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Moody’s: Deterioration of relations between Moscow and Kiev threatens Russian economy
Experts from Moody’s believe that if clashes take place in the Crimea, it will lead to a strengthening and extension of sanctions against Russia, which will have a negative effect on the restoration of the country’s economy.
Moody’s Investors Service warns that deterioration of relations between Moscow and Kiev can jeopardize the restoration of Russia’s economy. This was reported in the agency’s review, published on August 15.
“If clashes take place in the Crimea and intensify in the Donbas …
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Media: Putin is shaking up his inner circle due to lack of state funds
Russian President Vladimir Putin removed six people from his inner circle due to the State’s lack of money, as reported by the Russian Vedomosti newspaper, citing sources close to the Kremlin.
The following people lost their positions this year: the President of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin; the head of the Federal Guard Service, Eugene Murov; Director of the Federal Drug Control Service, Viktor Ivanov; Director of the Federal Migration Service, Konstantin Romodanovskiy; and the Director …
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Former Deputy Chairman of Ukraine's Security Services: Russia's strategic goal is the systematic destruction of Ukraine
Russian aggression against Ukraine cannot be characterized as a hybrid war, stated ex-Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Skipalsky. He told the newspaper "Gordon" when commenting on the situation concerning ‘Crimean terrorist actions’ that Russia is attempting to walk away from the Minsk negotiation process. "Russian authorities decided not to wait any longer, thus they tried to charge Ukraine with something and declare their withdrawal from the Minsk process.” …
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Russia hopes EU and US will lift sanctions by allowing them to participate in construction of Siberian transport network
The transport system project "United Eurasia", valued at $240 billion and developed in Russia, is expected to be implemented by 2035. The details of the project were reported by Kommersant with information taken from a letter to the Deputy Minister and the project’s own documentation.
The Security Council of the Russian Federation and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexander Nekipelov, proposed the project to Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. United Eurasia will develop a …
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Shoygu: Russia prevented a NATO missile strike in Syria
Russia’s Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, has said that Russia’s actions prevented a NATO strike, comprising of 624 cruise missiles, on Syria. This was reported by Russian RIA Novosti.
“Syria’s situation was changing then. You have to ask yourself what would have happened if our president [Putin] had failed to convince parties of the idea surrendering and destroying of the chemical weapons. There were 624 NATO cruise missiles ready to be launched in 24 hours. That is the number I memorized. …