Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian Armed Forces will obtain Zircon hypersonic missile systems in the coming months, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday. “The capabilities of the Navy … are constantly improving. Suffice it to mention the latest Zircon hypersonic missile systems, which are unstoppable and have no analogues …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia has decided to leave the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and will start building a Russian one by that time, said Yury Borisov, director general of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos, on Tuesday. “We will focus on creating a Russian orbital station. Nor will …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia’s oil production increased by 3.4 percent year on year in the first six months of 2022, Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said on Thursday. At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Shulginov said the country’s oil production in the first half of 2022 rose …
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Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran’s chief banker said the U.S. dollar will be gradually eliminated from Iranian-Russian economic transactions, the official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday. The trade volume between Iran and Russia stood at 4 billion U.S. dollars, which can be conducted through the Iranian currency rial and …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Thursday allowing the government to take special economic measures to support the armed forces during their counter-terrorism and other operations abroad. The Russian government is authorized to provide all necessary assistance to the armed forces, including “temporarily reactivating …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia is open to peace talks, and the negotiations with Ukraine will get more difficult with time passing by, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. “We do not refuse peace negotiations, but those who refuse should know that the more time they waste, the more …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law on Tuesday legalizing “parallel imports” in the country in a bid to stabilize prices amid Western economic sanctions. The law protects Russian companies that import certain categories of goods without the permission of the intellectual property owner, …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the country’s first Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile system would enter combat duty by the end of the year. “We will continue to develop and strengthen our armed forces, taking into account potential military threats and risks,” Putin said during …
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Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday signed two separate decrees imposing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and more than 200 Russian officials, the presidential press service reported. The restrictions targeting Putin banned him from carrying out trade operations such as exports and imports, transiting through …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the 2020s would be a time for his country to strengthen its economic sovereignty. Russia will speed up the development of infrastructure and key technology and establish an independent and efficient financial system, Putin said in a message to …
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