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Lavrov and Kerry to meet in Switzerland to discuss Syria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in Switzerland on Saturday in order to discuss Syria despite high tensions between Moscow and Washington, Reuters reported.
Russian and U.S. attempts at a coordinated peace effort in Syria came to an abrupt halt after the Syrian government launched a renewed offensive on the war-torn city of Aleppo last month, aided by Russian bombers. A Russian and U.S. backed ceasefire deal, which lasted barely a week, …
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Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues note of protest to Russian Ambassador
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned the Russian ambassador to Lithuania, Alexander Udaltsov, and handed him a note of protest regarding regular provocations of the Russian navy in the Baltic Sea. That is how Lithuania called on Russia to adhere to the norms of international law and principles of good-neighborliness, and intended to ensure that similar incidents don’t occur in the future, Delfi reported.
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry reiterated its concerns about the …
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Russian naval ships to be equipped with Pantsir-SM missile systems
Small missile ships of the Russian Navy will be equipped with the close-in weapon system (CIWS) "Pantsir-SM", which will provide the highest level of vessel security, Izvestia newspaper reported.
Russia's new Buyan-M small missile ships will be armed with these missile systems.
Compared to their land-based "Pantsir-S1" counterparts, the naval air defense missile system has double the capability of detecting and destroying targets, able to detect all air and water activity at a distance up to 7 …
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Media: Russian officials and deputies were advised to bring their children and parents home from abroad
The presidential administration has advised Russian officials, up to the highest levels, to bring their children who are studying abroad back home. This was reported by Znak.com news portal citing five sources who are directly affected by this request.
This recommendation concerns employees of the presidential administration, regional administrations, deputies of all levels, as well as employees of state corporations.
The website added that the children are required to return even if they …
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Stoltenberg presents NATO’s position on Russia’s deployment of Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, expressed the opinion that Russia has followed a habitual course of action by deploying Iskander-M missile systems to Kaliningrad.
“We saw that they deployed missile systems in the Kaliningrad region. This is all part of a mosaic that is being assembled over a certain period of time,” TASS quoted Stoltenberg as saying.
According to him, the military bloc has already conducted the strongest program of …