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Transparency International names lobbyists on behalf of Russian interests in Europe
Anti-corruption advocates from Transparency International - Russia have prepared a report on Russian corporate lobbying abroad.
"The report describes the principles of the work of public registries of lobbyists from 13 European countries and the European Union, available on the websites of government authorities or self-regulating organizations of lobbyists," the report states.
Employees of Transparency International reviewed the lobbying initiatives of Russia’s Gazprom in Austria, France, …
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Russia, Iran and Turkey failed to agree on security zones in Syria
As reported by diplomats on Wednesday, Russia, Turkey and Iran could not come to an agreement on zones of de-escalation of violence in Syria during the talks in Kazakhstan.
Russia and Iran, who support the Syrian President Bashar Assad, agreed to cooperate with Turkey, which provides assistance to the insurgents, in order to create four zones of "de-escalation" in the war-ravaged country.
The country-participants of the negotiations hoped to come to an agreement by the end of August, before …
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A Russian citizen who was extradited from Latvia to the United States was put into an American prison
A Russian citizen, Yury Martyshev, who was extradited by the Latvian authorities to the US, is now in an American prison in Alexandria, Virginia, as reported on Wednesday by the Russian Embassy in the US, according to TASS.
Preliminary information indicates that the Russian is suspected of cyber fraud, for the theft of personal information of credit card holders.
The diplomatic mission noted that "they consider this arrest as another case of the kidnapping of a Russian citizen by US …
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Russia to supply equipment and helicopters to Egypt’s Mistral helicopter carriers
Russia is entering into two contracts with Egypt: one relating to ship systems for the Mistral helicopter carriers, and the other relating to the Ka-52K helicopters which the ships will be equipped with, Rosoboronexport Director General Alexander Mikheev told Ria Novosti in an interview.
According to him, the Mistral helicopter carriers which Egypt purchased from France need to be retrofitted with additional systems in order to make use of Russian helicopters.
“This will be a separate …
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Iran puts Russian S-300 anti-missile systems into operation
Iran has put the S-300 surface-to-air missile systems into operation, announced by General Amir Farzad Esmaili, commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, as reported by TASS.
The commander announced that the S-300 have been “placed on combat duty and are operational”, but did not specify in which region the systems were deployed. The general also spoke of the preparation and testing of the Iranian-developed Bavar 373 missile system towards the middle of March 2018. According to the him, …