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Macron and Putin hold phone conversation to discuss situation in Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation on Friday.
The Kremlin’s press service reported that the Heads of State discussed the situation in Ukraine "with an emphasis on the need for full implementation of the [Minsk Agreements]”, among other things.
Later, Elysee Palace releases statement confirming conversation occurred.
"In connection with the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, the President of the Republic noted that implementation of the …
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Media: Russians came under fire during US strike against Assad's partners in Syria
Citing the publication Tasnim, the Iranian news agency Fars has reported that three militants affiliated with the group Hezbollah, as well as several militiamen and ‘several Russian military advisers’, were killed on Wednesday as a result of a strike by the coalition forces against supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the vicinity of the Hasham gas field in Deir ez-Zor province.
The report discusses the attack by Assad supporters, whom the Pentagon earlier claimed approached the zone …
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President Dodon condemned Moldovan parliament for anti-Russian declaration
Moldovan President, Igor Dodon, criticized the Republic’s Parliament for adopting a declaration in which Russia is accused of interfering in the country’s “information security.”
In his opinion, “all these systematic and intentional provocations are aimed at forcing Russian to take equivalent actions against our country.”
He also added, “I really hope that today’s hasty decisions won’t have serious impact on our relations with Russia.”
As previously reported, the Moldovan parliament adopted …
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Russia warned Israel against recognizing Holodomor as genocide
A Russian diplomat warned Israel about approving a proposed bill on the official recognition of the Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide, as indicated in a comment to a local radio station by the Deputy Russian Ambassador to Tel Aviv, Leonid Frolov, Radio Liberty reports.
"This is not the best time to discuss this proposal ... It will be bad, it will be a wrong step," he said.
Earlier, a bill to recognize the Ukrainian Holodomor as genocide was filed for consideration by the Israeli parliament ( …
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Oracle limits its work with Russian oil companies due to sanctions
Oracle, an American, multinational, computer technology corporation warned Russian oil companies that they would tighten the requirements for cooperation with them, the newspaper Kommersant, citing the corporation’s letter dated January 12. The list attached to the letter includes 283 companies including Gazprom, Rosneft, Lukoil and Surgutneftegas.
The letter refers to the ban by American authorities on deals related to deep water and Arctic offshore exploration technologies if they involve …