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Ukrainian diplomat: Americans have legal right to conduct searches in Russian diplomatic buildings in the US
US representatives searched the premises of former Russian consular offices in an attempt to find evidence of Russians engaging in prohibited activities, such as interfering with elections, the Ukrainian diplomat Bohdan Yaremenko wrote on Facebook.
Apparently, the Americans needed to conduct searches inside some of the buildings, free from Russian diplomatic protection. To accomplish this, they gave Russian diplomats insufficient time (only 2 days) for a complete pullout, depriving them of the …
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Head of SBU: Ukrainian politicians should be disallowed from traveling to Russia
The head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasyl Hrytsak, proposed to legislatively prohibit visits to Russia by members of Parliament, politicians and public figures.
In answering journalists’ questions on Saturday in Kyiv regarding the decision to introduce biometric control of Russian citizens’ entry to Ukraine in 2018, Hrytsak said, "This will definitely help us in our work. I support the President’s initiative. I would go even further, I would introduce a legislative ban and …
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Immigration lawyer: Staff from Russian San-Francisco consulate seeking asylum in US
The President of the law firm, American Corporate Services, Inc., Gregory Finkelson, said that several employees of the Russian consulate in San Francisco appealed to his company asking for political asylum in the United States.
”We have already received several calls from employees of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco and are already starting to work with them. They do not want to go back, by the way, and I understand them very well," Finkelson said during a conversation with Russian …
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Denmark prepares a bill against Nord Stream-2
The Danish government has prepared and submitted for discussion a draft law that can prohibit the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline through the territorial waters of Denmark, the local edition of Politiken reports.
It is reported that the document was developed for foreign policy and security reasons.
The Government of Denmark proposes to amend the Law on the Continental Shelf, which provides for the refusal to construct pipelines in the event of an environmental threat. The new …
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Ukraine strengthens its borders ahead of Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2017 military exercises
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS) will intensify guarding the borders during the Zapad 2017 joint Russia-Belarus military exercise, as stated by Oleh Slobodyan, an assistant to the head of the SBGS.
According to Slobodyan, Russian troops began to arrive in Belarus before the beginning of the exercise. Therefore, "it is necessary to control the situation."
"We started command and staff exercises during which the border line was fortified in all directions without exception, …