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Russia sends fuel supply tanker to its Syrian flotilla
A large Russian Black Sea tanker, Ivan Bubnov, passed through the Bosphorus Strait on Saturday en route to the Mediterranean Sea, as reported Turkish portals tracking the movement of ships.
Turkish sites believe that the tanker will join the Russian Mediterranean flotilla headed by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier
According to the latest information of Automatic Identification System the International (AIS), the Russian ships are currently located to the east of Crete.
On Friday a …
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Estonia revoked citizenship of Russian spy’s wife
The Estonian Government has decided to revoke the citizenship of Viktoria Dressen, wife of the former security police officer, Aleksei Dressen, who was found guilty of treason, reported Postimees.
Viktoria Dressen was also accused of high treason and being an accessory to the transfer of classified information and received a suspended sentence of six years in prison. The probationary period is five years.
The prime minister of Estonia, Taavi Rõivas, reported at a press conference that the …
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Russian Foreign Ministry: UN Human Rights Council has become platform for settling political scores
The Russian Foreign Ministry’s deputy director of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Grigory Lukyantsev, accused the UN Human Rights Council of becoming a platform for lambasting certain countries and settling political scores, TASS reported.
"We have to note that the Council’s agenda has become an instrument for promoting conjunctural interests of several countries and groups. Discussions more and more often turn to settling political scores, mentorship, defamation of states. Moreover, …
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Biden condemns Russia's creation of joint military force with Abkhazia
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has condemned Russia’s ratification of a treaty on establishing a joint armed force with Abkhazia, a breakaway region in Georgia, according to a White House statement.
During a phone conversation with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Biden “reiterated U.S. support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.”
On Wednesday, the Russian State Duma ratified the agreement establishing a joint armed …
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U.S. reconnaissance aircraft flies over Russia's naval base in Syria, another over Kaliningrad
A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft flew over Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad on Saturday, Interfax reported, citing websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
A U.S. RC-135W with tail number 62-4139 reportedly took off from RAF Mildenhall in the U.K. and flew off the coast of Kaliningrad.
Also on Saturday, a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft with tail number 168 761 flew over Russia’s Tartus naval base in Syria.
The Poseidon, which took off from the …