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Russia preparing to ban Microsoft
At the “Internet after Globality” conference, Herman Klimenko, advisor to the Russian president on matters related to the Internet, said that Microsoft “may be asked” to leave Russia, RBC news agency reports.
“I hope that we will be proud of those projects where we are doing really well - in artificial intelligence, neural networks, etc. It is clear that in today’s fragmented world, when Kaspersky is asked to leave America, and we are likely to ask Microsoft to leave us, it will be amusing to …
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Hungary offers to establish a working group with Ukraine on the language issue
Hungary has offered a solution to Ukraine regarding the language issue: to establish a special intergovernmental working group tasked with monitoring the implementation of the recommendations of the Venice Commission on the "language article" of the law of Ukraine "On Education," Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó reported on the website of the Hungarian government.
"Hungary is proposing the establishment of an intergovernmental working group tasked with monitoring the …
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Media: at Ukraine’s request shares of Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 may be seized in European jurisdictions
Naftogaz of Ukraine has begun the process of recovery in the courts of the $2.6 billion debt of Russia’s gas conglomerate Gazprom in compliance with the decision of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Interfax-Ukraine reports with reference to a source in the government.
It is noted that the legal process has been initiated in Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom under article 5 of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign …
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Media: Israel consents to the deployment of Syrian troops at its border
Israel has given its consent to the deployment of Syrian army troops near the northern border of the country, reported Channel 2 with reference to an unnamed high-ranking source.
The agreement stipulates that the government forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad will take up positions near the Israeli border.
“In return, Russia says that Iranian and Hezbollah forces will be kept away from the border,” reported RIA Novosti. The report noted that Moscow participated in the talks between the …
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Georgia severing diplomatic relations with Syria
In an official statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia said that Georgian authorities officially started the procedure for severing diplomatic relations with Syria after the decision in Damascus to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and establish diplomatic relations with them is considered by the Georgian Foreign Ministry to be a violation of international law and a demonstration …