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Kyiv denies Kremlin’s accusations of involvement in attacks on Russia’s military bases in Syria
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense denied accusations of involvement in the attack on Russian military bases in Syria, calling them an “information attack,” Ukrinform reports.
“This is another information attack [by Russia]. We reject these accusations, and of course, this information attack is done, first of all, to cover up what the Russian Federation is now doing in the Crimea as well as in Donetsk and Luhansk, where arms from Russia are supplied,” said the press secretary of the Minister of …
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Secretary of U.S. Treasury says Washington working on new sanctions against Russia
During a briefing at the White House, the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, confirmed that his department is working on sanctions against “Russian oligarchs.” A video of Mnuchin’s briefing was posted on the White House’s YouTube channel.
One of the reporters asked him how the work on the list of Russian oligarchs, which should be under American sanctions, is proceeding. “We are working on it, as we said, and it should be completed in the near future. This is something we are …
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Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs: There is no point in political meetings with Russia
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius stated that, at the present time, there is no sense in high-level political meetings with Russia. That said, all necessary pragmatic non-political contacts are being maintained, reported the news portal Delfi, citing an interview by the Minister on the radio station Ziniu radijas.
"We really do not see the point in high-level political meetings at present [with Russia]; moreover, they won’t solve anything additional, except politicize the situation. …
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Finland strengthens its border with Russia
The Finnish Border Guard is deploying additional personnel to enhance control on the border with Russia, Yle news agency reports.
The decision was made due to an increase in the number of tourists from Russia as well as the international situation. Perhaps, a more telling reason was the significant reduction in the number of border guards over the past three years.
"From 2014 to 2017 a massive reduction of border guards has been observed at the Finnish-Russian border. In some regions, their …
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US orders content producer for Russian Sputnik to register as a Foreign Agent
RIA Global LLC, a content-producing company that works for the international Russian agency and radio station Sputnik in the United States, has been ordered to register as a Foreign Agent, as stated in an official notification by the US Department of Justice, which was brought to the attention of RIA Novosti.
The document is dated January 5; the company has 30 days to execute the order. It says that RIA Global LLC "is engaged in political activities in the United States in the interests of the …