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Bulgaria expels sixth Russian diplomat over espionage
Bulgaria has declared persona non grata a Russian military attache who works at the Russian Embassy in Sofia. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the diplomat must leave the country within 72 hours.
According to the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office, he collected information that constitutes state secrets, in particular, about the number of U.S. troops stationed in Bulgaria.
According to the website of the Russian Embassy, the position of military attaché is occupied by Vasily …
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Belarusian KGB chief speaks about Russia's plot against Lukashenko
The head of the State Security Committee of Belarus Ivan Tertel said that during the trial of former presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka, the scheme of Russian interference in the presidential elections will be shown, Nasha Niva reports.
According to the head of the special services of the self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko, one of the reasons for the current political crisis in the country are economic problems.
"We have questions with Russia about the price of oil. You …
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Kyiv: Russia blocks Ukraine’s prisoner exchange with LPR and DPR
Russia continues to block the exchange of detained persons, demanding that Ukraine adopt the "peace plan" proposed by representatives of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, announced the representative of the Ukrainian delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) Serhiy Garmash on air of the channel "Ukraine 24".
"We have submitted four lists. there are more than 200 people, 11 of them are in serious physical condition. Russia has never filed any lists in the six months …
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Russia begins testing new naval surveillance system in the Black Sea
Russia is testing a new surface surveillance system in the Black Sea, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the Scientific and Research Institute for Long-Distance Radio Communications (NIIDAR), which was involved in the development of this tracking system.
The institute noted that the system was given the working name "Strategy" and is currently monitoring the surface situation in the Black Sea. The system uses "satellite and ground-based automatic information systems, data from various radar …
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Putin vows to strengthen ‘support for Donbas’
Russia is going to increase its "support for Donbass”, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference.
According to him, the Kremlin understands "the complexity of the situation that has developed in the Donbass." Therefore, as the Donbas will continued to receive the same support it used to receive before.
"We will even increase our support for the Donbas. This applies to support for production, social issues, infrastructure issues, and so on. So, we will move in this direction," …