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RUSSIA'S DEFENSE INDUSTRY
Russian army to get Iskander-M systems, other latest weapons by 2018
Iskander-M ballistic missile systems can effectively engage two targets within a minute at a range of up to 280 kilometers
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Russian, Belarusian presidents to meet in St. Petersburg on December 20
If needed, the prime ministers and the presidents might make calls on these lines, said Russian Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin
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Northern Fleet to create air defense ‘dome’ over Russian Arctic with S-400 missile systems
Russia continues building ramified military infrastructure in the Arctic, including hi-tech lighting systems to monitor the situation in the air, on the ground and under the water, according to the Fleet top brass
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Putin satisfied with Normandy Quartet summit results
Russian President Vladimir Putin also held separate talks with the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine
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Putin says there is no alternative to Minsk Agreements
Russian President Vladimir Putin has noted "a thaw" in the situation with settling the crisis in Ukraine
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Russia to challenge WADA’s ruling with arbitration court in Lausanne
A meeting of RUSADA’s Supervisory Board will be held on December 19
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Minsk and Moscow yet to agree on eight integration roadmaps
"The task is to harmonize the entire legal framework, both Belarusian and Russia, with hundreds of laws and dozens of intergovernmental agreements by June 1, 2020", Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko noted
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Competing under national flag is right, not privilege – FIE President
Alisher Usmanov said that the ruthless fight against doping shall not be turned into lynching and the application of new sanctions for the second time for the same doping violation
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Erdogan says he wants to discuss situation in Libya with Putin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Libya risks turning into "another Syria"
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Russian cutting-edge missile corvette enters White Sea for state trials
The corvette will test-fire its main missile system against various types of targets, according to the Northern Fleet's press office
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WADA’s vice president says insisted on tougher sanctions against Russian sports
The high-ranking official stood for full disqualification of Russia from world sports as she believes that Russia caused the biggest scandal ever in the history of sports worldwide
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Kiev names four key issues for Ukraine at Normandy Four summit
The first issue is return of all detainees from Russia and Donbass, said Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Aleksei Danilov
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Russia boosts air component of its nuclear triad
This work has provided "the planned number of combat-fit strategic bombers" in the fleet of long-range aviation, the defense minister said
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Macron thanks Zelensky for decisive steps on settling conflict in Ukraine's east
At the summit, the meeting between Putin and Zelensky took place for the first time
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Putin congratulates Lukashenko on 20th anniversary of signing Union State Treaty
Putin highly appreciates progress reached between the two countries over the past years on the path towards integration and cooperation
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Medvedev says WADA’s decision is continuation of anti-Russian hysteria
The prime minister believes that the country should appeal the decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Russia
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All new Russian warships fit to carry Tsirkon hypersonic missiles — shipbuilders’ chief
Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at the ministry’s conference call on Monday that the Russian Navy would increase the number of warships capable of carrying Tsirkon hypersonic missiles
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Russia may file appeal to CAS since WADA's decision violates Olympic Charter — Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "we have all the reasons to file an appeal" to the Court of Arbitration for Sport
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Zelensky to discuss prisoner swap, ceasefire and troops withdrawal in Paris
The spokesperson Yulia Mendel stressed that the meeting of the Normandy Four leaders was a real chance for achieving ceasefire in Donbass
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IMF reaches agreement with Kiev on $5.5 bln loan - statement
The call with Vladimir Zelensky was very constructive, the IMF Managing Director said
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Bogus borders: FSB nabs crook from CIS in act of duping migrants into illegal crossing
The fraudster installed fake border posts in a forest in Russia’s Leningrad Region near the Finnish border to deceive a group of four foreign nationals
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Putin having tete-a-tete meeting with Macron ahead of Normandy Quartet summit
Before the talks with the French leader, the Russian president had a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel while Macron spoke with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky
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Gazprom CEO calls Power of Siberia pillar of gas transportation system in east Russia
"We have chosen the gas pipeline’s route to ensure that it can reach as many settlements as possible", Alexei Miller said
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Russian figure-skaters won 12 medals in Grand Prix finals
The US team is second
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Russia’s top brass mulls arming military pilots with PP-2000 submachine gun
A more compact PP-2000 submachine gun is meant to replace the Kalashnikov AKS-74U assault rifle
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Russia will not take part in Miss Universe 2019
