR, Igor Bezler (the former "commandant" of Horlivka with the call sign "Bes"), who currently lives in the annexed Crimea, talked to Dutch investigators (JIT) regarding the downed passenger flight, Boeing MH17, in July of 2014, Current Time reports.
He discussed the conversation online. The authenticity of the account, from which the correspondence was conducted, was confirmed by his interlocutors.
"In his testimony, Igor Bezler said he was not involved in the MH17 …
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Russia threatens US with developing ‘more powerful weapons’ if Washington withdraws from INF treaty
If the United States decides to unilaterally withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (Officially: Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union and later its successor states on the elimination of their intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles, or INF Treaty) the Russian Federation promised to develop a “more powerful weapon,” a senator on the Russian Federation Council and former Commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Viktor Bondarev said, RIA.
Bondarev …
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Russian general calls message about his involvement in the MH17 air disaster 'stupidity'
Retired Colonel-General Nikolai Tkachev has called information that he may have been involved in the crash of the MH17 flight in the airspace over the Donbas in 2014 "stupidity", reports TASS.
"I do not know who’s saying that, but it's obvious stupidity. I have lived in Yekaterinburg for many years; I have been engaged in military-patriotic education of children. I am in constant contact with public organizations, participate in various public events, and am always under watch by the media," …
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Lavrov calls possible cooperation with US on Idlib 'unproductive'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated at a press conference in Vienna on Friday on the results of his participation in the meeting of the 2017 OSCE Ministerial Council that Moscow and Washington are not planning cooperation in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib.
"Idlib remains a difficult situation, and we, above all, together with our Turkish, Iranian (as Russia, Turkey and Iran are the guarantors of the ceasefire in Syria) and Syrian colleagues, are working to launch …
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US representative for Ukraine Volker expresses doubt Russia will withdraw its troops from Donbas any time soon
Russia has not decided yet on the withdrawal of its troops from the separatist-held territory of Ukraine, and it is unlikely that this will happen in the near future. This opinion was expressed at a press conference following the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna, by the US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker, Hromadske reports.
"I do not believe that Russia has already decided to withdraw troops from the East of Ukraine. We hope that Russia will eventually make this …