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Tbilisi: Russia deployed S-300 missile systems to Abkhazia
Interfax news agency reported, citing Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze, that Russia has deployed additional anti-aircraft S-300 missile systems to Abkhazia.
"We have information about the delivery of additional Russian S-300 complexes into Abkhazia. These actions of the Russian side, similar to the decision to integrate the South Ossetian military units into the Russian Armed Forces, yet again, confirm that Russian politics are oriented towards annexation, and not towards securing …
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SBU Head: Russian Eurovision contestant should not be allowed to enter Ukraine
The head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasyl Gritsak, believes that Ukraine should prohibit the entry of the Russian representative to Eurovision-2017, Yulia Samoylova. While speaking with journalists on Friday, Grytsak said that the decision has not been made yet, but he is personally in favor of the ban.
"My opinion is the law is for everyone! If a person crossed the border of the annexed territory – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea - this means she committed an administrative …
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The Kremlin: Yanukovych asked Putin to deploy Russian troops to Ukraine but it was not an official letter
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, confirmed that fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to deploy troops in Ukraine, as stated during an interview on the radio program "Moscow Says".
At the same time she accentuated that it was not a letter, but a request made by Yanukovych. "This is not a letter. This is Yanukovych's request. He has never denied that he signed it," Zakharova said, adding that …
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US officials: Washington knows where Putin’s assets are but freezing them will bring havoc to the world markets
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has tried to assess the effectiveness of sanctions against Russia, reports Voice of America.
During the hearings, Senator Mike Crapo, the head of the committee, recalled that the U.S. Treasury sanctions list includes 520 Russian enterprises, commercial companies and individuals that are involved in aggression against Ukraine, human rights violations, and cyber-attacks against the United States and Western European countries.
According to expert estimates, the …
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Renovation of Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier will cost Russia more than a billion dollars
Repair and modernization of the only Russian aircraft-carrying cruiser, Admiral Kuznetsov, may cost 65 billion rubles - more than 1.1 billion dollars, as reported by newspaper Izvestia, citing its sources in the Russian Navy and shipbuilding industry.
According to the publication, the scope of the work and its cost are currently being agreed upon. During the renovation, modern radio electronic equipment and weapons will be installed on the ship, and the main propulsion plant will be restored. …