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Russian Prime Minister: Moscow will find ways to help Cuba get oil
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on the Russia 1 TV channel that Russia would find ways to help Cuba to get oil.
The TV presenter asked whether Russian warships would escort tankers that deliver oil to Cuba.
"I think we will find other ways to help Cuba get oil and oil products... Today, by the way, we talked about it and agreed that we will create a work plan for the energy supply to Cuba, including traditional energy sources, hydrocarbons, and some other opportunities that exist," …
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Russia hands over anti-missile technology to China
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club said that Russia is helping China to create a missile warning system. According to him, only Russia and the United States have this technology now, reports Interfax news agency.
"I probably will not reveal a big secret, it will become clear, anyway, that now we are helping our Chinese partners to create a system of the early-warning radar system," said Putin.
The system, which includes ground-based radars …
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Russian journalist detained in Iran on suspicion of espionage
Russian journalist Yulia Yuzik has been arrested in Iran on suspicion of spying, according to her family members and friends. According to her colleague and her former husband Boris Wojciechowski, two years ago, Yulia worked in Iran as a correspondent, and several days ago, she went to Tehran.
"But the officials took away her passport at the airport, saying that they would return it when Yulia is leaving the country. However, yesterday, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps broke …
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Russian military attaché expelled from Belarus for espionage
Russian military attaché Roman Spiridonov was expelled from Belarus for espionage, reports sprotyv.info news outlet.
The publication writes that Roman Spiridonov "is not a diplomat at all." His main task is intelligence activities.
"However, he doesn't carry out his functions professionally, because his track record already has a high-profile failure – his expulsion from France, also on charges of espionage," the newspaper writes.
This is not the first incident this year, connected to the …
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Western banks refuse to connect to Russia’s SWIFT alternative
Major western banks have shown absolutely no interest in Russia’s alternative to the SWIFT payment system, which Russia created in 2016 after a sharp deterioration in its relations with the West, reports finanz.ru news outlet.
In the three years that the Bank of Russia’s System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS) has existed, only eight foreign entities have connected to it, said Alla Bakina, director of the Bank of Russia’s national payment system, on Wednesday.
Of these, only three …