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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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Ukraine to export flour to the U.S.
Kulindorovsky baker's comany, located in Odessa, has signed a contract with an American company for the supply of high-grade flour to the United States, the Dumskaya news agency reports.
According to the publication, this is the first trans-Atlantic agreement for the supply of flour in the history of Ukraine.
The company’s management said that the conclusion of the contract was preceded by a long and laborious work, because the American food market is considered to be relatively closed to …
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Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau received more evidence tying former Trump adviser to Yanukovych regime
Detectives of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine received additional evidence of illegal payments from the "black cash" fund of the Party of Regions for an American political consultant, Paul Manafort, as reported by Dzerkalo Tyzhnia.
"According to the weekly, recently NABU received additional evidence of payments for Manafort from the accounts affiliated with the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych. The evidence was indicative of financial transactions in the European banks …
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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 …