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UK preparing new sanctions against Russia
On Monday, January 31, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of Great Britain will announce new sanctions against Russia due to the situation around Ukraine, reported TASS and RIA Novosti, citing informed sources in the UK government circles.
"It is expected that the Foreign Office will announce the tightening of the sanctions on Monday in Parliament so that the UK can strike at the strategic and financial interests of Russia," the source told RIA Novosti.
The TASS source did not …
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Russia deploys Pantsir-S anti-aircraft systems to Belarus
Russia has sent Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and artillery systems to Belarus, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"Another train delivered to the unloading station a Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and artillery battalion of the Eastern Military District," the Ministry said.
The Pantsir-S battalion includes 12 combat systems. Each Pantsir-S can have up to 12 anti-aircraft missiles in its transport launch containers.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that after unloading, the personnel …
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Germany blocks ex-diplomat from becoming top manager at Nord Stream 2
The process of "schröderization" of European officials, who find a comfortable management positions in the leadership of Russian state corporations, has been met with resistance from the German authorities.
The German Foreign Ministry blocked the former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Dieter Walter Haller, from joining the Gas for Europe, the German legal entity established by Gazprom's 100 percent Swiss subsidiary Nord Stream 2 AG.
Haller received an offer to head the supervisory board of the …
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Germany expels Russian diplomat suspected of espionage
An employee of the Russian consulate in Munich was declared persona non grata after he was accused of espionage, reports Deutsche Welle.
According to Deutsche Welle, the diplomat was an officer of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and acted as a liaison agent with a Russian academician, whose arrest on charges of espionage was announced the day before.
Deutsche Welle reports that the expulsion occurred shortly after the detention in the summer of 2021 of Ilnur N., a researcher from the …
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U.S. preparing to expel Russian ambassador
The United States is ready to expel Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov from the country if the Russian side does not fulfill several Washington's demands by April.
The relevant information has already been conveyed by the United States Department of State to Russian diplomats, TASS quotes Antonov as saying.
According to Antonov, the U.S. demands that Russia provide visas to the security guards of the U.S. ambassador.
The personnel of the Russian Embassy in the United States have been reduced …