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Russian foreign currency reserves in danger
The assets and currencies which the Bank of Russia holds funds in are depreciating rapidly, reports Finanz.ru. For example, gold, which the Central Bank of Russia has been actively purchasing for several years, has hit its lowest price since last year, dropping by roughly 8.5% compared to its April high.
Recently published data showed that last year the Bank of Russia began to actively accumulate reserves in Chinese yuans, tripling these investments. However, as part of its “trade war” with …
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Ukrainian Klikh imprisoned in Russia found in psychiatric hospital in Magnitogorsk
Ukrainian political prisoner Stanislav Klikh, sentenced by a Russian court to 20 years in a penal colony on charges of participating in the Chechen war, was found in Magnitogorsk in the regional psychiatric prison hospital, reported Russian human rights activist Tatyana Shchur. “He was discovered there by Catherine Burian, a lawyer of the Ural Human Rights Group, after Stanislav’s lawyer in Ekaterinburg, Roman Kachanov, reported that he was promised that his client would be sent there …
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Media: Russia admits possibility of Sentsov exchange
Alexei Kondratyev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Defense and Security Committee, stated on July 2 that the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov could be included in the list for a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
As reported by the Russian Izvestia newspaper, Kondratyev said: “I think Sentsov can get [on the list]. The issue of his exchange has repeatedly been raised by the Ukrainian side, and his name is still relevant [for exchange].”
On July 2, the First Deputy …
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Iran accuses Israel of conducting a 'climate war'
Israel and another "neighboring state" allegedly unleashed “a climate war” against Iran, stated the head of the Iranian civil Defense Organization, Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, reports the Iranian news agency Tasnim.
Speaking at Civil Defense Conference, he said that according to Iranian scientists, the climate in the country has changed as a result of “an external intervention”.
The official said that melting of the mountain snow at an altitude of more than 2200 meters is caused by …
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Putin extends ban on transit of goods from Ukraine to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Russian President Vladimir Putin amended the decree of January 1, 2016 regarding measures to ensure the economic security and national interests of the Russian Federation in the implementation of international transport of goods from the territory of Ukraine to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan or the Kyrgyz Republic through the territory of the Russian Federation. Putin extended these measures for another six months, until January 1, 2019, as reported by the Russian government portal …