The Maltese government has seized more than $1 billion of "counterfeit" Libyan currency that was printed by the Russian state-owned company Goznak, stated the U.S  State Department on its website.

The seizure of a batch of Libyan dinars, which is worth $1.1 billion, was carried out on May 26, the statement said, in terms of the U.S. currency.

“$1.1 billion of counterfeit Libyan currency printed by Joint Stock Company Goznak—a Russian state-owned company—and ordered by an illegitimate parallel …

The new sanctions which the U.S. is planning to impose against Nord Stream-2 will not disrupt its construction, stated Russian President’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, TASS reports.

According to him, Moscow has not changed its plans for this gas pipeline and Russian authorities view any sanctions “extremely negatively".

"We believe that such attempts are nothing but an act of unfair competition and are contrary to international law," he said.

The U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell …

Fighters of the Russian private military company Wagner arrived at Bani Waled airfield in Libya. The video published on Thursday, May 28, by the Telegram channel "Military Informant" shows vehicles loaded with equipment entering the airfield. The Wagner fighters can be seen near the cargo plane. Presumably, they are leaving the country. As the Military Informant notes, it is not known at this time whether all troops will be withdrawn from Libya or whether it is a rotation of the personnel. …