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Forbes: Poker player Putin raises stakes on Syria, Ukraine. Can European Union call his bluff?
Октябрь 06, 2015
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Forbes: Poker player Putin raises stakes on Syria, Ukraine. Can European Union call his bluff?

Russian President Vladimir Putin is strengthening his negotiating power with the European Union, and the United States, in the standoff around Ukraine by backing Bashar al-Assad in Syria and bombing rebel militants there, even if they do not belong to Islamic State. Not only is Russia now setting the pace in the conflict in...

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Foreigners allowed to serve in Ukrainian army
Октябрь 06, 2015
LifeStyle

Foreigners allowed to serve in Ukrainian army

Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has amended some legislative acts on military service in the Ukrainian Armed Forces by allowing foreign citizens and stateless persons to serve in the Ukrainian army, and at the same time it has toughened the responsibility for mercenary-related activity. The draft law on the amendments registered...

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Ukraine continues pulling back tanks in Luhansk region
Октябрь 06, 2015
LifeStyle

Ukraine continues pulling back tanks in Luhansk region

There were no cases of the violation of the ceasefire by illegal armed groups in the Donbas conflict zone in the last day, which allows Ukrainian troops to continue pulling back military hardware from the contact line, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). "The long-awaited ceasefire allows...

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Ukraine defies Russia’s demands to pardon militants prior to Donbas elections
Октябрь 05, 2015
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Ukraine defies Russia’s demands to pardon militants prior to Donbas elections

During the Normandy Four talks, Russia insisted on the adoption of a new amnesty law, providing for pardon to Russian-backed militants before the elections are held in Donbas, but Ukraine has successfully defended its position, deputy chief of Ukraine’s Presidential Administration Kostiantyn Yeliseiev said at a Kyiv...

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Reuters: Egypt says Russia’s intervention in Syria will counter terrorism
Октябрь 05, 2015
News of war

Reuters: Egypt says Russia’s intervention in Syria will counter terrorism

Russia's intervention in Syria will curtail the spread of terrorism and help deal a fatal blow to Islamic State in the war-torn country, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Saturday, according to Reuters. Russia launched air strikes in Syria on Wednesday in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades,...

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Russia says to increase air strikes in Syria
Октябрь 04, 2015
News of war

Russia says to increase air strikes in Syria

Russia said on Saturday it would increase its air strikes in Syria and was willing to cooperate with all interested countries after carrying out more than 60 sorties in 72 hours there, according to The Daily Mail. "We will not only continue strikes… we will also increase their intensity," said Andrei Kartapolov...

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Ukraine begins withdrawal of small-caliber weapons from Donbas
Октябрь 03, 2015
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Ukraine begins withdrawal of small-caliber weapons from Donbas

Ukraine will begin the withdrawal of military equipment and small-caliber weapons from the demarcation line in the Donbas conflict zone in the afternoon on Saturday, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday. "In the afternoon on...

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Syria conflict: Russia and France meet amid tensions over air strikes
Октябрь 02, 2015
News of war

Syria conflict: Russia and France meet amid tensions over air strikes

  French President Francois Hollande heads for talks with his Russian counterpart on Friday, amid fears Russia is carrying out "indiscriminate" air strikes on Syrian militants. The White House says Russia is carrying out random air strikes against the Syrian opposition. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...

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Russia cannot do without Visa, MasterCard security system
Октябрь 01, 2015
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Russia cannot do without Visa, MasterCard security system

The Russian national payment card system handles Visa and MasterCard online payments with 3D Secure technology, using services owned by these international payment systems, Russian newspaper Vedomosti reported, citing sources in the banking sector. The Russian national payment card system (NPCS) is not able to provide ehnanced...

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Worst parents ever? Russian toddler hangs out of 8th floor window
Октябрь 01, 2015
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Worst parents ever? Russian toddler hangs out of 8th floor window

A shocking video has been released on YouTube showing a toddler standing on the ledge of a 8th floor window. One tiny slip and the child could easily have fallen to his death. His “worst parents ever” are nowhere to be seen. The incident took place in the town of Miass in the Chelyabinsk Region in the Russian Urals,...

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EU: agreement on small-caliber weapons withdrawal in Donbas «positive step»
Октябрь 01, 2015
LifeStyle

EU: agreement on small-caliber weapons withdrawal in Donbas «positive step»

The European Union called the agreement reached within the Trilateral Contact Group on withdrawal of small-caliber weaponsin the ATO zone a positive step forward, and urged to fulfill other Minsk agreements, in particular those regarding local elections. "The agreement on the withdrawal of tanks, artillery under 100mm and...

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CNN: Russia conducts first airstrike in Syria (Video)
Сентябрь 30, 2015
News of war

CNN: Russia conducts first airstrike in Syria (Video)

Russia has conducted its first airstrike in Syria, near the city of Homs, a senior U.S. official told CNN on Wednesday. The Russians told the United States that they should not fly U.S. warplanes in Syria, but gave no geographical information about where they planned to strike, CNN reports. The senior official said U.S....

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