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Putin: Fear is the reason for the West's negative attitudes toward Russia
In response to the question of a German journalist, “What is the cause of negative attitude of the West towards you,” Russian President Vladimir Putin explained that the negative attitude of the West towards him is caused by fear. This was the answer given by the Russian President to the question posed by the German documentary film-maker Hubert Seipel.
The story Das ist Putin of the New Russian Sensations program was released on the 8th of October on the website of NTV Channel. The story …
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Ukraine to file complaint to The Hague against Russia for use of Crimean shelf
Ukraine will file a complaint against Russia to the international Court of Justice for mining gas in the annexed Crimean shelf, said Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko during a speech in Parliament.
According to the Minister, pretrial work is now ongoing in order to identify violations by the Russian Federation of international conventions for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
“Russia cannot …
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Separatist commander shot in so-called Luhansk People's Republic
The Separatist Commander, Armen Bagiryan, and several of his subordinates were shot in Slovianoserbsk, as reported by journalist Galina Sozanchuk. “The Militias’ Commander and his men were not killed in the fight at the front line and their vehicle didn’t strike a land mine. They were killed in the territory which is under our control,” Sozanchuk wrote on her Facebook page.
Galina Sozanchuk also noted that Bagiryan had deleted photographs taken in the Donbas from all his social media pages …
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Russian Gazprom and Turkish BOTAS resume talks on gas discount
Russia’s Gazprom and Turkey’s BOTAŞ have resumed talks on a potential discount on gas for the latter, as stated by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak in an interview with the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, RIA Novosti reported.
"The issue of the price of gas is linked to the content of trade agreements between the economic entities of our countries… Now the negotiations on gas prices resumed, and there is hope the parties can reach a common position,” Novak said.
The Russian Minister added …
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German Foreign Minister fears last vestiges of trust between US and Russia will be lost
Frank Walter Steinmeier, Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with Bild on October 8th that today’s tension between the USA and Russia is worse than it was during the Cold War, and that it is destroying the last vestiges of trust between the two largest countries in the world.
"The number of reasons for conflict between Russia and the United States is growing. It seems that even the last trust is fading. If it goes on this way, we will be back in the days of …