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Netanyahu to Lavrov: we want Iran out of Syria
During talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is interested in the complete withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria, reported TASS citing a source in the Israeli government, who also claimed that the prime minister did not reject any offers from Russia during the meeting in Jerusalem on Monday.
“Israel is interested in a complete withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria, …
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Putin asked to intervene in another war
Mahdi al-Mashat, leader of the Supreme Political Council of the Houthis, the Shiite rebels in Yemen, sent a telegram to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking him to help stop the civil war in Yemen, reported the Yemeni news outlet SABA.
In the message published by the news agency on Thursday, July 19, al-Mashat asked Russia to use its international influence to put an end to the aggression and remove the blockade (the air and sea blockade of Yemen put in place by the Sunni coalition). He …
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Armenia refuses to revise the status of Russian border guards
Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the press secretary of Defense Ministry told Interfax that Armenia has no intention of revising the status of Russian border guards serving on the country’s border with Turkey and Iran.
"The minister talked about certain legal clarifications and technical details only with the aim of improving and developing [the agreement on the Russian military base]," Hovhannisyan explained to Interfax.
Earlier, Armnews and other Armenian media published the statement of Defense …
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President Poroshenko calls cooperation with Boeing 'a sign of Ukrainian independence in aviation’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko welcomed agreements between concern Antonov and American corporation Boeing on the supply of parts. According to the Ukrainian president, such an agreement is a “sign of independence in aviation” from Russia.
“These agreements are a sign of our independence from Russia in aviation and confirmation of a strategic course of cooperation between the US and EU”, Poroshenko wrote on Twitter.
The supplies are for An-148, An-158, An-178 aicraft.
It was reported …
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Media: Ukrainian exporters keep foreign currency revenue in offshore companies
Ukrainian business owners minimize their tax base by registering offshore companies and by keeping their foreign currency revenue in the accounts of companies registered in countries with a low tax load. According to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), more than a third of all foreign direct investments (FDIs) coming into Ukraine since the end of 2017 have come from countries with a low tax load. Furthermore, nearly 100% of direct investments from Ukraine have also been sent into low-tax …