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Belgian airline drops Russian Sukhoi Superjets from its fleet
The Belgian air company Brussels Airlines expressed its disappointment with their Russian planes. The company leases SSJ-100 Sukhoi Superjets in a contract that expires on March 2019, but they are already replacing them with Canadian CRJ-900 Bombardier, reported the newspaper L’Echo.
According to L’Echo, the airline cancelled several flights because of operational issues with the Russian planes. The airline also complained about the lack of maintenance manuals properly translated from Russian. …
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OSCE drone comes under fire in Donbas
An OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) drone was attacked at in the territory of the Donbas which is not under Ukraine’s control, according to a mission report published on Friday, November 2. The OSCE drone came under small arms fire when flying over the southern outskirts of the town of Zhovte.
“According to the mission’s assessment, small arms fire was again directed at the SMM unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). While conducting a mini-UAV flight in the southern outskirts of Zhovte, the SMM …
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Russia plans to create ‘cyber squads’
Russia considers creating “cyber squads” that should help law enforcement officials to search for extremist materials on the Internet, reported the website Roskomsvoboda.
The authors of the relevant draft law are deputies of the Russian State Duma from the party United Russia. According to their idea, "cyber squads" should be volunteer social organizations which would be created by Russians and would be staffed with only Russian citizens who have reached the age of 18.
The project’s goal is “ …
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Kremlin: Putin and Trump to conduct ‘substantial meeting’ at the G-20 summit in Argentina
Yuri Ushakov, advisor to the Russian president, reported that the leaders of Russia and the US would conduct a “substantial meeting” on the sidelines of the G20 summit which will be held from November 30th to December 1st in Argentina.
Ushakov added that the planned meeting between Trump and Putin on November 11th in Paris would be short. The presidents of Russian and the US will fly to the French capital for the commemoration of the 100-year anniversary from the end of the First World War …
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Journalist who wrote about Russian private military companies arrested in Moscow
A court in Moscow arrested Russian military expert Vladimir Neyelov on suspicion of high treason, reports TASS. The expert wrote several articles on the activities of Russian private military companies.
Neyelov, who is held in the Lefortovo detention facility, worked with the "Center of Strategic Conjunctures” and specialized in the activities of private military companies.
Russian media have repeatedly reported about the "the private military company the Wagner group", which, according to …