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Maduro asks Putin for $1 billion to mine gold and diamonds
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who arrived in Moscow on his fourth official visit in two years, said that he sees opportunities to increase Russian investment in the Venezuelan economy by another $1 billion.
This amount, according to TASS, appears in the supporting materials for Maduro's talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which are taking place in the Kremlin.
According to the documents, additional Russian investments can be directed to the development of the mining industry …
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Russia starts installing equipment to isolate internet
Russia’s federal communications censorship agency,Roskomnadzor, has begun installing equipment to implement the law “On a sovereign internet”, which will come into force partially on November 1 this year and completely in 2021.
Devices to “block network security threats” are currently being installed on the networks of the primary telecommunications operators, Roskomnadzor head Aleksandr Zharov told the TASS news agency.
Testing will start at the end of September and continue for several …
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Three Russian mercenaries killed in airstrikes in Libya
The forces of the Government of National Accord of Libya conducted several airstrikes during the fighting for the city of El Aziziain in Libya.
Three Russian mercenaries and members of the Libyan National Army, commanded by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, were killed, reports The Libya Observer news agency. Details of the incident are not reported.
In April, the commander of the Libyan National Army, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, announced the beginning of an offensive operation on Tripoli. After several …
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Maduro announces arrival in ‘Russian motherland’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced in a tweet on Tuesday that he has arrived in Russia.
“We have arrived in the Russian motherland in order to strengthen our historic and extremely positive relations and the respect between our nations,” he wrote on Twitter, publishing a photograph from the airport.
He said that the fraternal relations that Moscow and Caracas have built over the years “are the fundamental axis for building a flourishing future for Venezuela”.
Previously the …
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Russian MPs planning to attend UN General Assembly denied visas to the US
The United States did not issue visas to members of the Russian delegation who were to attend the UN General Assembly in New York. According to RIA Novosti, the heads of the International Committees of the Federation Council and the State Duma, Konstantin Kosachev and Leonid Slutsky, were denied entry to the United States.
Kosachev called this "an outrageous action" that has no explanation. Eight Russian diplomats were also denied entry to the US. The Russian Foreign Ministry has already said …