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Two Russian amphibious assault ships entered the Mediterranean
On the 16th of November, a large landing ship of the Russian Northern Fleet, the Georgii Pobedonosets, heading for Syria with cargo, entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Black Sea Straits, according to Istanbul information portals containing photos of its passage through the Bosphorus. According to British websites, a large landing ship of the Baltic Fleet, the Korolev, also entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Straits of Gibraltar.
It is expected that both landing ship are heading …
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US State Department believes reports that Russia bombed hospital in Syria are accurate
A spokesperson for the United States Department of State, John Kirby, stated that the U.S. Department of State sees no reason to doubt the validity of reports stating that airstrikes were carried out on five hospitals and at least one mobile hospital in Syria.
“We saw reports from humanitarian organizations that airstrikes were carried out on five hospitals and at least one mobile hospital. We believe this data to be credible,” Kirby said at the briefing, adding that the United States received …
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Media: Trump is planning to visit Russia after his inauguration
The newly elected President of the United States, Donald Trump, is planning on visiting Russia right after his inauguration which will take place on January 20. This has been reported by Izvestia, citing an unnamed source in the Republican party.
According to the newspaper's source, Trump advisors convinced him that he should pay a visit to Russia right after the inauguration but not before.
The author of The National Interest, Dimitri Simes, believes that the decision to visit Russia after …
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Russia bans LinkedIn website
Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications, also known as Roskomnadzor, announced on Thursday that it had banned LinkedIn and instructed Russian telecommunications operators to block the website, TASS reported.
"Based on the court’s ruling that entered into force, the LinkedIn social network has been included in the registry of those violating the rights of personal data owners and is to be blocked by telecommunications …
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The U.S. called Russia's actions in Syria a violation of international law
The resumption of air strikes by Russia and by the regime of Bashar al-Assad, which Russia supports, including at the hospitals in the area of the Syrian city Aleppo, as well as the continuation of the siege of entire residential areas is nothing else but a violation of international law.
This statement was made on November 15 by the Director of the Press Office of the U.S. Department of State, Elizabeth Trudeau.
"We strongly condemn the resumption of air strikes in Syria that are carried out …