The prospective participant Alina Sanko does not have enough time to get a US visa and prepare for the Miss Universe pageant, director of the Miss Russia contest Anastasia Belyak said
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China imposes sanctions on US
China urges US to stop interfering in its internal affairs, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said
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Putin notes importance of meeting with Lukashenko ahead of Union State treaty anniversary
"Our colleagues at the government level, ministers, chairmen of governments have done quite a lot to analyze what had been done within the framework of the Union State treaty", said Russian President
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Russian-Ukrainian gas agreement should be mutually beneficial, says PM
Dmitry Medvedev noted that Ukraine received Russian gas through reverse flow supplies, "but at a much higher price than it could"
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Pompeo to meet with Lavrov on December 10
After the negotiations and communication in the format of a working lunch, the ministers will also hold a joint press conference
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Russia is ahead of US in hypersonic weapons development - Pentagon chief
Mark Esper said that "the department is investing every dollar it can" in order to gain an advance in hypersonic weapons
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Normandy Four summit kicks off in Paris
Putin and Zelensky met each other in person for the first time
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Belarusian leader hopes Union State Treaty’s implementation will see a new boost
According to Lukashenko, "at the current stage commitment to the unifying idea is of great importance"
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Protesters handed a resolution of protest to the Russian embassy in Minsk
Police beef up security outside Russian embassy in Minsk amid opposition rally
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Fordow modernization project in Iran will be fully implemented — Russian diplomat
On December 5, Russia’s TVEL fuel company informed Teheran that it had suspended work on a project to revamp two chains of gas centrifuges at Iran’s Fordow facility
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Balkan Stream ready to receive gas from TurkStream starting January 1
This week, Bulgaria will start filling the 11-kilometer section of the gas pipeline on its territory with gas, while Turkey — the 140-kilometer sector, according to the operator
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Resolution of issue in Donbass impossible without ensuring security first — Zelensky
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky admitted that many issues remained open at the Paris summit
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Ukrainian settlement depends on fulfilling earlier decisions, Russian diplomat says
Moscow treats the idea of expanding the Normandy format negatively
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Putin: Georgian national killed in Berlin was one of organizers of Moscow subway blasts
Putin reminded that the Georgian national participated in combat on the side of separatists in the Caucasus
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Ukraine’s top diplomat says peace in Ukraine is Zelensky’s only goal at Paris summit
"Peace, security and development in a single, democratic country is the only goal of the president and the entire negotiating team", Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadim Pistaiko said
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Opposition heads to Russian embassy in Minsk to protest against integration
Several hundred opposition members came to October Square holding nationalist white-red-white flags and chanting "Live Belarus"
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WADA may strip Moscow lab of right to test blood samples
"That’s why we will have to think how to quickly deliver blood samples to Europe", Deputy Director General of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency Margarita Pakhnotskaya said
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Ukraine offers unacceptable conditions for transit of Russian gas — Putin
The Russian president noted that he hopes that the conditions will change through negotiations
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Russian cutting-edge corvette test-fires cruise missiles in White Sea trials
The corvette fired the missiles against a simulated enemy’s surface ships
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Kiev approves scenario of Donbass reintegration at defense council’s closed-door meeting
The meeting also touched upon a strategy of territorial defense
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Advanced S-300V4 air defense missile system enters service in Russia’s Far East
The Eastern Military District’s anti-aircraft gunners earlier learnt to operate the new system at the Kapustin Yar training range in the southern Astrakhan Region, the press office informed
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WADA rules to ban Russia for four years from Olympics and world championships
WADA has also banned Russian state officials, ROC and RPC officials from attending global sports tournaments
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Astronauts begin operation on SpaceX Dragon’s docking with ISS
The effort is carried out by the European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano
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Share of modern weapons in Russian army should reach 70% in 2020, minister says
First of all, this concerns strategic nuclear forces, precision weapons and aerospace defense, according to the minister
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Russia’s next-generation armored vehicle to enter state trials in spring
The Atlet is currently completing preliminary tests
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Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation fighter performs 16 test flights with new 2nd stage engine
The Su-57 with the second stage engine known as Item 30 performed its debut flight in December 2017
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Two-day rally in protest against closer integration with Russia ends in Minsk
Opposition activists agreed to hold another rally on December 20
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