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US not pulling out of Open Skies Treaty
Washington is not stopping its involvement in the Treaty on Open Skies (TOS), and intends to remain committed to the agreement, a US State Department representative told TASS.
“The United States is not suspending its participation in the TOS. On the contrary, the US remains committed to the continued implementation of the treaty, as demonstrated by the authorization for the recapitalization of our Open Skies aircraft and our ongoing efforts to modernize our fleet,” the official commented.
The …
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Media: Russia warned Turkey about military coup
It was Russia that gave Turkish national intelligence information on the military coup being planned in the country, Iranian news outlet Fars reports, citing unidentified Arabic media. The information concerned Turkish President Recep Erdogan directly. Several helicopters were reportedly heading for a hotel in the Marmaris resort where the president was located at the time. Erdogan left the hotel 44 minutes before they arrived.
According to unidentified Turkish diplomats, the Russian army in …
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Russian billionaires lose $3.1 billion after Kremlin's tax hike proposal
Russian billionaires lost more then $3 billion in one day after President Putin’s economic assistant proposed to raise the taxes on the leading companies in Russia’s mining and metallurgy sector, finanz.ru reports.
In a letter addressed to Putin, presidential aide Andrey Belousov named 14 companies from which the budget could collect an additional 500 billion rubles ($7.53 billion USD) to implement Putin's May decree.
Emphasizing the “need to share”, Belousov pointed out that oil companies …
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The US freezes Open Skies Treaty with Russia
Paragraph 1242 of the Defense Bill, approved by the US Congress and signed by President Donald Trump, stipulates the refusal to allocate money for financing the Open Skies Treaty.
It is indicated in the Defense Bill that the funds cannot be used in 2019 to carry out observation flights. It is noted that the restriction can be lifted if the US president presents the corresponding committee of the Congress a certificate confirming the fulfillment of the agreement terms by Russia.
The document …
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US court refuses to dismiss the case against company owned by Putin's associate
On Monday, the District Court of Columbia (DC) refused to dismiss the case against the Russian company Concord Management and Consulting, which is accused of financing a propaganda operation designed to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election in favour of Donald Trump. The court considered that the special prosecutor Robert Muller did not exceed his power. Concord Management and Consulting petitioned for the closure of the case, insisting that the special prosecutor Müller was …