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Media reveals that Russia imports more than ten thousand tons of Ukrainian coal from the Donbas daily
For the period of March 1 to 20, more than three thousand gondola cars loaded with coal crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border. This is evidenced by the statistical data of JSC Russian Railways or JSC RŽD.
According to the data, 3,400 thousand open-top wagons of coal were sent to Russia from the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions uncontrolled by Ukrainian government during the first twenty days of March.
This amounts to more than 230,000 tons of anthracite exported to Russia or about ten …
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Russia held Iskander missile launches
The combat crews of the missile formation in the Central Military District which are equipped with Iskander-M tactical missile systems have been conducting multiple launches aimed at destroying an imaginary enemy airfield during exercises in the Orenburg region of the Russian Federation.
"The tasks were executed in conditions as close as possible to combat ones. The units were put on alert in the morning, made a 40 km march to the rendezvous point where they met with deployed military vehicles …
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Russia expresses willingness to take Mladic for medical treatment
Russia sent a message to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirming its willingness to accept Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb forces, for medical treatment. This was reported by TASS on Wednesday, March 22nd.
“The contents of the message are confidential and meant for the ICTY. But what’s mentioned in the petition (sent to Mladić’s defense team in the ICTY on March 20th) is true,” stated Victoria Goncharova in an interview with the …
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Putin promises to increase sales of Russian weapons on world market
Russian military equipment is supplied to 52 countries, and the portfolio of orders for export is at about $50 billion, said Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, Izvestia reported.
“Russian military products are in strong demand and are supplied to 52 countries around the world. Last year, new contracts were signed for a total of $9.5 billion, so the domestic defense industry’s portfolio of orders for export remains at $50 billion,” the president said at a meeting of the committee for …
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Eurovision participant from Russia banned from entering Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has banned Russian singer Yuliya Samoylova from entering the country for three years, although she was meant to represent Russia at the international competition “Eurovision” which will be held in Kyiv in 2017.“The decision was made on the basis of information received about her violating Ukrainian legislation [entering the territory of the Crimea, which is temporarily not controlled by Kyiv, in violation of the procedure established by Ukraine, in 2015]” …