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Putin declares NATO ‘threat’ to Russian security
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new defense strategy document that declares the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) a threat to Russia’s national security. The document, which was signed by Putin this week, considers NATO’s military buildup in various countries as a major foreign threat against Russian national...
DPR says two residents, serviceman killed in Ukrainian army shelling
Pro-Russia forces in east Ukraine say shelling by Ukrainian military forces in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) killed two civilians and a serviceman last week. “The armed forces have committed 14 violations in the DPR over the past day. Kominternove, Zhabunki, Nova Laspa, Zaitseve and the Donetsk airport have been...
Three Moroccans taken off Kiev-Paris flight for jokes about ties with terrorists
Three Moroccans were removed from a Kiev-Paris flight at Kiev’s Borispol International Airport and taken to police after lame jokes about their ties with terrorists, a spokesman for Ukraine’s state border service said. “The jokes by three Moroccan citizens entailed the delay of a flight from the Borispol airport to Paris. While...
Russian President orders counter-terrorism units on coasts
Russia is set to establish several counter-terrorism operational headquarters in different coastal areas across the country, as Moscow is engaged in fighting with terror groups in Syria. The units which are to be set up under an order by President Vladimir Putin will be located in Kaspiysk on the Caspian Sea, Murmansk in Russia’s north-west...
Gazprom awards China gas pipeline contract to Putin ally
Russia’s giant gas company has awarded a 2.8-billion-dollar contract to an influential company for work on building a gas pipeline to China. Gazprom awarded Stroygazmontazh (SGM) contracts for work on building the Power of Siberia gas pipeline to China, tender documents show, Press TV reported. Engaged in construction work for the oil and...
US orders 20 more Russian rocket engines
Two US companies have ordered a new batch of Russian rocket engines for civil and commercial launches, shortly after Congress removed a ban on using such rockets. According to reports, United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, said Wednesday it had ordered 20 new RD-180 rocket engines from Russia on top of 29...
EU ‘plays short-sighted sanctions game’ instead of fighting terrorism together: Moscow
The European Union should join Russia in its battle against international terrorism instead of imposing “illogical” and “ineffective” sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in response to the six-month prolongation of restrictive measures by the EU. “Instead of building constructive cooperation in countering the key challenges of our...
EU extends anti-Russia sanctions over Ukraine
The European Union has agreed to prolong economic sanctions against Russia for another six months over its alleged involvement in the Ukraine crisis. “On 21 December 2015, the Council prolonged EU economic sanctions against Russia until 31 July 2016,” the EU Council press service said in a communique in Brussels on Monday. The...
Russia to introduce food embargo against Ukraine due to Kiev-EU trade deal
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow will introduce a food embargo against Ukraine due to Kiev’s trade deal with the European Union (EU). According to Press TV, Medvedev said at a government meeting on Monday that the embargo will take effect next month. The ban is an extension to the punitive measures Russia has already...
West can’t impose values on rest of the world: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized some Western powers for trying to impose their values and version of “democracy” on the rest of the world. Putin said in a documentary aired on Russian state television on Sunday that the leaders of certain Western countries had no right to force their ways on African and Middle Eastern nations....
