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Crimean power grid is being taken over by Russian state-owned enterprise
The energy infrastructure of the Crimea, which is currently managed by a Crimean-owned enterprise, will be transferred under the control of JSC Krymenergo where the Kremlin has a 100% ownership stake, according to a representative of the Ministry of Energy, as reported by RBC news agency. According to him, all of the facilities operated by the State Unitary Enterprise, Krymenergo, as well as the power grids that will be built as part of the federal program "Social and economic development of …
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Kremlin: peacekeepers in the Donbas should be deployed only along the contact line
The spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said on Friday that Russia once again agrees only to a UN security mission on the line of demarcation, reports UNIAN.
"Now, a Russian draft resolution on the participation of the UN peacekeeping forces is being discussed and finalized in the UN. There has been a lot of speculation on this issue, there was a lot of speculation in the Ukrainian media that peacekeepers will allegedly be deployed across the entire Donbas. I would …
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Crimean court sentences journalist Semena to 2.5 years probation
The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Simferopol, which is controlled by the Kremlin, has sentenced Crimean journalist Mykola Semena to a two and a half years suspended sentence with a probation period of three years and a prohibition on engagement in public activities, Krym.Realii reported.
The day prior, Semena made a final speech in court, during which he said that if he were convicted, it would "affect all of journalism in Russia."
The Prosecutor called for punishment for Semena in the …
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Captain of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate killed In Syria
Kurban Kasumov, Captain of the Main Intelligence Agency (GRU) of Russia, was killed in Syria on August 2.
This was reported in the community "Heroes of Russia" on VKontakte, and was noticed by a group of independent investigators from the Conflict Intelligence Team. The Russian Defense Ministry did not report on the death.
The community "Heroes of Russia" wrote about Kasumov's death of on September 21. Attached to the post are photographs, including his awards and a monument erected on …
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Journalist: Putin’s aide Surkov is a godfather of Zakharchenko’s son
The Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladislav Surkov, who oversees the separatist republics in the Donbas, became a godfather to a child of the leader of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), Alexander Zakharchenko, as reported on Facebook by journalist Denis Kazansky.
"I heard earlier that Zakharchenko and Surkov have already become related. Now it is confirmed. Surkov baptized the son of Zakharchenko, who was born two years ago. So while Surkov oversees the Donbas in the …