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Ukraine bans supply of An-148 aircraft engines to Russia
Ukrainian authorities have banned the supply of D-436 engines for civil aircraft to Russia, as stated by the Deputy Minister of Industry of the Russian Federation, Oleg Bocharov, during the round table in the State Duma, TASS reports.
"Unfortunately, the Ukrainian authorities have banned the supply of the 436th engine for civilian purposes," he said.
The D-436 engines are produced by the Motor Sich enterprise. In Russia they are installed on An-148 and Be-200 amphibious aircraft. As an …
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Kremlin confirms that ‘several dozen Russians were killed and injured in recent military clash in Syria’
In Syria, "during the recent military clash", several dozen Russians were injured, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement published on the Ministry’s website. The Ministry did not specify what kind of military clash it was and where it occurred.
"During a recent military confrontation, in which the military personnel of the Russian Federation were not involved and no regular technical means were used, Russian citizens and citizens of other CIS countries were killed. This …
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Kremlin: Nearly 50,000 Russian soldiers took part in military action in Syria
48 thousand Russian servicemen took part in the military operation in Syria in 2015-2017, as stated by the chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Vladimir Shamanov at a briefing for foreign military attaches in Moscow, reports DW.
At the same time, he said that the Russian military killed 60 thousand fighters, including about three thousand who were Russian by birth.
It should be noted that Russian air forces have been repeatedly accused of falsifying reports about numbers of air …
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Russian deputy faces up to 5.5 years in Spanish prison in 'Russian Mafia' case
In Spain, State Duma Deputy Vladislav Reznik faces up to five and a half years in prison and a €100 million fine in the case of the “Russian mafia”, reported La Opinion de Malaga.
On Monday, February 19, the court began to hear the case about money laundering in Spain by Russian immigrants. According to the investigation, the crimes were committed in the 1990s.
Among the defendants of the case is the current State Duma deputy Vladislav Reznik. He attended the trial. “I came to the session …
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Germany will triple the number of troops in NATO exercises to keep Russia in check
In 2018, three times more military personnel from Germany will take part in NATO exercises to contain Russia, reported Spiegel Online, citing as a source a statement from the German Ministry of Defense.
Plans are for 12,000 German soldiers to participate in the exercises on the eastern and northern flanks of NATO.
The cost for the German military to participate in the exercises will be €90 million. In 2017, 4,000 Bundeswehr soldiers participated in the NATO exercises.
In particular, 8,000 …