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The President of Moldova is open to annulling Association Agreement with the EU
The President of Moldova, Igor Dodon, stated that Moldova hasn’t benefited from the 2014 signing of the EU Association Agreement and this agreement may be annulled in the near future, Interfax reported.
“There is a real situation. We are pragmatists. We understand that there is the Association Agreement with the EU. By the way, I had repeatedly opposed the signing of this Agreement. I believe that Moldova gained nothing from it,” Dodon stated at a press conference after a meeting with Russian …
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A Russian is officially accused of planning of the assassination attempt on the ex-Prime Minister of Montenegro
Montenegrin authorities suspect a Russian citizen, Eduard Shirokov, of planning the assassination of the former Montenegrin Prime Minister, Milo Đukanović.
As Vijesti Online reported, he was charged in absentia of criminal organization and terrorist activities.
Earlier Shirokov and another Russian citizen, Vladimir Popov, were on the international wanted list. According to the prosecution, they and other citizens of Serbia planned to arrange mass riots and a coup d’etat on Parliamentary …
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The President of Finland: Russia longs for its former greatness
The primary problem that we face today is global security, this affects the Baltic Sea and many other regions. The tension is growing in the world and Russia is trying to take a more secure position (from its perspective) in such conditions, the President of Finland stated, as reported by Yle.
“At a basic level, Russia longs for its former greatness,” Sauli Niinistö added. Niinistö also commented on the statement of the President-elect of the United States regarding the lifting of anti-Russian …
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Russia denied reports about Putin and Trump meeting in Iceland
The press secretary for the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, assured Radio Liberty that there have been discussions about arranging a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Iceland.
"So far there are no talks about the meeting there," Peskov said in his commentary to the Russian RIA Novosti news agency. According to media reports, the Russian Embassy in the UK has called such messages "nonsense" and "a Briton’s attempt to undermine the …
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Peskov calls report made by U.S. intelligence on Russia’s cyber-attacks ‘unprofessional’
Press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated that the part of the published report of U.S. Intelligence about Russia’s involvement in cyber-attacks is unprofessional and does not stand up to scrutiny. TASS reports that he made the statement in an interview with NBC TV.
"The published report is just a strange thing and nothing more. It was made unprofessionally; it does not contain any evidence but has some silly statements and unsubstantiated conclusions. In …