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Media: New anti-terrorist law package could cost Russian mobile operators millions of dollars in EU fines
The Russian package of anti-terrorist laws (the “Yarovaya Package”) could result in 45 billion rubles ($1.74 billion USD) of fines for the four biggest Russian mobile operators since it proposes the storage of EU citizens’ personal information in the territory of Russia, which goes against European regulations, Vedomosti wrote on Monday.
The European General Data Protection Regulation was published in May 2016 and will enter into force on May 25, 2018. The Yarovaya Package was adopted in the …
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Russian court issues an arrest warrant for the Ukrainian prosecutor on Yanukovych’s case
The prosecutor of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, Ruslan Kravchenko, who is conducting the high treason case against former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych , was arrested in absentia in the Russian Federation for allegedly "unlawfully bringing to justice" an admiral from the Russian Federation, Russian media reported.
Reports say that according to Russia, "Russian citizen Admiral Alexander Vitko was deliberately, unlawfully brought to justice for political reasons in …
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Pentagon doubts that Turkey would purchase S-400 missile systems from Russia
The reports on Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense missile systems (ADMS) are false, according to General Joseph Dunford, the US Army Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a security conference in the city of Aspen. The video of the speech was posted on YouTube.
According to Dunford, the US pays great attention to relations with Turkey. “I've been to Turkey about 12 times over the past year,” he said. The General stressed that relations with Turkey are “critical” for the US, …
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Germany: Scandal with Siemens turbines in Crimea will lead to deterioration of Russian-German relations
The German government has said that Moscow's deception, bringing gas turbines made by the German company Siemens from Russia to the Crimea, despite its prohibition under EU sanctions and in violation of its contracts, will lead to further deterioration of relations between the two countries.
"Such a massive violation of sanctions will again burden German-Russian relations," the spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry told the German publication Bild am Sonntag.
It has been reported that …
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Ukrainian Military Command: Russia deploying three assault divisions on the border with Ukraine
Russia has augmented its military presence on the border with Ukraine, deploying three assault motorized rifle divisions, reported the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Facebook page.
“The organizational staff structure, armament and military equipment, which are coming in, is an evidence that these Russian divisions are essentially assault divisions, intended to carry out rapid aggressive actions,” the post cites Viktor Muzhenko, Chief of the General Staff and Commander- …