Russia Signs 49 Year Lease For Military Bases In Syria
Russia Signs 49 Year Lease For Military Bases In Syria.
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Russia Signs 49 Year Lease For Military Bases In Syria.
The Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies, and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) threatened today to take measures against American media companies operating in Russia if pressure on the Russian television channel, RT, continued. Director Alexander Zharov said ways would be found to retaliate for the…
Nadia Savchenko, Ukraine’s MP and former Air Force pilot, has caused controversy with a suggestion that Ukraine should give up the Crimea in exchange for Russia leaving the Donbass region. On Tuesday, Savchenko stressed that the situation in the east of Ukraine can only be resolved peacefully. “Whatever my fellow…
Several years ago Russia passed a ban on the adoption of Russian children by Americans after the death of a boy at the hands of his American adopted parents. The law was named after Dima Yakovlev who died in 2008. Many analysts believe the real intention of the law was…
Georgians Protest Non-Transparent Negotiations With Gazprom.
Poland Says Wants Increased Military Ties With United States.
The Russian government has decided to borrow on the international debt market to fill an expected hole in the federal budget in 2017. A $3 billion Eurobond offered will most likely be floated in the spring. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said to reporters recently that increased oil revenues will not…
Lithuania To Build A Fence On Russian Border.
EU Sets Date For Hungary, Poland To Take Migrant Share.
Moldova’s new pro-Russian president met with Russian Vladimir Putin today in Moscow and reaffirmed his intention to strengthen ties with the Kremlin, calling the relationship critical to Moldova’s survival. This marks a dramatic shift from the previous government’s pro-Western stance. “Preserving Moldova’s statehood and neutrality, the country’s reintegration, tackling the…