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Ukraine unable to defuse its mines in Black Sea, shifted task to NATO: Rus
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukraine is unable to defuse its own mines drifting in the Black Sea and has passed this task on to NATO, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Mikhail Popov said on Sunday.
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Russian defense ministry denies Kyiv's allegations of civilian killings in
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Photos and video footage published by Ukraine allegedly evidencing the Russian forces' crimes in the town of Bucha close to Kyiv are yet another provocation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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Ukrainian Economy Ministry says exports halved in March
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ukrainian Ministry of Economy estimates that exports halved in March and imports shrank more than three times amid the Russian military operation.
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Slovak Economy Minister says ready to pay for Russian gas supplies in rubl
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bratislava [Slovakia], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Slovakia cannot give up Russian gas and will pay for supplies in rubles if needed, Slovak Economy Minister Richard Sulik said on Sunday.
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Russia to sell more goods abroad for rubles: Kremlin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia will demand that other exported commodities are paid for in its national currency after President Vladimir Putin said the West must buy its natural gas with rubles, his spokesman said on Sunday.
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Western sanctions erode trust in dollar, euro: Kremlin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Western sanctions policy is accelerating the process of erosion of the world reserve currency, with an increasing number of countries considering options for mutual settlements in national currencies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.
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Russian forces destroy oil refinery in Ukraine's Odessa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian jets and warships struck an oil refinery and fuel storage in the Ukrainian port of Odessa on Sunday morning, a Defense Ministry spokesperson said.
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Over 60 foreign ships remain blocked in Ukrainian ports
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 60 foreign ships are unable to leave Ukrainian ports because of the threat of shelling and mines, the head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, Mikhail Mizintsev, said.
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Death toll from flash floods, landslides in Rio de Janeiro rises to 14
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Brazil], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Over a dozen people have died as a result of heavy rains in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil that resulted in flooding and landslides, Brazilian media report.
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US transfers prisoner from Guantanamo Bay prison to Algeria
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Another detainee will be transferred from the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp to Algeria, the US Department of Defense announced on Saturday.
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German chief of defence says Berlin mulls buying missile systems from Isra
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany is considering buying missile systems from either Israel or the United States to shield itself from what German Chief of Defense Eberhard Zorn called an existing threat.
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US Vice President says Washington not interested in regime change in Russi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): US Vice-President Kamala Harris on Saturday insisted that the US is "not into a regime change" a week after US President Joe Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin should no longer stay in power due to the military operation in Ukraine.
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