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Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs and also top officials are among Cyprus ‘golden passport’ holders
Top managers of Russian companies and state banks, as well as entrepreneurs from the "high-risk" group who were under investigation or whose business was subject to sanctions or administrative fines, received together with their family members citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus in exchange for investments in 2008-2012, reported the newspaper Politis, which named 34 owners of Cypriot "golden passports" issued during the period when the president of the island state was the former leader of …
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Russia scrambles 8 fighter jets as U.S. Air Force strategic bombers fly over Sea of Azov
Russia scrambled eight fighter jets when U.S. strategic bombers entered the airspace over the Sea of Azov on September 4, reported the command of the Ukrainian Air Force.
"Formation of American B-52H missile carriers and Ukrainian MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters seriously scared the Russian occupiers, who scrambled eight fighters (4 Su-27 and 4 Su-30) and put the Russian Southern Military District's air defense on alert," the statement reads.
The Ukrainian command noted that NATO reconnaissance …
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Russia to hold military exercises in Belarus
The Russian military will travel to Belarus in the coming weeks for international exercises "Slavic Brotherhood 2020”.
On Wednesday, the preparation for the maneuvers was discussed over the phone by the Chiefs of General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Alexander Volfovich, Interfax reports, citing the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.
In addition to the Russian and Belarusian military, Serbian military will take part in the maneuvers. The exercises will take place at the end of …
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Putin refuses to explain to Merkel situation with Navalny’s poisoning
Vladimir Putin does not plan to issue any statements in connection with the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, who, according to German experts, was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.
The Kremlin "sees no reason" for comments from the head of state, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
The day before , German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded an explanation of what happened, calling the poisoning of Navalny an "attempt to silence him".
At the moment, there have been …
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Germany: Russian opposition leader Navalny poisoned with Novichok substance
The laboratory of the German Armed Forces found traces of poison from the Novichok toxin group in the body of Alexei Navalny. "At the request of the Charite University Hospital in Berlin, a special laboratory of the Bundeswehr conducted a toxicological study of Alexey Navalny's samples. An undoubted indication of the chemical nerve agent of the Novichok group has been established," reads the official statement issued on Wednesday by the German government.
Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the …