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Erdogan: Russian S-400 air defense systems to start arriving early July
Russia will begin to ship the S-400 anti-air missile systems to Turkey in the first half of July, Turkish President Recep Erdogan told reporters.
“We have discussed the topic of the S-400s with Russia, and it’s a done deal. We don’t see any problems. I think that the shipments will start in the first half of July,” said the Turkish president, as cited by TASS.
Erdogan emphasized once again that Turkey does not plan to call off the deal.
“In the context of the loan, Russia has granted us …
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Kremlin: US representatives to attend security convention in Ufa, Russia
Alexander Venediktov, Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta in an interview that a US representative will be present at the international session on security in Ufa.
“In recent years, the Americans have not participated in our event. However, this year at the session in Ufa we expect to see them,” he said.
Venediktov added that the attendance of one of the directors of the US National Security Council has been confirmed. He commented that this is a “ …
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Putin asks Kuwait Emir to release Russian woman convicted of embezzling $60 million
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the Emir of Kuwait, Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, to release the Russian citizen Maria Lazareva, who has been convicted of embezzling $60 million from Kuwait government funds, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reports, citing an anonymous source.
The article claims that Putin made his request while talking to Sabah IV when he congratulated him on his 90th birthday. Putin reportedly asked the emir to take personal control of the case and to help the …
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Leader of pro-Russian party Renato Usatii returns to Moldova after governmental transition of power
After the governmental transition of power, the leader of the pro-Russian “Our Party” Renato Usatii returned to Moldova.
According to the news outlet NewsMaker, he crossed into the country from Romania, entering at the Sculeni checkpoint. He was immediately detained in connection with the earlier charges levied against him and taken to the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases.
Usatii spent some time in the interrogation room, after which he left the building and …
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French Air Force to begin air patrols over Baltic in 2020
Chief of Staff of the French Air Force Philippe Lavigne in an interview with an American magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology said that the French Air Force will begin air patrols over the Baltic countries next year.
"As a part of NATO's plan to assure [our allies] of the support, we plan to help with a task of patrolling the Baltic region in 2020. We plan to deploy Mirage fighter jets in Estonia, as well as to conduct flights of aircraft of distant radar-tracking detection and management, …