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Russia, NATO in First High-Level Military Talks since Freeze

Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs on Friday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defense ministry in Moscow said. The chairman of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel called Russia’s chief of staff Valery Gerasimov to discuss the ...

March 3, 2017

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German Govt Says Not Involved in Decision to Scrap Turkish Rallies

The German government Friday denied having anything to do with municipal authorities’ decisions to block rallies by Turkish ministers to promote a referendum on expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers. “That is a decision the federal government has absolutely no influence on … because it falls under local or state ...

March 3, 2017

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Lavrov: French Draft Resolution at UNSC Aimed at Complicating Syria Talks

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Moscow regrets that France criticized Russia for rejecting a UN Security Council resolution on chemical weapons use in Syria. Russia and China used their veto powers at the Security Council vote Tuesday to block a draft resolution implying introduction of sanctions on ...

March 3, 2017

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Russian General Staff: Aviation, Special Forces Play Key Role in Palmyra Recapture

Russia’s Aerospace Forces and Special Operations Forces played the key role in decimating ISIL Takfiri terrorists in the battle for Palmyra, Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, the chief of the Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate, said on Friday. “Russian aviation and Special Operations Forces were instrumental in battering Daesh in ...

March 3, 2017

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Russian General Staff Chief, NATO Head Talk Via Phone for 1st Time Since Freeze

Russian Chief of the General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov held first talks with Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Gen. Petr Pavel since the Western alliance froze relations, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. “These are the first high-level contacts in the military field since the adoption of the NATO ...

March 3, 2017

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Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

Moscow Questions Syrian “Opposition’s” Ability to Agree a Deal

Russia on Thursday said stumbling UN-led Syrian peace talks in Geneva have sparked doubts that the ‘opposition’ is capable of agreeing a deal with the regime in Damascus. “The results of the first days of the intra-Syrian dialogues, as before, raise questions over the ability of the Syrian opposition representatives ...

March 2, 2017

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At Least 11 Killed in Ukraine Coal Mine Blast

At least 11 coal miners were killed Thursday when a methane gas blast tore through a pit in western Ukraine, the head of the coal miners’ trade union said. “A methane explosion. 11 killed,” Mykhaylo Volynets wrote on Facebook.

March 2, 2017

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Russia delivers humanitarian aid to Syria's Latakia

Russia Supplies Syrian Civilians With Over 4 Tonnes of Aid

Russian servicemen have delivered over four tons (metric tons) of humanitarian aid to Syrian residents in the course of seven humanitarian actions carried out in the past 24 hours, the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation informs in its daily bulletin. Russian aircraft also helped deliver 20.4 tons of aid provided ...

March 2, 2017

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Lavrov: Extremists Should Be Banned From Joining Syrian Negotiations

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said onWednesday that extremist circles from organizations banned by the UN Security Council should not be allowed to join the negotiation process on Syria. “We cannot allow for extremist circles from organizations banned by the [UN] Security Council to leak into this political process,” Lavrov ...

March 1, 2017

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Putin: Russia Won’t Support New Sanctions against Syrian Gov’t

Russia considers it inappropriate to introduce new sanctions against Syria and will not support such a proposal, President Vladimir Putin has stated. “As for sanctions against the Syrian leadership, I think the move is totally inappropriate now. It does not help, would not help the negotiation process. It would only ...

February 28, 2017