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Special FSB unit behind Navalny’s assassination attempt
A group of Russian FSB officers, suspected of poisoning Alexei Navalny, may be involved in three more murders.
These people are members of a classified FSB unit which was tasked with the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. It is a long-running and well-funded group which is engaged in high profile murders.
Christo Grozev, a journalist from the investigative website Bellingcat, said on air of Ekho Moskvy that people suspected of poisoning Alexei Navalny are responsible for …
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Russia deploys military aircraft and helicopters to Syrian-Turkish border
Russia is strengthening its military presence in Syrian territories bordering Turkey and began to deploy military equipment, including combat aviation there.
After the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh there is an increased risk of escalation in these territories, reports the Russian news outlet “TRT in Russian”.
According to the publication, Russia's military equipment and troops are being deployed to northeast Syria. In the last month alone, the number of troops in Al-Hasakah Governorate has …
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Russia opens criminal case against Navalny
The Kremlin is making every effort to ensure that opposition politician Alexei Navalny does not return home. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the oppositionist under the article of fraud on a particularly large scale.
The reason for this was voluntary donations of Russians to the Anti-Corruption Foundation header by Navalny, the Fifth Season media support fund, the Foundation for the Organization and Coordination of Citizens' Rights and the …
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Russia bans entry to members of Germany's security and intelligence agencies
The Kremlin has banned officials of the "German Defense Ministry's security and intelligence agencies" entry to Russia.
"According to the diplomatic principle of reciprocity, senior members of the German security and intelligence agencies that are part of the German Defense Ministry system have been placed on Russian no-entry list," said the Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement.
The decision relates to EU sanctions against the leadership of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the …
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Russia expels Bulgarian diplomat
The Russian Foreign Ministry has handed the Bulgarian Ambassador a note declaring a persona non grata an employee of the Bulgarian diplomatic mission in Moscow.
Assistant military attaché Mitko Borisov is required to leave Russia in the next 72 hours.
"This step was taken by the Russian side in response to Bulgaria's unjustified decision to expel the military, air force and naval attaché at the Russian Embassy in Sofia in December," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
On …
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NATO fighter jets intercept hundreds of Russian warplanes in 2020
This year, The North Atlantic Alliance Air Force intercepted hundreds of Russian warplanes approaching NATO airspace, reports NATO’s press service.
"NATO air forces across Europe scrambled more than 400 times in 2020 to intercept unknown aircraft approaching Alliance airspace. Almost 90 percent of these missions - around 350 - were in response to flights by Russian military aircraft. This is a moderate increase from 2019," the statement reads.
NATO noted that Russian military aircraft often …
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Kremlin prepares to change power in Belarus
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is working on creating a pro-Russian party "Right of the People" in Belarus which will advocate for integration with Russia but will oppose Alexander Lukashenko.
The Kremlin and Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service have developed a so-called "plan B" for Belarus to overthrow the country's head Alexander Lukashenko, reports the Russian publication The Insider with reference to the correspondence of Chief of the Russian Presidential Directorate for …
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One million dollars stolen from Russian Foreign Ministry’s building
More than a million dollars were stolen from the main building of the Russian Foreign Ministry. An employee of the Ministry and her partner are suspected of the crime, REN TV reports.
The theft took place in December 2019. The Russian Foreign Ministry received one and a half million dollars for consular services from Iran, which were sent by the diplomatic mail.
In Moscow, a box with the money was accepted by Natalia Agaltsova, an expert of the Foreign Exchange and Finance Department of the …
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Russia sends military advisors to Central African Republic
300 Russian military instructors have been sent to the Central African Republic, RIA Novosti reports, citing a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Russians will train soldiers of the CAR national army.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that the purpose of the mission is to “assist" in strengthening the defense capability of the Central African Republic (CAR). The ministry added that the advisers were requested by the leadership of the republic.
"The relevant notice has …
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Columbia expels two Russian diplomats for espionage
Colombian authorities have expelled two Russian diplomats from the country, reported the newspaper El Tiempo with reference to the director of Columbia’s immigration service Juan Francisco Espinosa.
"On December 8, two Russian citizens who worked at this country’s embassy on our territory left the country," he said.
According to him, these persons were expelled for interstate reasons. "Given the circumstances in which these two people leave, they will not be able to return to the country in …