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143 shipping containers were not allowed to cross the border from Ukraine to Russia
143 railway shipping containers filled with Ukrainian goods, which were headed to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, were detained at the Russian border, the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.
It was reported that as of the morning of August 1, 2016, 143 railway cars, which were going to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, were detained at the Ukraine-Russia border. "106 of these cars were sent to an alternate route, 33 cars were redirected to a receiving …
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Hungarian Foreign Minister: Russia poses no threat to NATO members
According to Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, the notion that Russia would attack a NATO member is “unrealistic”, Reuters reported.
"I don't think it is a realistic assumption today that Russia would attack any NATO member state," Szijjártó said during an interview with Index.hu.
The Hungarian Foreign Minister explained that every country has senses of “different intensity” about the threat of Russia.
"This is not how we feel about Russia. I don't think Russia would pose an …
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Moscow denies accusations that Russia was behind DNC hack
The Special Representative of the Russian President for International Cooperation in Information Security, Andrei Krutskikh, criticized Hillary Clinton’s accusations against Russian Security Services. According to him, there is no evidence of their involvement in the server hack.
Moscow states that it takes seriously the US presidential nominee’s accusations, regarding the Russian Security Services’ involvement in the hack of US Democratic Party servers. However, Washington has brought no …
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Gazeta.ru: Russia plans to dismiss 10,000 scientists by 2019
The lack of funds for the State program, the Development of Science and Technology, can lead to the reduction of more than 10,000 scientists in Russia by 2019. On Sunday, July 31, 2016 the Russian news site Gazeta.ru reported on this issue after reviewing documents from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science that were prepared for the budget meeting with the Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, on the 29th of July, 2016.
The total allocation of the Federal Budget to be spent on …
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One million Russians are banned from traveling out of the country due to debt
In Russia the number of debtors banned from travelling out of the country has reached almost one million people, reports Russian TASS news agency referring to the Federal Bailiff Service (FBS).
Currently more than 963,000 debtors are restricted from exiting the country. In total, those not permitted to travel abroad owe more than 650 billion rubles.
Service Director Artur Parfenchikov, says that almost 409,000 people (40%) are on the restricted list for failing to pay child support, another 20 …