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Russian Prime Minister Medvedev orders confiscation of Chechen assets to service debt
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev gave a radical order on Monday to deal with the North Caucasian republics’ gas and electricity debt problem.
At the conclusion of the session of the government commission for the social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, Medvedev gave the order to confiscate energy assets in Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia in favour of state corporations.
Companies and networks are to be transferred to …
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Estonian intelligence uncovers a network of Russian agents
The Director General of the Estonian Department of Foreign Intelligence, Mikk Marran reports that Russian agents have been discovered among public figures, journalists, diplomats, businessmen and politicians, according to Delfi.
“We have discovered a network comprised of Russian agents, who receive instructions of what to do. We can clearly see that these people are carrying out a Russian agenda,” reports Marran.
He has warned that despite the meeting between US President Donald Trump and …
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Netanyahu to Lavrov: we want Iran out of Syria
During talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is interested in the complete withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria, reported TASS citing a source in the Israeli government, who also claimed that the prime minister did not reject any offers from Russia during the meeting in Jerusalem on Monday.
“Israel is interested in a complete withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria, …
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Putin asked to intervene in another war
Mahdi al-Mashat, leader of the Supreme Political Council of the Houthis, the Shiite rebels in Yemen, sent a telegram to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking him to help stop the civil war in Yemen, reported the Yemeni news outlet SABA.
In the message published by the news agency on Thursday, July 19, al-Mashat asked Russia to use its international influence to put an end to the aggression and remove the blockade (the air and sea blockade of Yemen put in place by the Sunni coalition). He …
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Israel rejects Russian idea for a buffer zone in the Golan Heights
Israeli authorities have rejected the Russian proposal to create a 100-kilometer zone at the borderline between Israel and Syria, into which Iranian troops would not be allowed. This proposal was offered on Monday, July 23, during negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a Russian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Jerusalem.
In response to Lavrov, Netanyahu said that Israel would not allow Iranian forces, fighting on the side of Syrian dictator …