Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister owns eight-million-dollar villa in Dubai
The family of the former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, now head of state-owned bank Vnesheconombank, Igor Shuvalov owns a villa in Dubai worth approximately $8 million, OCCRP reported with reference to emirate’s private real estate registry.
An exclusive building with a private beach and swimming pool is located on the shores of Palm Jumeirah, an artificial island in the Persian Gulf. Nearby are villas owned by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the youngest son of the former Emir of Dubai, Ilham …
Media: Russia is trying to include China in the negotiations on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Russia has asked China to take part in negotiations on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, reported Nikkei, citing sources familiar with the situation.
According to the news agency, the proposal was given in October, and “apparently, Beijing did not reject this idea.”
A source close to the Russian government told the agency that Russian president Vladimir Putin might have touched on the topic of inviting China to the negotiations in a short conversation with US President Donald Trump in …
Lukashenko suspects that Kremlin is trying to incorporate Belarus into Russia
At a press conference with reporters in Minsk, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that it is important for him to maintain independence from other countries, BelTA reported.
Lukashenko noted that there are no absolutely independent states in the world. Russia itself, according to Lukashenko, is rather sovereign than independent.
“If they want to divide us into regions and incorporate into Russia, as the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky suggested, it will never happen. And if the …
Putin promises to get things straight with Cirque du Soleil in Moscow
Vladimir Putin has promised to investigate the opening of a new venue of the Canadian circus, Cirque du Soleil, in the Skolkovo Center in Moscow.
While speaking at a council session, Edgard Zapashny, director of the Great Moscow Circus, drew the president’s attention to the fact that a stationary venue of the Cirque du Soleil is to be opened in the Skolkovo Center in 2019. The artist considers this “unacceptable” because he fears it will negatively affect the Russian circus and Russian sport. …
Netherlands increases defense spending
According to the Dutch Broadcasting Foundation NOS, the Dutch government plans to increase defense spending next year at NATO’s insistence. The exact amount of the increase will be announced in the spring. Current information only reveals that the Netherlands will purchase more tanks and fighter jets.
The Netherlands’s militarization priorities include an investment in fifteen F-35 fighters in addition to the already agreed 37 aircraft, strengthening land and sea forces, and increased …