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SpaceX will launch Spanish satellite instead of Russia
The U.S. company, SpaceX, received a contract for the lunch of a Spanish satellite that Russian Kosmotras failed to implement due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. According to information published on the customer’s website, the Spanish company, Hisdesat, has signed an agreement with SpaceX on the launch of the Earth radar observation satellite, PAZ.
The Falcon 9 carrier rocket will deliver this satellite into orbit. The numerous achievements of other companies that have used it serve as a …
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Ukraine to consider imposing sanctions on subsidiary of Russia's Sberbank
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) issued a statement in which it threatened that it would require the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of the country to impose sanctions against the Ukrainian "daughter" of Sberbank. The statement of the NBU followed the reports that Sberbank has begun to serve customers with passports from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.
"If this information is confirmed, the NBU will initiate a request to the NSDC to apply sanctions to …
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Russian representatives in The Hague claim separatists found weapons in the mines of the Donbas
The Russian Delegation to the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague claims that militants in the Donbas do not receive weapons from the Russian Federation, but rather "find them on their own".
This statement was made by Ilya Rogachev, a Russian representative involved in the process, Evropeyskaya Pravda news website reports.
Rogachev named the main source of weapons as "stocks from the Soviet times" that were located on Ukrainian territory.
"A large share of these reserves were left …
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Russian Defense Ministry confirms Egypt will begin receiving Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters later this year
The Director General of Russia's Rosoboronexport concern, Alexander Mikheev stated in his interview with Interfax that Russia will start supplying Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters to Egypt in 2017. “No, the supplies haven’t started yet. They will start this year. Everything is covered under the terms of the contract,” Mikheev said.
On Tuesday, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov confirmed that Egypt will begin receiving Russian-built Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters later this year. …
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Estonia intends to demand compensation from Russia for the 'Soviet occupation'
Estonian Minister of Justice Urmas Reinsalu announced that the country has reasons to demand apologies or compensation from Russia, the successor to the USSR, for damage incurred during the years the Soviet Union stayed in the country.
This succession was preserved "after annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940," according to him.
This issue was agreed upon by the Estonian government in 2004 based on international law, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine. The authorities came to the conclusion …