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Montenegro overturns convictions of 2 Russians accused of coup attempt
Montenegro sent for review the case of the 2016 coup attempt, the defendants of which were two Russians. According to Newsru.com, the sentences of all the defendants in the trial were overturned.
In 2019, Russians Eduard Shishmakov and Vladimir Popov received 15 and 12 years in prison in absentia. Other defendants included Milan Knezevic and Andrija Mandic, leaders of the Democratic Front as well as several Serbian citizens.
The Montenegrin authorities accused them of attempting a coup in the …
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Kremlin cancels Putin’s meeting with Iran’s Parliament Speaker
A meeting of Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which was scheduled for Saturday, was cancelled.
Ghalibaf is on a three-day visit to Moscow.
According to Iranian MP Mojtaba Tavangar, the meeting was cancelled after Ghalibaf refused to accept the health protocols required for the meetings with the Russian President.
According to reports, very few people are allowed to have face-to-face meeting with Putin, as he remains confined to a …
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Russia resumes construction of Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Russia has resumed laying pipes for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, reports the Russian news agency Interfax, citing Nord Stream 2 AG.
"On January 24, the pipelay vessel Fortuna began work on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Today, the Fortuna vessel began laying pipes in Danish waters after successfully conducting sea tests. All works are carried out in accordance with the relevant permits. We will provide more information about the construction and our future plans," Nord …
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Russian special forces fail to advance in south-western Idlib
Russian special forces were defeated while trying to advance in the southwest of Idlib Province. The pro-Turkish militants repelled the attack, reports the Telegram channel "NORS / in Russian" with reference to local sources.
Fighting between the Russian military and pro-Turkish militant groups broke out in Idlib province, on the border with Turkey.According to the channel, Russian special forces attempted to take control of the pro-Turkish militants’ positions in the village of Al-Ankawi, in …
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Defense Minister Shoygu wants to increase procurement of hypersonic weapons for Russian Army
Russia is currently working on prcurement of hypersonic weapons for its Armed Forces, said the Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu at a meeting at the space and rocket company “Military Industrial Corporation NPO Mashinostroenia”, located in Reutov near Moscow, TASS reports.
"Using the estimates of the General Staff, we have begun work together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, on procurement of hypersonic and high-precision long-range weapons," Shoygu said.
According to Shoygu, in …
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Doctor who treated Navalny after poisoning dies suddenly in Russia
Deputy Chief physician of the Omsk Emergency Hospital, Sergei Maksimishin has suddenly died.
Maksimishin was the first doctor who provided primary medical care to Russian opposition leader Navalny after his poisoning.
The hospital reported that the deputy chief physician for anesthesiology and resuscitation of the Intensive Care Hospital No.1, assistant of the Department of Omsk State Medical University, Ph.D. Sergey Maximishin Sergey "suddenly died" at the age of 56.
The cause of death has …
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Russia expels three EU diplomats for attending rallies in support of Navalny
Three European diplomats must leave the territory of Russia, as they attended the rallies in support of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, said the Russian Foreign Ministry.
These are employees of the consulates of Sweden and Poland in St. Petersburg and the German Embassy in Moscow who allegedly attended the rallies in support of the Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that it considers the actions of diplomats "unacceptable and such that do not …
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Kremlin: Russia prepares for 'a serious conversation' with U.S.
Russia is preparing for a "serious conversation" with the U.S. over Washington’s response to the arrest of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
According to Zakharova, Washington should mind "its own business". She sterssed that the rhetoric that America supposedly allows itself about Russia will not be able to help in relations between the countries.
At the same time, she said that differences between Russia and the United …
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Kremlin gives Russian special services full access to users' cellular geolocation data
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has prepared amendments to the Communications Act, which will allow the Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Federal Protective Service (FSO) to obtain data on the location of users' mobile devices from telecom operators without a court decision.
The text of the document was published by the telegram channel OrderCom and later confirmed by the news website Kommersant.
The Ministry of Digital Development stated that the …
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Islamic Jihad Leader discusses 'Palestinian-Israeli conflict' with Kremlin
The Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Russia's former ambassador to Israel and now Deputy Foreign Minister and Vladimir Putin's special representative for the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov held an official meeting with Ziyad al-Nakhalah, Secretary-General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, based in Gaza.
"M.L. Bogdanov received the Secretary General of the Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad Ziyad al-Nakhalah," reads the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"The Russian side reaffirmed …