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Kyiv demands that Ukraine be allowed to participate in talks between Russia and the US
Ukraine should have a say in any deal between Russia and the United States, aimed to end the conflict in the eastern part of the country, as stated by the Deputy Foreign Minister, Olena Zerkal, Reuters reported.
Kyiv is concerned about the fact that the US President, Donald Trump, wants to exclude Ukraine from any peace talks, seeking to improve relations with Moscow.
"We are talking about the future of our country, we do not want to be excluded from the negotiations," Zerkal said.
Also, the …
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The Kremlin confirms that Putin and Trump will speak over the phone on Saturday
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump plan to speak over the phone on Saturday, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, TASS reported.
"Yes, I confirm this," Peskov said when I asked about US media reports that the two leaders would speak on Saturday.
In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Trump said "He [Putin] called me after I won, but I haven’t had a discussion, but I understand we will be having a discussion soon.”
US intelligence services …
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Shoygu: Russia will continue strengthening troops in the country's south due to the situation in Ukraine
The Defense Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Shoygu, stated that troops in the Russian Southern Military District should be strengthened due to the situation in the southeast of Ukraine and activities of international terrorist groups in the North Caucasus.
“It is worth noticing that the military-political situation in the southwest is still unstable. Negative impacts are made first by the situation in the southeast of Ukraine and also by the activities of international terrorist …
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Russian newspaper published the main provisions of the newly drafted Syrian constitution
The Russian daily newspaper, RBC, published the main provisions of the draft constitution of Syria, which was written by Russia and presented in the negotiations in Astana on the 23rd-24th of January. A source close to Syrian opposition provided the text of amendments consisting of 27 paragraphs to RBC.
This document implies a change of the name of the Syrian State. If the Russian version is approved, the country will be officially named the Syrian Republic instead of the Syrian Arab Republic. …
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Roskosmos recalls Proton-M rocket engines
Roskosmos recalled Proton-M rockets engines due to technical problems which came to light in the course of launch tests. This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper on Wednesday, January 25th, referencing several top managers of the space industry enterprise.
According to them, this concerns the RD-0210/0211 and RD-0213/0214 engines produced by the Voronezh Mechanical Plant, which are installed in the second and third stages of Proton. The investigation revealed that during the assembly of …