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Kremlin’s investigation: Murder of Russian journalists in Central African Republic was motivated by robbery
Russian investigators have concluded that the killing of the three Russian journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2018 was done with the goal of robbing them, said Igor Krasnov, deputy head of the Investigative Committee, as cited by Interfax.
“The established circumstances of the attack indicate that the murder was committed with the goal of robbery by residents of the CAR and adjacent countries who systematically commit severe crimes in this region,” said Krasnov.
On July 28, 2 …
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Algeria receives another batch of Russian T-90SA tanks
The Algerian Defense Ministry has received another batch of Russian T-90SA tanks, reports the Russian news outlet the Military Review.
The Russian tanks reportedly arrived at the Algerian port of Oran on a ship that departed from the Russian port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea. The arrival date was not specified, but the delivery was scheduled for January 8, 2020. The number of tanks in the batch is not known.
According to the blog BMPD, the T-90SA tanks were probably delivered to Algeria on a …
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Former Angolan president’s daughter accused of embezzling $1.3 billion becomes Russian citizen
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s last president, the first female billionaire in Africa and the eighth wealthiest businessperson on the continent according to Forbes, has become a citizen of Russia, TASS reports. Dos Santos herself confirmed the news indirectly on Twitter.
“It’s not news,” wrote dos Santos, who is facing corruption charges in her home country.
On December 31, the Luanda provincial court, at a request from the National Asset Recovery Service, seized dos Santos and …
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Gazprom vows to finish building Nord Stream 2 on its own
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said that US sanctions will not stop the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from being completed.
According to him, Russia is capable of finishing the project without the involvement of any other countries, although it will take longer.
In a broadcast of the TV channel Russia 1, Miller emphasized that the “technological risks are currently being dealt with using Russian capabilities”.
“There are no technological obstacles to us doing it on our own,” he said.
Previously …
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Putin to Assad: Invite Trump to Damascus
During his recent visit to Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin advised his Syrian colleague Bashar al-Assad to invite US President Donald Trump to Damascus, according to a story presented on the TV channel Russia 1 during the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin”. The topic came up while the leaders of the two countries were meeting with Patriarch John X of Antioch and discussing a statement about the Apostle Paul, who went to Damascus.
Commenting on the story, Assad joked that if Trump were to …