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Kerry: Russia should focus on its economy, not on demonstrating its military power
The United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, stated during a working visit to Mongolia on June 5th that the Russian Federation needs to focus on the retention of country’s economy, the press service of the U.S. agency reported. In addition, Kerry noted that Russia’s economy has slowed down because of its policy in relation to Ukraine.
“In Russia, for example, there are no significant investments into the energy sector and the area of new technologies. The real slowdown of the economy has …
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Security Service of Ukraine says attempt to transfer factory to Russia was stopped
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced that it has foiled an attempt to dismantle and export equipment from the Kharkiv Tractor Plant (KTZ) to Russia.
"According to an order by KTZ’s owners, the new General Director of the company appointed in March 2016 has is preparing to dismantle the foundry’s equipment for export to Russia. The technical and design documentation for the production plant was prepared to be smuggled abroad,” stated the report.
The property of the plant and its …
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Germany has included Russia on the list of threats to national security
Die Welt reports that the new edition of the “White Book,” which serves as a guide for the management of German national security policy, now lists Russia as one of the main threats to German national security.
The newspaper states that the German government has not updated the White Book since 2006. The new version of the document states that in terms of security, the world "has changed a lot," as everything became "complicated, volatile and difficult to predict." In this regard, the updated …
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Poll: Russian citizens consider the US, Ukraine and Turkey to be their main opponents
Russian residents believe that the United States, Ukraine and Turkey are the main enemies of the country. These are the results of the last survey by Levada Center, dedicated to the attitude of Russians to other countries.
The USA is the most hostile to Russia, according to 72% of Russians. Ukraine took second place with the highest ever recorded rate of 48% (in 2015 only 37% thought so). The third most unfriendly country is Turkey. In 2015 only 1% of the respondents thought Turkey was …
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Russian politician: Russia will respond to NATO's actions in Eastern Europe
Russia will respond to NATO’s military buildup in Eastern Europe, as stated by the Deputy Head of Russia’s Upper House Committee for Defense and Security, Franz Klintsevich, Russian media reports.
According to him, by deploying troops in Eastern Europe, NATO is creating a foothold in the region for a global strike on Russia.
He noted that a number of NATO military personnel in the Baltic, Romania and Poland have increased 19 times, however, according to him, this figure is no danger to …