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Bulgaria’s new president-elect looks forward to developing dialogue with Russia
The President-elect of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, stated at his first press conference that he looks forward to developing dialogue with Russia. “The in-depth dialogue with Russia will give a chance to reduce the level of opposition, escalation of tension and normalization of the situation in Syria and Ukraine. We all want it,” Radev said.
“The policy towards sanctions is the responsibility of the government,” Radev noted, speaking about anti-Russian sanctions. “However, as the President of …
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Russia and Iran are in talks over arms deal worth $10 billion
Iran is interested in buying Russian weapons including-90 tanks, artillery systems, aircraft and helicopters. The deal is expected to be worth around 10 billion dollars. This has been reported by several Russian news agencies with a reference to the chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Council of Federation of the Russian Federation, Victor Ozerov.
“These negotiations are underway. We have a base for it, the portfolio is worth around 10 billion dollars,” said Ozerov after a …
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Mogherini: The EU will not change its policy towards Russia, even if the US does
The EU “will not change its policy towards Russia” even if the US does. This was stated by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, after an emergency meeting of foreign ministers convened to discuss the outcome of the US election.
“The EU has a very principal position on the annexation of the Crimea and the situation in Ukraine. This position will not change, regardless of possible changes in the positions of other countries, particularly, the …
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Latvia plans to build a fence along the border with Belarus
Latvian authorities are planning to start the construction of a fence at the border with Belarus, modeled after the barrier erected at the border with Russia. This was reported by Delfi with reference to the head of the State Border Guard of Latvia, Normunds Garbars.
Garbars noted that the expenses are already built into the budget for the following year. "The project will be realized on the same principles", the news agency writes. According to it, the construction of the fence will begin no …
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Russian politician in Simferopol wrote letter to Trump asking him to recognize Crimea as part of Russia
The deputy of the Simferopol city council of the Crimea from the Communist Party, Stepan Kiskin, wrote a letter to the newly elected US president, Donald Trump. Kiskin stated this on his Facebook page.
Kiskin called on Trump to recognize the Crimea as part of Russia and offered to hold a second Yalta conference on the peninsula.
The letter to Trump, noted Kiskin, was sent to the US ambassador to Russia, John Tefft, with a request that the diplomat give the letter to the president-elect.
In …