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Researchers find cigarette butt in the lungs of Smolensk plane crash victim during autopsy
A cigarette butt was found in the lungs of the former President of Poland in exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski. This was discovered during the exhumation of the bodies of the victims of the Smolensk tragedy by Polish experts, who considered the autopsies conducted by Russia to be unreliable, Polish Radio reports.
Earlier, new evidence from the Sub-Commission on the investigation of the crash were presented in Poland. However, the causes of the deaths of 80 victims of the crash still remain unknown. …
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IOC urges Russia to stop cyber attacks against WADA
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, called on Russia to stop hackers who are revealing the information about the use of illicit drugs by athletes from other countries, as reported by the Associated Press.
According to Bach, the Committee will help the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to raise the problem of hacker attacks with Russian authorities.
The Anti-Doping Agency said that the database hacking is a revenge for the publication of the investigation …
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Panetta: The time has come for the US to send weapons to Ukraine
The former U.S. Secretary of Defense from Obama’s administration (2011-2013) and the former head of the CIA (2009-2011), Leon Panetta, said that the U.S. should provide weapons to Ukraine to deter Russia. He made this statement in his speech at the plenary session of the annual Yalta European Strategy meeting.
In his opinion, the provision of arms to Ukraine would be a symbolic step, and would be a sign to Russia that its continued pressure on Ukraine is not acceptable. "I consider it …
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Latvia records Russian military aircraft off the country's coast
On Saturday, NATO fighter jets patrolling the skies over the Baltic Sea escorted a Russian IL-20 military aircraft flying near the borders of Latvia, the National Armed Forces of Latvia reported on Twitter.
"On September 17th, NATO patrol fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an Il-20 belonging to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation over the Baltic Sea near the borders of Latvia," the statement says.
Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine and the deterioration of relations …
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US reconnaissance planes circles over Russia's bases in Syria
On Saturday, a US reconnaissance plane flew a short distance from Russia’s Hmeymim air base in the Syrian province of Latakia. It also approached the the logistics facilities of the Russian Navy in Syria's Tartus. The information was published by the web sites that track the movements of military aircraft. The P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy with registration number 168858 took off from the Sigonella air base in Sicily. Within an hour, the aircraft was flying over the …