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Russia detains chief designer of hypersonic weapons for treason
General Director and Chief Designer of JSC Research Enterprise of Hypersonic Systems (NIPGS) Alexander Kuranov was detained on August 12 by Russian FSB officers.
TASS reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, 73-year-old Kuranov is accused of treason. He is suspected of transferring development materials to foreign special services. The Lefortovo court of Moscow received a petition from investigators for the arrest of the scientist for two months, which was satisfied.
Doctor of …
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Germany detains British embassy employee suspected of spying for Russia
German law enforcement officers detained a British citizen David S. in Potsdam. He is suspected of working for the Russian special service.
According to a statement published on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office of Germany, the man was detained by employees of the German Federal Criminal Police Office, who are conducting an investigation. Search warrants were executed at work and at the suspect’s home.
"The accused is suspected of working for a foreign special service at the …
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Russia begins large scale military exercises in southern regions
On August 9, Russia has begun large-scale military exercises at training sites in the south of the country, in the annexed Crimea, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, reported the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation.
Tactical and special exercises will be held from August 9 to September 15 at 20 training sites in the Astrakhan, Rostov regions, the Stavropol Krai, Dagestan, North Ossetia, Chechnya, as well as in the annexed Crimea and at Russian military bases in …
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Kremlin promises to save Russians from imported goods
The import substitution program, which is being implemented in Russia, will allow a 2.5-time increase in the share of domestic products in the market, said Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu at a meeting with the staff of the Krasmash plant on Friday.
The phasing out of imports, as follows from the minister's statement, will begin in the coming years. The government has set a goal to increase the share of Russian goods has been set by 2025.
The driving force of the country's economic …
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Russia’s VTB bank: we are in Cold War with the West
Russia's exit from the SWIFT payment system will happen only if European governments decide to take such tough measures against our country, said the Chairman of the Russian VTB Bank management board, Andrei Kostin, in an interview with the German newspaper Handelsblatt.
"I don't think that's ever going to happen, unless European governments want to take such tough measures against Russia. But so far, even the United States does not have such plans. They would prefer to cut us off from the …