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Linkevicius: Lithuania does not recognize legitimacy of Russian elections in Crimea
Lithuania refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the elections to the Russian State Duma that took place in the Crimea. The Russian MPs elected in the Crimea will not be considered as legitimate by Lithuania with all the attendant consequences, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius stated in his interview with DELFI.
“It doesn’t mean the direct assessment of elections as a whole; it means that we believe everything that is happening in the Crimea to be illegal. We don’ …
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Swedish MP who is native of Russia is suspected of 'political unreliability'
Political Secretary in the Government Office of the Nationalist Party of Sweden Democrats and native of Russia, Alexander Fridback (known under the pseudonym Putilov Yegor), became a reason for political scandal in the Swedish government.
Swedish Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist demanded an explanation from the leader of the party about the presence of the Russian, who is suspected by national security experts for political unreliability. The Sweden Democrats party could now face a vote of …
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Siemens announces it will not send turbines to Crimea
The President of Siemens in the Russian Federation, Dietrich Moeller, stated that the German engineering company isn’t going to supply equipment to the Crimea in circumvention of EU sanctions. According to him, Siemens observes all export restrictions and sanctions, TASS reported.
As previously reported, the German engineering company can reach an agreement with the Crimean peninsula on supplies of turbines for Crimean power plants.
However, Moeller explained that the matter concerns the …
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Russia places S-400 missile system along border with Finland
The Russian Federation has deployed two S-400 anti-aircraft long and medium-range missile systems near the Finnish border, according to the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Yle. The Minister of Defense of Finland, Jussi Niinisto, said that this move was predictable.
"Earlier Russia indicated it was making such moves, for example, the placement of the S-400 in the Kola Peninsula as well as in the Crimea. It is normal practice. Russia is using these systems to replace older S-300s," Niinisto said. …
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Japan does not recognize results of Russian elections in Crimea
Japan does not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in March 2014, and, therefore, the legitimacy and results of the "elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation," which were held in the Crimea on September 18, 2016, according to a statement by the Japanese Embassy in Ukraine.
The Embassy also stressed that Japan “supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and does not recognize the attempts to change the status quo by force.”
On …