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Russia demands Israel stop strikes on Syria
Israel could provoke a new round of tensions in the Middle East, said the Special Representative of the Russian President for Syria, Alexander Lavrentyev, commenting on Israel’s strikes on targets in Syria.
"These strikes must stop, they are counterproductive. We hope that the Israeli side will understand our concerns, including concerns about the possibility of escalation of violence in Syria," Lavrentyev said, as quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax.
"Sooner or later, the cup of …
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Kremlin: almost 640,000 Donbas residents received Russian passports
The Russian Interior Ministry says that almost 640,000 residents of the uncontrolled territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions have received Russian passports, reports Intefax with reference to the head of the Russian Interior Ministry's department for the Rostov region.
"To date, there are 639,000 people," Agarkov said.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs said that in 2020, almost 410,000 Ukrainians received Russian citizenship. In four years, according to their data, almost 90 …
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Russia begins withdrawal of troops from T4 airbase in Syria
Russia has begun withdrawal of its military from the T4 airbase, which is located in Tiyas, Homs Province, reported Telegram-channel "The Military Observer" with reference to local media.
T4 is the largest airbase in Syria. In addition to the Russian military, the airbase is home to Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps units and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters. There is no information whether Iranian and Hezbollah forces are also leaving the airbase. The T4 airbase has been regularly …
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Russia sounds alarm over Ukraine’s possible use of Turkish Bayraktar drones in Donbas
The Kremlin is concerned about the fact that the Ukrainian army could use Turkish combat drones Bayraktar TB2 against pro-Russian militants in the Donbas, said the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Alexei Yerkhov, reports the Turkish news agency Hurriyet.
Yerkhov said that, according to Russian experts, the Turkish combat drones Bayraktar TB2 will turn into a "tool of superiority" if the Ukrainian army uses them against the Russian military and mercenaries in the Donbas.
Yerkhov stressed that the …
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Media: several Russian mercenaries killed by rebels in Central African Republic
Rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) killed several Russian mercenaries from the private military company the Wagner Group and took another hostage, reported the local newspaper Corbeau News citing a source.
According to the source, the Russian mercenaries together with the CAR soldiers dismantled an fence, which was earlier built by the rebels. A fire fight broke out because of that, during which Russian mercenaries were killed.
The newspaper notes that the Russian mercenaries are …
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Lavrov: Russia's relations with EU started to deteriorate after Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity
After talks with his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the deterioration of relations between Russia and the European Union has been going on for a long time, and the EU initiated this.
According to Lavrov, "anyone who is not interested in the situation in Europe" understands that this process began many years ago”.
Lavrov believes that it all started in 2014, after the Ukrainian the Revolution of Dignity.
According to Lavrov, it was then …
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Russia completes testing of new missile attack warning system
Russia has successfully completed tests of the new Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN), stated the general designer, the general director of the corporation Vympel, Sergey Boev, reports the TV channel of the Russian Defense Ministry, Zvezda.
"At the end of December 2020, we successfully completed the tests of the SPRN system in general, including the command center," he said.
According to Boev, the main task was to ensure the processing of information and its immediate transmission to …
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Putin: Navalny used COVID-19 pandemic to fuel protests in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the protests in support of Alexei Navalny began because of the accumulated dissatisfaction of the Russians due to the pandemic.
"As for the fact that people went out to protests, also not only because of this individual [Navalny], yes, you're probably right. It is. You know what's going on, because this individual is taking advantage of it right now, just when in all countries of the world, including ours, people experience fatigue, accumulated …
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Putin: Russia is ready to turn off internet 'in the event of a real threat'
The Russian authorities do not plan to close foreign social networks and Internet platforms at the moment but will do so if there is a "real threat", said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the heads of the Russian media.
The Russian newspaper The Bell reports, citing participants of the meeting, that, the President acknowledged that blocking YouTube and other sites "will cause inconvenience" to Russians who actively use them.
According to Putin, because of that, the Kremlin …
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Kremlin: Russia is ready to sever relations with the EU due to sanctions
It is possible that Russia would sever relations with the European Union if it imposes sanctions which would hurt the Russian economy, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with the talk show “Solovyov LIVE”.
"We believe that we are ready. If we see again, as we have already felt more than once, that in some areas sanctions are imposed, which create risks for our economy, including in the most sensitive areas...," he said.
Lavrov specified that the Kremlin does not want …