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Kyiv denies that it was asked to cancel Russian black list for Eurovision-2017
Ukrayinska Pravda reports that Olexandr Harebin, the first Deputy General Director of NTU and executive producer of Eurovision-2017, said on Russian media that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) allegedly urged Kyiv to cancel the list of banned Russian artists.
Harebin though said that the EBU did not make such a request to Ukraine concerning the so-called "black lists".
"I have no desire to comment on any more Russian media allegations, but I will say that the EBU does not negotiate with …
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Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Pakistani Navy are planning to hold joint exercises
Sailors of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Pakistani Navy started to plan the PASSEX joint naval exercise near Novorossiysk, Russia. This was announced on December 7 by the chief of the information support department of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Vyacheslav Trukhachev, the Krymform news agency reported.
"The exercise will include practice in organizing steering ships after trawls, joint maneuvers and exercises for search and rescue at sea," Trukhachev specified. According to him, the …
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White House says Russia is responsible for finding a diplomatic resolution in Syria
Russia has a special responsibility to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria, as stated by the White House representative, Josh Earnest, on Wednesday December 7th, Reuters reported.
According to Earnest, Russia has a special role in the settlement of the Syrian conflict, as it stands on the side of the Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Moreover, Russia is interested in resolving the Syrian conflict, as it is itself seeking a way out of the situation in Syria, a White House representative …
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Russian-Chechen special forces to deploy to Syria
Special forces from Russia’s Republic of Chechnya have been deployed to Syria where they are tasked with protecting Russia’s Khmeimim air base in the province of Latakia, Izvestia reported.
The “East” and “West” special forces units of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which are based in Chechnya, were created in 2003, and are informally known simply as the Chechen special forces.
The special forces units have extensive combat experience in both mountainous and urban areas, the former being …
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Dzhemilev: Russia brought six nuclear warheads to the Crimea
In speaking at the European Parlaiment in Brussels, during a forum to discuss the illegal annexation of the Crimea, the Leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev, stated that, "the invaders have brought nuclear weapons to the Crimea, and the Crimean Tatar people are being forced out of the peninsula," UNIAN news agency reports.
"According to our data, nuclear arms were brought to the peninsula. The Information Services of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People have …