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Russian ships fire cruise missiles at Syria from Mediterranean
Russian ships launched three cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea against targets in Syria. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, an al-Nusra Front command post and base were destroyed.
Russian ships launched thee Kalibr cruise missiles at targets in Syria. The missiles were fired from ships of the Black Sea Fleet, Zeleny Dol and Serpukhov, located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. A command post and base belonging to the al-Nusra Front near the village of Dar Taaza were destroyed, …
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Russian Minister of Sports: Russia may stop funding World Anti-Doping Agency
Russia may stop financing the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) if the organization will not restore the rights of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in the near future, the Minister of Sport, Vitaly Mutko, said in an interview with P-Sport.
"WADA is your system. The laboratory and RUSADA are your organizations. There are foreign experts working at RUSADA and we pay a huge amount of money," Mutko said.
In November 2015, WADA published a report regarding testing fraud at the anti-doping …
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Russia labels International Republic Institute and Media Development Investment Fund as 'undesirable' NGOs
The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation has adopted a decision to recognize the activities of two foreign non-governmental organizations as undesirable in the country. This was reported by the agency’s press service.
“Based on the results of studying the received materials, the General Prosecutor’s Office has adopted a decision on the recognition of the activities of the foreign non-governmental organizations of the International Republican Institute and the Media Development …
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Conflict Intelligence Team reported on deaths of two Russian servicemen in Syria
The Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) has discovered that two more Russian servicemen were killed in Syria, RBC reported. The CIT is a group of indepedent investigators.
The CIT reported that Russian officers Oleg Arkhireev and Maxim Sorochenko are buried in the Solnechnogorsk cemetery. Their deaths, which occurred during Russia’s campaign in Syria, were confirmed by relatives and comrades-in-arms.
Captain Maxim Sorochenko died on the 19th of November 2015, but the circumstances surrounding …
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Lithuanian Defense Minister: Russia wants to sow discord in NATO with its proposal about flights over the Baltic
According to Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas, Russia wants to sow discord among NATO states with its proposal for the safety of aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea, Postimees reported.
"There an attempt [to apply] ‘divide and rule’ could be made,'' Olekas said.
According to the Minister, the issue of flights of Russian aircraft with transponders turned on should be decided not on the bilateral level but on the international. "I think that their [proposals] should be discussed in …