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Kremlin: providing anonymity to foreign investors in the Crimea might be impossible
Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, believes on the basis of experts’ opinions that providing anonymity to foreign investors coming to the Crimea by means of offshore elements will not work. He expressed such an opinion on June 11, at the media forum “Open Crimea: with your own eyes”, as reported by Kryminform news website.
“In the State Duma there is a corresponding draft law, we have discussed it with experts from the Central Bank, the Ministry …
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Crimean authorities invite foreign journalists to visit the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge
At the media forum "Open Crimea: With My Own Eyes”, the Kremlin-controlled Minister of Internal Politics, Information and Communications of the Crimea, Dmitry Polonsky, urged foreign journalists to see for themselves that the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge is "not fake", Crimean News Agency reports.
"You know that one of the most common false stories lately is that there is no Crimean bridge, and all that is in the media space is Photoshop and pictures. Those colleagues who agree to …
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European Commission and Russia are ready to hold talks on Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Russia intends to hold the talks with the Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) for Energy Union Affairs, Maros Sefcovic, by early September.
According to the head of the Russian Ministry of Energy, Alexander Novak, the European side already has a mandate from all EU states to negotiate on the construction of the “Nord Stream 2” gas pipeline in Astana.
"Mr. Sefcovic informed me that just yesterday the European Commission received a mandate. We have not seen this document yet; we will …
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An employee of the election headquarters of Navalny's opposition party was detained in Russia
Policemen detained Artem Kolchinsky, an employee of the election headquarters of Alexei Navalny in Moscow. According to OVD-Info, the activist was allegedly putting up leaflets, which Kolchinsky himself claims to be untrue.
On Monday, June 12, in dozens of cities in Russia, anti-corruption events are scheduled to take place. The organizers of the protests in the regions are associates of Navalny. They claimed that authorities have been pressuring them. For example, in Tula on Sunday, the …
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Kyiv may require biometric passports when entering Ukraine from Russia
Kyiv could introduce biometric passports for Russians entering Ukraine, said Mariana Betsa, press secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, in a broadcast of the TV channel 112 Ukraine.
According to her, the Ukrainian foreign policy department will support the introduction of visa requirements with Russia “In future, in the broader perspective, it will also be possible to introduce entry exclusively by means of biometric passports, with visas, with registration at the migration services, …