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Six people were detained in Russia for carrying anti-corruption slogans during government-organized anti-terrorism rallies
Six people were detained in Moscow during a rally in memory of the St. Petersburg Metro terrorist attack victims - five activists and journalist Denis Styazshkin, who photographed the rally in Gorky Park.
At a similar event organized by the authorities in Barnaul (Altai Krai), 8 people were detained. On a video taken by Anton Podchasov, an activist from Barnaul, it can be seen that those detained were either people with anti-corruption posters or those who criticized the authorities.
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Russian military to receive S-500 missile systems in the near future
The deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Viktor Gumenny, said that the S-500 surface-to-air missile systems will soon be adopted by the army.
"The adoption of the new air defense systems has already begun,” the Lieutenant-General said on Echo Moskvy radio. “We expect the S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air missile systems and the S-500 to arrive in the near future.”
According to Gumenny, the Rusian Aerospace Forces will also receive a number of new radar stations.
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Russia commented on Boris Johnson's cancelled Moscow trip
The spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova claimed that British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gave an absurd reason for canceling his visit to Moscow.
Zakharova noted that the cancellation of the visit happened “right after it was rescheduled.” She stressed that the reasons the British were changing their reasons for the cancellation, reported TASS news agency.
“It seems that our Western colleagues are living in their own reality in which they first coherently make …
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Russia and Iran warn the US against crossing 'the red lines in Syria'
A joint military command for the Syrian operation consisting of Russian, Syrian and Hezbollah has released a joint statement warning the US against crossing the ‘red lines’ in Syria as reported by Ilam al Harbi news agency.
According to the statement, Iran and Russia will ‘respond with force’ against any further American actions in Syria.
“What America waged in an aggression on Syria and is a crossing of red lines. From now on we will respond with force to any aggressor or any breach of red …
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Russian special forces carry out military exercises in Crimea
In Russia, the Special Forces division of the Southern Military District has begun the active phase of military exercises which also take place in the annexed Crimea, Interfax-AVN reported, citing Colonel Vadim Astafiev, representative of the Southern Military District.
“According to the plan of the exercises, the combined units of Special Forces (a convoy of Typhoon and Tigr armored vehicles as well as paratroopers landing from military transport planes) have arrived at the task execution …