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Kremlin unfazed by Iran’s decision to reboot uranium enrichment program
Russia’s Foreign Ministry says that Iran’s decision to relaunch its research and development activities on uranium enrichment centrifuges does not pose a threat because it is constantly being monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“There is no risk of the research being switched to use for undeclared purposes. Iran is fully compliant with the Non-Proliferation Treaty, it adheres to the IAEA’s comprehensive safeguards agreement, and is implementing the Additional Protocol,” …
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Putin orders construction of second gas pipeline to China
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Alexey Miller, CEO of the gas monopoly Gazprom, and gave the green light to a new megaproject to supply China with gas.
After the $9 billion Power of Siberia project, which will start pumping gas on December 1, Putin said that Gazprom must work on a pipeline to connect gas fields in Irkutsk, Krasnodar Krai and Yamal to the Chinese market.
The Russian President said that he has repeatedly discussed this matter with the Gazprom CEO and with …
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Ukraine to hold military exercises with US and Great Britain near Lviv
International military exercises Rapid Trident-2019 will be held from September 13 to 28 near Lviv, Ukraine, reports the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on its Facebook page.
More than 3,600 troops and 600 pieces of equipment from the United States, Britain, Canada, Georgia, Lithuania, Turkey, Moldova, Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania will participate in the drills. The 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces of the Operational Command West that was formed during …
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Kremlin: Russia's relations with Japan have reached a dead end
The Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov in the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on Russia 1 TV channel said that the Kremlin regrets that Russia and Japan cannot find a solution to the issues in their relationship.
"We state with regret that we have not yet managed to solve several fundamental problems," Peskov said. He stressed that Moscow has a positive attitude to the development of relations with Tokyo.
The World War II peace treaty between Russia and Japan has not been …
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Unidentified warplanes attack Iranian military bases in eastern Syria
Three explosions occurred near the Syrian town of Abu Kamal, near the Syrian-Iraqi border in eastern Syria, reports Al-Arabiya TV channel, citing the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
According to SOHR, the airstrikes targeted the headquarters and military equipment of Iranian armed forces and pro-Iranian militants, Harakat al-Abdal and Hezbollah. 18 militants were reportedly killed during the airstrikes.
The Syrian news agency SANA did not report the attack.
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