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IS trying to create stronghold in C. Asia: CIS Anti-Terrorism Centre
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Cholpon-Ata [Kyrgyzstan], Sept 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The Islamic State (IS) terror group is trying to create a stronghold in Central Asia and to activate Islamist sleeper cells in the region, Andrey Novikov, the head of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Anti-Terrorism Centre, said on
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Russian Lower House adopts law criminalising refusal to hire pre-retiremen
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The Lower House of the Russian Parliament (State Duma) on Tuesday adopted a law on criminal liability for employers over refusal to hire persons of the pre-retirement age.
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Russian lawmaker proposes No-Fly Zone over Hmeimin Base in Syria
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The establishment of a no-fly zone over the Russian Hmeimim airbase in Syria's Latakia will help avoid tragedies similar to the recent Il-20 incident, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Monday.
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Putin informed Assad of response measures after Il-20 crash: Kremlin
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held a telephone conversation with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad and informed him of the response measures after the crash of Russia's Il-20 military aircraft, the Kremlin press service said in a stateme
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Russia to supply S-300 Air Defence Systems to Syria in 2 weeks
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia on Monday announced it will supply advanced S-300 Air Defence Systems to Syria within two weeks as an adequate response to Israel's role in the downing of the Russian IL -20 plane last week.
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OPEC JMMC urges using spare oil capacities to meet demand in 2018
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria]/Moscow [Russia], Sept 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-cartel oil producers urged countries with spare oil production capacities to meet consumer demand before the end
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Russian Military Base establishment in Venezuela not on agenda, says Venez
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sep 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The issue of possible establishment of a Russian military base in Venezuela has not been considered so far, Venezuelan Ambassador in Russia Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa told Sputnik in an interview.
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Turkish President slams US for continued support to Kurdish forces in Syri
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sep 23 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said that Washington continues to support the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria, thus disrupting the balance in the region.
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Russia's Rosatom to order new robot to extract minerals from Arctic bottom
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom wants to order creation of a robotic installation which would extract rare and hard-to-recover minerals at the bottom of the Arctic, Russia's Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI) told Sputnik on Monday
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Chinese Defense Ministry voices protest to US over sanctions for Russian a
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 22 (Sputnik/ANI): The Chinese Defense Ministry on Saturday registered protest against the United States over the US sanctions for arms purchases from Russia.
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Putin says ready to increase anti-terror cooperation with Iran after Ahvaz
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 22 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani over Saturday's deadly terrorist attack in the Iranian southwestern city of Ahvaz and expressed his readiness to develop bilateral counter-ter
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Russia to create own Lunar Orbital Platform project: Roscosmos
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Korolev [Russia], Sept 22 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia has announced that it will not participate in the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway project with the United States in its current form and will create its own station.
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