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Russia's Rostec reduces its claim against Siemens in Crimean turbines case
A representative of Russian engineering company Technopromexport, a subsidiary of Rostec filed an application at the arbitration court of Moscow against German conglomerate AG and its two Russian subsidiaries for a fourfold reduction of the amount of claim, reported RIA Novosti.
“Now, Technopromexport, a minority shareholder of the company Interautomatika demands the recovery of about 46.8 million rubles [or 742 thousand dollars] and 1.4 million for Interautomatika. Initially, a suit was …
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Syrian and pro-Iranian forces attack US-Led coalition near Deir ez-Zor
The Syrian Army and Iran-sponsored militias attacked the positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the east bank of the Euphrates. The Syrian forces managed to take control of several villages located north-east of the city of Deir ez-Zor. The Syrian state agency SANA confirmed the information.
Later, the SDF forces brought reinforcements from Conoco oil field. They mounted a counteroffensive and with the support of strikes by the US-led coalition aircraft regained control of the lost …
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Deripaska’s companies ask Kremlin for help after falling under US sanctions
The Ministry of Energy of Russia received a formal request for government support from En+ Group and Rusal who have fallen under US sanctions, TASS reported, citing Deputy Minister Vyacheslav Kravchenko.
"They have sent us support measures that they require. There are quite a few of them, we are working with them," he said, without specifying which measures the companies are asking for or when they would be enacted. "Rusal made a large number of proposals. There are a lot of them. We are …
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Russia unblocks 3 million of Amazon’s IP addresses
On April 28, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) unblocked 3 million IP addresses from two sub-networks of Amazon cloud services, as reported by usher2.club online service which keeps track of websites and services blocked in Russia. The unblocking of sub-networks of Amazon was also confirmed by Roskomnadzor.
“Roskomnadzor unblocked three sub-networks of a number of foreign hosting providers in order to lift restrictions …
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Russia admits its GLONASS navigation satellites are made of over 50 percent of foreign components
Spacecraft of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) are currently made-up of almost 60 percent foreign components, CEO Nikolay Testoyedov told RIA Novosti. Testoyedov is the CEO of the ISS-Reshetnev company, a manufacturer of satellites. According to him, Roskosmos State Corporation, the governmental agency responsible for Russia’s cosmonautics programs, has developed a program of import substitution. Following this substitution plan, by 2022, GLONASS spacecraft should not be …