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Russian Ministry of Defense: 15,000 schoolchildren in the southern regions of Russia joint 'Young Army' youth movement
In the territory of the Southern Military District of Russia, which includes the annexed Crimea, 15,000 young men and women are members of the "Yunarmia” (Young Army) youth movement, as reported by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry. According to its information, more than 200 regional branches of the Yunarmia movement were registered on the district’s territory. The Defense Ministry intends to establish clubs and military units with military registration specialties for the …
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Lavrov: the US will not strike North Korea because of Pyongyang nuclear capabilities
The US will not attack North Korea, because they are certain that Pyongyang has nuclear weapons, as stated by the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, in an interview on NTV channel.
"The Americans will not strike [North] Korea, because they not only suspect, but they know for sure, that they have nuclear bombs," the Minister said. According to him, President Vladimir Putin, "more than once" said that "it is impossible to imagine" that the United States, or other countries have …
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Media: Four governors in Russia may lose their positions by the end of the week
This week, in several Russia’s regions, a reshuffle of local governors may take place. According to newspaperKommersant, one of the vacated seats may be given to the head of state-run aerospace concern Oboronprom.
Kommersant’s reports citing its sources that this week's resignations are expected in the Ivanovo, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, and Omsk regions, the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO), and the Krasnoyarsk and Altai Krais. However, the interlocutors of the newspaper …
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Lavrov: Russia will speed up submission of the lawsuit over the seizure of its diplomatic property in the US
Moscow is negotiating with law firms and collecting documents to appeal the seizure of diplomatic facilities in the United States, as announced on the air of NTV TV by Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov.
"We will not delay, but there shouldn’t be any rush as well," he said.
Earlier, President Vladimir Putin instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare the necessary documents to initiate legal proceedings.
On August 31st the US demanded the closure of the Consulate General of Russia in San …
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Siemens rethinks its procedure of working with Russian customers after the turbine-delivery scandal
After the delivery of Siemens turbines to a power plant in the Crimea in defiance of sanctions and without the manufacturer’s consent, the German concern plans to take measures regarding any future cooperation with Russian customers, CEO of Siemens AG, Joe Kaeser said in an interview with the German magazine Spiegel.
"In any case, our trusting relations with Russia, formed over more than 160 years, were spoiled," he said, stressing that this was "not a trivial trespass." "On the other hand, …