Contents tagged with Russia
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Russian Prosecutor General: The release of the Panama Papers was 'coordinated' by the West
Russian Prosecutor General Yuriy Chaika has referred to the release of the Panama Papers as “carefully planned and coordinated by authorities of the western states”. He said this while at the Federation Council of Russia on the 27th of April.
According to Chaika, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office had sent a request to Panamanian authorities to verify the information in the documents. “We are part of an information war and there will be no secrets,” Chaika said.
On the 3rd of April 2016, …
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Russia receives documents from Kiev to continue transit of goods through Ukrainian territory
As reported by the Association of International Road Carriers, Russia received documents from Kiev approving the transit of goods through Ukraine.
The Association noted that the documents have several limitations. In particular, the approval does not include cargo transportation through Ukraine to Italy or Turkey, and some of the permits are not valid for delivery of cargo to Germany.
Carriers can get permits in designated offices. The Association of International Road Carriers recommends …
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100 tons of Polish apples and pears destroyed in Smolensk region
Smolensk customs officials have destroyed 97.7 tons of Polish apples and pears that were smuggled into the region. This was reported to Interfax by the department’s Chief State Inspector, Vladimir Safonov. According to him, the fruit was buried at the RudnyaKomUslugi waste disposal site.
Safonov also reported that the department had destroyed a total of 189 tons of sanctioned goods in April. These consisted of apples, pears and cabbages.
"All of these Polish items were officially imported as …
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Moscow court extends detainment of Director of Library of Ukrainian Literature for another three months
The Presnensky District Court of Moscow has extended the detainment of the Director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature, Natalya Sharina, until July 29th, 2016. Sharina is accused of distributing extremist literature and embezzlement.
This update was posted on Facebook by Sharina’s lawyer, Ivan Pavlov.
The court has also denied the request that Sharina be allowed to take short outside walks during her detainment.
Investigators had searched the Library of Ukrainian Literature on the 28th …
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Russian blogger Anton Nosik charged with extremism
Well-known Russian media manager, journalist and public figure, Anton Nosik, was indicted for "inciting hatred or hostility, resulting in the humiliation of human dignity" on Tuesday, April 26, in Moscow. He was released on his own recognizance and ordered not to leave the country, reports Interfax.
According to investigators, on October 1, 2015, Nosik, "using his personal computer posted on a blogging platforms, with the aim of arousing hatred and hostility towards a group of people on a …
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St. Petersburg authorities refuse opposition's request to hold May Day demonstration in city center
Boris Vyshnevsky, the Deputy in St. Petersburg’s legislative assembly and Russian political analyst reported that, for the first time in many years, the opposition wasn’t allowed to hold a rally dedicated to the Spring and Labor Festival. “Petersburg democratic opposition received a refusal to hold the procession dedicated to the 1st of May and rally in the center of Petersburg for the first time in recent years,” the public figure wrote on his Facebook page on the 25th of April.
According to …
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Savchenko files paperwork to begin transfer procedure
Nadiya Savchenko has filed the documents necessary to be transferred to Ukraine, according to her sister Vera, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
"She now filled out the documents: application, biographical data, etc. In the words of the prison warden Kalgan, they are necessary for the extradition. She was told that the documents should be completed for the extradition procedure. Let us hope that this is the case,” Vera Savchenko told the TSN television network.
Last month, a Russian court found …
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The Center for the Study of Corruption uncovers embezzlement scheme involving Putin associate
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) uncovered that cellist Sergei Roldugin, a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, had withdrawn funds from the Russian budget and put them into an offshore company. The scheme was uncovered by Sergey Magnitsky, the lawyer of the investment fund Hermitage Capital Management.As a result of several operations, in 2008, $230 million was transferred to the account of the company “Delco Networks” registered in the British Virgin Islands, …
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Demonstration against Russian company's construction of nuclear reactor held in Finland
On the 26th of April, about 10 demonstrators broke into the construction site of a nuclear reactor in the north of Finland. Several more participants demonstrating against the construction of the nuclear power plant laid on the ground in order to block the road to the site, which is jointly carried out by the Finnish concern Fennovoima, and the Russian company Rosatom. The police detained 40 demonstrators.
“We want to remind people that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was built by the …
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Anti Corruption Foundation: Russia hid information about property owned by Putin’s son-in-law
An employee of Russia’s Anti Corruption Foundation, Georgy Alburov, posted a statement on his Facebook page indicating that property registrations belonging to the son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kirill Shamanov, have been illegally deleted from the Registry’s database.
According Alburov, the deleted records list an apartment owned by Kirill Shamanov on Zoologicheskaya Street in Moscow; the records of which have disappeared from the Russian Registration Service. It is also …