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Lawyer: The Kremlin continues policy of suppression and expulsion of Crimean Tatars
Russian lawyer Mark Feygin believes that the Kremlin did not stop the policy of squeezing the rebellious Crimean Tatars from the annexed Peninsula, as discussed in an interview with UKRINFORM.
"There is a policy of squeezing out the Crimean Tatars from the Crimea and at the same time silencing them within its territory. It's awful. And there is no need to build illusions that the Kremlin will have difficulties, practical or moral with the implementation of such a policy as similar experiences …
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Expert: The Kremlin could organize a new information leak before US presidential elections
Donald Trump’s policies regarding Russia, if he were to be elected President of the United States, coincide with the Kremlin’s vision, where Europe is divided and dependent on Russia. Therefore, one can expect Moscow’s continued interference in the presidential campaign and new attempts to influence the presidential campaign in the United States may be taken before Election Day this November, Jeffrey Gedmin says.
In an interview with the Georgian Voice of America, the Senior Fellow of the …
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Ash Carter: Cooperation with Russia in Syria will not create a military partnership
The agreements made between the US and Russia with regard to Syria does not signal the beginning of a deepening of their military partnership. This was said by the US Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter.
On the 26th of July, AFP reported Carter as saying that discussions on military cooperation in Syria are only being carried out to “coerce Russians to make the right steps”, specifically to support a political solution to the conflict in Syria.
However, according to Carter, Russia is “still …
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Ukrainian Naval Forces put on high alert because of Russian ships in the Black Sea
On July 26, Ukrainian Naval Forces’ coastal surveillance spotted two ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet – the Pytliviy frigate and Ekvator medium reconnaissance ship – near Ukrainian territorial waters, the Navy headquarters reported. According to a representative from Navy headquarters, a Naval helicopter was immediately deployed to the area and identified the targets. Soon thereafter, the Russian warships left the area.
As it turned out, the Pytliviy frigate and Ekvator medium …
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41% of Russians believe they do not have enough money for food or clothing
According to research conducted at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, 41.4% of Russians believe that they do not have enough money to buy food or clothing. 23.2% consider their financial situation to be bad, or very bad, RBC reported.
These numbers are up from the same research conducted in May, which concluded that 40% of the population could not afford basic goods such as food and clothing, and 21.1% considered themselves to be in a poor personal financial …