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Kremlin: Russia does not accept American military presence in Central Asia
Russia does not accept the US military presence in the countries of Central Asia, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov after a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, reports TASS.
"We emphasized the unacceptability of any form of American military presence in Central Asian countries," Ryabkov said.
He explained that he had discussed Afghanistan with Nuland. The US Under Secretary of State flew to Moscow the day before to discuss bilateral relations, as well …
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EU imposes sanctions on 8 more individuals responsible for annexation of Crimea
The European Council has imposed sanctions on 8 more people responsible for Russia's annexation of Crimea.
"The persons added to the EU sanctions list include law enforcement officials - judges, prosecutors and security officers - responsible for enforcing Russian law in the illegally-annexed Crimea and Sevastopol. Those individuals have taken biased decisions in politically-motivated cases, and prosecuted or oppressed opponents of the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol," reads the …
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Kremlin: U.S. lifted sanctions from some Russian officials in exchange for Nuland’s visit to Moscow
Washington excluded some Russians from the sanctions lists in exchange for the Kremlin allowing the visit of the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, said the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the talk show "Sunday evening with Vladimir Solovyov" on the TV channel Rossiya 1.
"She (Nuland) was really on the sanctions lists. This implies that a person cannot cross the border. They included Russian representatives and international …
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Kremlin: SpaceX satellites are a threat to Russia
Satellites of the Starlink system, which is being deployed by Elon Musk's SpaceX company, can be used for military purposes in the future, said the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin.
According to him, such spacecraft not only provide access to the Internet, but they are also able to control cruise missiles, special forces, spy networks and transmit directly into smartphones purely political content.
"Most likely anti-Russian, so that we could not sovereignly protect …
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Russians’ trust in Putin falls to 9 years low
President Vladimir Putin, who has ruled Russia for two decades, breaking records of all leaders, including Leonid Brezhnev, continues to lose the trust of Russians, despite the efforts of state propaganda, which diligently protects his image.
In October 2021, the level of trust of Russians in the president fell to 53% reaching the minimum in the past 9 years, showed a survey by the Levada Center.
Having lost almost a third of the record post-Crimean "trust", which was at 75-77%, Putin sank in …