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Ukraine refuses to extradite former Azov fighter Georgy Tsertsvadze to Russia
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine refused to fulfill Russia’s request to extradite former Georgian special forces agent and Azov Regiment fighter Georgy Tsertsvazde, who was earlier detained in Kyiv at Interpol’s request, as announced by his attorney Kseniya Prokonova, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
“Literally this week we received the decision to refuse to extradite. That is, the Prosecutor’s General Office is not handing Georgy over to Russia… We have set a precedent and have not handed …
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Ahead of Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2017 exercises Ukraine will hold large-scale command staff drills
Viktor Muzhenko, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), has said that the AFU will hold a series of command and staff exercises in September involving the troops and operational reserves, the core of which will be "Unbreakable Resistance-2017" exercises.
"From September 12 to 15, strategic command staff exercises will be held with the military command and control agencies and the troops (forces) of ‘Unbreakable Resistance-2017’. Its goal is to increase the capacity of …
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Media: NATO is preparing response to Russia’s violation of Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
NATO is preparing a plan of action in response to the alleged violation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty), as reported on Thursday on the website of the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. Radio and television broadcasters NDR and WDR have also reported this information.
The newspaper managed to view a copy of the classified document, which was sent out from Brussels to the member countries of the alliance. It lists 39 possible actions in …
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Ukrainian diaspora intends to seek more stringent sanctions against Russia
The head of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), Eugene Czolij, has said that his organization plans to seek more stringent sanctions against Russia.
"I want to assure you that we will continue to take all possible measures to ensure that the sanctions are more stringent, including the shutdown of the SWIFT system in the Russian Federation," he said during a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman in Kyiv on Friday, writes Interfax-Ukraine.
In addition, the UWC aims to obtain …
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Russia scraps nuclear-powered icebreaker The Soviet Union due to sanctions
Russian authorities have decided to scrap the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker The Soviet Union. It will not be restored, despite earlier plans to use the ship in projects to develop the Arctic or engage it within the Russian Armed Forces.Rosatomflot's General Director, Vyacheslav Ruksha , shared this with RIA Novosti.
According to Ruksha, the official order has already been signed. He said that the icebreaker could be claimed for offshore projects, but because of Western sanctions against …