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Turkish Foreign Minister: Ankara will not reconsider its position on Ukraine's territorial integrity
Speaking at the conference of Ambassadors in Ankara, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, stated that a dialogue with Russia will contribute to resolving many conflicts. He noted that cooperation with Moscow does not justify a review of Ankara’s position on Ukraine and Georgia.
“We support the territorial integrity of Ukraine and Georgia. We don’t recognize the annexation of Ukrainian territories,” Turkish media quoted the Minister as saying. Speaking of the Syrian …
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Media: Lithuania stopped the creation of a data center because of its ties to the FSB
The Lithuanian authorities have taken measures to stop the implementation of the entrepreneurial plans to build the country’s largest data center near Vilnius. According to the BNS, the Lithuanian Intelligence warned that such a data center could be connected to the Russian “spy center.”
The head of the VSD agency, Darius Yaunishkis, confirmed that based on data from the State Security Department (VSD), a government commission came to a negative conclusion concerning the Arcus Novus company’s …
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Ukrainian fugitive Prime Minister wants to form a ‘government in exile’
The fugitive prime minister of Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, intends to submit a lawsuit to international courts to recognize the Ukrainian revolution of 2014 (Revolution of Dignity) as a coup. He also hopes to become a prime minister of Ukraine forming a so-called “government in exile”. This was stated by Azarov in his interview with Russia’s Izvestia daily.
Azarov fled Ukraine in 2014 following the Ukrainian evolution of Dignity of 2014. In 2015, he created a so-called “Rescue Ukraine Committee. …
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The U.S. Department of Treasury expanded the Magnitsky sanctions list
On the 9th of January, the Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin and another four Russian citizens were added to the Magnitsky sanctions list. According to the updated list published on the Ministry’s website, another five Russian citizens, Alexander Bastrykin, Stanislav Gordievsky, Dmitri Kovtun, Andrey Lugovoy and Gennady Plaksin were targeted by sanctions under the Magnitsky Act.
Meanwhile, the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, John Kirby …
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The European Commission will not help Estonia return the presidential regalia that are stored in Russia
In response to a request from a member of the European Parliament, Urmas Paet, for assistance in the return of cultural property exported in 1941, a member of the European Commission, Tibor Navracsics, stated that the European Commission is not able to help Estonia in securing the return of the regalia of the Estonian President that is currently stored in Russia.
According to Urmas Paet, the regalia are of symbolic value to Estonia. Paet also asked to raise the issue of the return of the …