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France not to deliver Mistral warships to Russia: Defense minister
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says France has decided not to deliver two Mistral-class warships to Russia despite the knowledge that it will have to reimburse Moscow for its failure to fulfill the deal. Le Drian made the remarks while addressing experts and reporters at the German Marshall Found of the United States, a think tank in...
Russia vows to help Greece overcome financial woes
Russian President Vladimir Putin has assured Greeks that he will support them in the financial hardships they face after the Greek people overwhelmingly voted “No” to further restricting terms of an international bailout program. According to the reports, in a phone conversation on Monday, Putin discussed the results of a Sunday...
Putin to Obama: Let’s find solutions on international issues
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on his American counterpart Barack Obama to work together and find solutions on international issues. In a congratulatory Fourth of July message on Saturday, Putin mentioned the important role of the two superpowers in global problems. The Kremlin said in a statement the Russian president noted that...
More than 150 explosions near Donetsk Airport registered
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM) to Ukraine, in a report, registered 152 explosions in the area around the Donetsk airport. “The situation at and around the destroyed Donetsk airport remained volatile. The SMM heard during the day 152 explosions in the area,” OSCE, Sputnik...
Iran to export 28,000 tons of fishery products to Russia
An official at Iran Fisheries Organization says the country will soon export about 28,000 tons of various kinds of fishery products to its northern neighbor, Russia. Isa Golshahi, Iran Fisheries Organization’s director general for quality improvement, processing and development of fisheries market, told Mehr news agency on Sunday that...
West’s economic sanctions unable to split Russian society: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the West’s attempts to split the Russian society with economic sanctions have failed. According to Press TV, Putin said during a Friday meeting of the Russian Security Council “Today it’s clear that attempts to split our society, to play on some difficulties, to find a weakness didn’t...
Radiation spikes after wildfire in Chernobyl exclusion zone
Ukrainian nuclear inspectors have measured a significant increase in radiation in the Chernobyl exclusion zone caused by heavy wildfires raging in close proximity to the crippled nuclear power station. Air near the desolated settlement of Polesskoye in the Chernobyl zone is contaminated with the radioactive element cesium-137. Its content in the...
‘Probability of US fighting war against Russia growing’
An American military report has warned of a growing probability of the United States fighting a war with a major power, Russia or China, with “immense” consequences. The report released on Wednesday by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, singles out Russia and China as aggressive countries and a threat...
Canada introduces new economic sanctions against Russia
Canada has announced fresh economic sanctions on three Russian individuals as well as 14 legal entities over what it calls Moscow’s support for militia forces in eastern Ukraine. According to Press TV, the latest sanctions target Russian energy giants Gazprom and Gazprom Neft, as well as state-owned oil and gas company Surgutneftegaz, and...
Number of refugees from Ukraine exceeds 900,000: UN
The number of Ukrainian refugees has exceeded 900,000 people since the start of the outbreak of hostilities in eastern Ukraine in April last year, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said in a report. According to RT, some 746,000 have headed for Russia. Belarus received 81,200 refugees with a small number arriving in Germany,...
