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Russian Prime Minister Medvedev: IOC has adopted a shameful decision in denying 'justified' Russian athletes from participating in the Olympics
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Facebook that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has adopted a "shameful decision" in refusing to invite 15 "justified" athletes and coaches from Russia to attend the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
"The IOC Commission has adopted a shameful decision. Unjust and unlawful. Immoral and politically motivated. By denying our athletes, whose rights were reinstated by a sports court designed specifically to resolve such disputable situations, the …
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Russian Defense Ministry accuses online publication Fontanka of disclosing information on pilot killed in Syria
The Russian Ministry of Defense has criticized an article by the online news outlet Fontanka which it claims disclosed the personal details of the Su-25 assault jet pilot who was shot down in Syria on February 3. The Defense Ministry considers this a “violation of the elementary concepts of decency and the ethics of journalist activity”.
“We are convinced that the law enforcement organs will give their assessment of what happened in accordance with Russian legislation,” RBC reported, citing …
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Putin signs bill to integrate Armed Forces of self-proclaimed South Ossetia into Russian army
Separate subdivisions of the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia were integrated into the army of the Russian Federation. The bill was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the press service of the Kremlin reported.
The bill provides for the procedure for “the entry of separate units of the armed forces of the Republic of South Ossetia into the armed forces of the Russian Federation.”
The bill concerning the Ossetian army joining the Russian Armed Forces was …
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Former NATO Secretary General becomes advisor to Russian-owned bank in Latvia
Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the Board at Latvian bank Norvik Banka, according to the website of the international intelligence community InformNapalm.
Grigory Guselnikov, a Russian banker, is the owner of Norvik Banka; he also controls Vyatka Bank.
In July, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) denied Grigory Guselnikov and Sait-Salam Gutseriev from purchasing the Ukrainian branch of Sberbank.
"This bank [Vyatka Bank] recently tried …
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Putin given a list of businessmen who wish to return home to Russia from UK
Boris Titov, Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights and leader of Party of Growth, said that some businessmen who are hiding in the UK from Russian justice want to return to their homeland. According to Titov, the list of their names was forwarded to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, TASS reported.
Titov had previously stated that he intended to petition for exclusion from Interpol’s lists those Russian entrepreneurs whose guilt seemed unproven.
It’s not …