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Russian Deputy PM: Russia and Belarus failed to make progress in dispute over gas payments
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Moscow insists that Minsk pay the full amount owed for gas that Belarus received from Russia last year, TASS reported.
According to him, no progress has been made in talks between the two countries on the matter.
"We continue talks; no progress there, the arguments remain unchanged. Settlement options are changing, but as yet we have not found mutually acceptable ones,” Dvorkovich stated.
"Anyway, we insist on full settlement of the last …
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Former Russian Communist Duma deputy testified against Yanukovych
The Former State Duma deputy of the Communist Party, Denis Voronenkov, testified against the former Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant.
In his testimony, Voronenkov partially confirmed information that was provided by another former State Duma deputy, Ilya Ponomarev.
The interlocutor of the publication reported that Voronenkov took the initiative and contacted the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, …
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Russia’s National Guard and Federal Security Service will guard the Kerch Strait
The servicemen of the National Guard and the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation will ensure the security of the waters of the Kerch Strait, Rossiyskaya Gazeta wrote. “If the troops of the Russian National Guard previously served at Lake Baikal or the Yenisei, Volga and Amur rivers and some other marine areas then the Kerch Strait is a new area of responsibility for them,” the Deputy Chief of the National Guard, Major-General Oleg Borukaev stated.
The significance of the Kerch …
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Commander of the US strategic Command: Russia is developing anti-satellite weapons
The US strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) believes that the Russian Federation is developing weapons to use against satellites, as stated by the Commander of USSTRATCOM, General John Hyten, RIA Novosti reports.
“Russia is researching significant military capabilities to use against satellites including lasers and other military capabilities in space which may pose a threat to our satellites,” Hyten stated.
According to General, the use of such weapons may lead to a large number of debris in orbit …
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Putin’s advisor proposed limits on the Internet in Russia
The Russian Presidential Advisor on Internet issues, German Klimenko, said restrictions on the use of the Internet in the Russian Federation were the only opportunity to ensure information security, Interfax reported.“There is only one way: the Chinese policy. Certainly, control is needed because there are no opportunities to prevent it. China is less sensitive to public opinion. They assessed the threat and limited the Internet. Now, they don’t have such problems,” Klimenko stated at the …