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Russians point weapons at Ukrainian ship as it inspects Ukraine’s marine economic zone
The marine protection ship Grigory Kuropyatnikov conducted a planned survey of Ukraine’s exclusive (marine) economic zone in the gas deposit region, during which it documented further violations by Russia, the Ukrainian State Border Services reported. The survey was done at all the active deposits in the northwest part of the Black Sea – Shtormove, Arkhangelsk, Golitsynsk and Odessa.
“The goal of the interdepartmental group was to verify the received information concerning the initiation of …
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Lithuania urges Russia to cancel Zapad 2017 military exercises
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius urged Russia to cancel the planned Zapad 2017 large-scale military exercises in NATO’s eastern flank, DW.com reports.
“We are concerned by the fact that Moscow has relocated 4,000 systems capable of carrying nuclear weaponry to Belarus, and at least 30,000 soldiers. This dangerous saber-rattling must stop,” Linkevičius said in an interview with Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland.
According to him, the Russian figures of only 12,000 drill participants …
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Russia protests the demolition by Poland of the Mausoleum of the Red Army soldiers
The Russian Ambassador sent a note to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Polish Foreign Ministry in connection with the demolition of the Mausoleum of the Red Army Soldiers in the Polish city of Trzcianka (Wielkopolska Voivodship), as stated by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Russia on the memorialization of those killed in the defense of the Fatherland, Vladimir Popov, Interfax reports.
"The Polish authorities, without the notification and consent of the Russians, …
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Venezuela asked Russia to help restructure its debt
Caracas has appealed to Moscow with a request to restructure Venezuela's debt. This was announced by Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, reports RBC news agency.
According to Siluanov, Venezuela "is having difficulties with the fulfillment of the debt." "There was an appeal from [our] colleagues in Venezuela to carry out such a restructuring," Siluanov said at the Moscow Financial Forum.
According to the minister, the Ministry of Finance Ministry is carrying out this work on …
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Ukrainian official: Russia will withdraw from Donbas next year
Russia will leave the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions next year as plans for this have already been made, as explained by the Deputy Minister on the issues of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine, Yuri Grymchak in an interview with Apostrophe.
"First, we have the so-called Protocol on the Minsk Agreements implementation dated February 12, 2015, where in paragraph 10 it is stated that according to the Minsk Agreements the following should …