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U.S. destroyer enters the Black Sea for joint exercises with Ukraine
The guided-missile destroyer USS Ross entered the Black Sea to participate in the Sea Breeze exercise, the U.S. Navy said.
“The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) entered the Black Sea to participate in the 21st iteration of Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 (SB21), June 26, 2021,” said the press service of the U.S Navy.
USS Ross will join 31 other ships in the Black Sea to participate in the maritime portion of SB21. The exercise scenario designed to bring together …
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Kremlin: U.S. will not be removed from the list of 'unfriendly states'
The Russian authorities do not plan to remove the status of an "unfriendly country" from the United States, which earlier paralyzed the work of the American Embassy and made it stop issuing American visas.
There are no preconditions for removing the United States from the list of unfriendly counties now, said Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a briefing.
Although the summit in Geneva was praised by the Kremlin as constructive, we still have to wait for the practical results, …
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Russian oligarch Deripaska predicts default of U.S economy
America is heading for default, according to Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire and a key shareholder of the holding companies En+ and the Gaz Group.
According to the businessman, the impending default of the world's largest economy is evidenced by the "fall in popularity of the dollar."
"The dollar is still the world's top reserve currency, but its popularity has already fallen to its lowest level since January," Deripaska wrote on his Telegram channel.
The billionaire referred to the article of …
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Kremlin pushes Russian banks towards imminent isolation from world’s financial system
The Russian government introduced a bill to the State Duma that would prohibit Russian banks from providing banking information to financial authorities abroad.
According to the document, banks will be forbidden to send information about customers and their transactions to the financial authorities of "unfriendly countries".
These measures are intended as a response to the actions of the United States and other countries. Their goal is to minimize the risks associated with the changes in …
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Biden brings potential new sanctions to meeting with Putin
U.S. President Joe Biden came to Geneva for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin not empty-handed. In February, he promised to end Donald Trump's policy of concessions and in March called Putin a "murderer." Before the summit, Biden refrained from making sharp statements and instead described Putin as a "smart" and worthy rival.
After the NATO summit in Brussels on Monday, Biden said he intended to convince Putin that it was in his best interest to behave in a way, that he considered, …
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Russian Billionaire Deripaska loses court case against U.S. Treasury Department to lift sanctions
The U.S. court for the District of Colombia has decided to reject billionaire Oleg Deripaska's lawsuit against the Department of the Treasury to lift personal sanctions imposed in 2018.
Deripaska, formerly Russia's richest person, will remain on the blacklist of the Office of Foreign Assets Control with a visa ban and blocking of all assets in the U.S., according to a ruling by Judge Amit Mehta released on Sunday.
During the court hearings, the billionaire, whose fortune is estimated at $3.8 …
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U.S. allocates $150 million in military assistance to Ukraine
The U.S. will provide Ukraine with the second package of military assistance in the amount of $150 million dollars, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Twitter.
"Important news from our American partners. The Pentagon approved the second part of security assistance to Ukraine in 2021 for $150 million,” Zelensky wrote.
According to the Pentagon website, the USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) package includes capabilities to enhance the lethality, command and control, and …
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U.S. promises to continue imposing sanctions against Nord Stream 2
The U.S. administration intends to continue imposing sanctions against Nord Stream 2. Such actions should demonstrate that the United States continues to oppose this project, said the U.S. Department of State spokesman, Ned Price.
"We will continue to impose restrictive measures against individuals and companies whose activities are subject to such sanctions. In this way we will demonstrate that we oppose this gas pipeline," he said at the briefing.
At the same time, according to Price, the U. …
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Lavrov: Russia will continue using U.S. dollar
Russia does not intend to stop using the U.S. dollar, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"We are not trying to escape from the system that now exists, and which is crucially based on the dollar," the minister said. Lavrov stressed that the U.S. either does not realize its responsibility as a country, the issuer of the dollar, or grossly abuses its position.
At the same time, the Russian Foreign Minister confirmed that the Kremlin wishes to "de-dollarize" the Russian economy.
"It …
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Putin claims he does not understand why U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not fully understand why sanctions are being imposed on Russia and does not consider the situation in the Russian economy to be a disaster amid rising unemployment and falling real incomes of Russians.
"We do not impose any sanctions. We only respond somehow, only where it is possible, not to harm ourselves, not to shoot ourselves in the foot. And why the American partners are doing what they are doing so far remains a mystery in many respects," Putin said …