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Russia adds another S-400 anti-air division to its Northern Fleet
The next division equipped with an S-400 Triumph surface-to-air missile system became operational as part of the anti-air defense of the White Sea base of the Northern Fleet, the Russian ministry of defense announced.
“The new system will provide the forces White Sea Military Base with reliable anti-air cover, as well as the shipbuilding, ship repair and other industrial enterprises of Severodvinsk and Arkhangelsk,” the statement reads.
The division came to replace the S-300 Favorit systems. …
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Russia accuses U.S. of violating Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The Russian Foreign Ministry has released a statement claiming that the United States provided knowingly incorrect information about the alleged implementation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), and that the deployment of missile defense complexes in Romania and Poland capable of carrying Tomahawk missiles is a gross violation of obligations under this treaty.
"Washington has knowingly given incorrect information about its ‘fulfillment’ of INF obligations. For years, …
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Protests in Russia call on Putin not to take part in elections
On April 29, "Nadoyel" (Tired of you) protests took place in numerous Russian cities. The activists urged President Putin not to take part in the presidential elections of 2018. Through the president’s reception office they sent letters addressed to Putin, asking him to end his political career. The protest action was organized by Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s “Open Russia” movement. Founded in 2001, it was initially involved in educational projects. After Khodorkovsky’s verdict in the Yukos case, the …
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Two Russians were sentenced to deportation from the United States for illegal export of technologies
Two Russians citizens, Dmitry Karpenko and Alexey Krutilin, who were arrested for illegally exporting technology from the US to Russia, were sentenced to deportation, as indicated in the decision of the Eastern District Court in New York, as reported by a TASS correspondent from inside the courtroom.
Attorney Richard Levitt, who defended the interests of the Russians in court, told RBC that his clients were satisfied with the verdict and would not appeal. He also explained why Karpenko came to …
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Russian media says that Putin and Poroshenko were joking on the phone, Kyiv denied the reports
Russian newspaper Kommersant reports that the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko, continue to communicate over the phone, with the last conversation taking place in the first half of April, as indicated in the Friday edition, citing the paper’s sources.
The Administration of the President of Ukraine stated that this reporting was false.
"The only conversation between them in April took place on April 18th in the Normandy discussions, the details of which …