Category: Russia
Moscow Warns Kyiv Against Targeting Crimea with Western Arms
Moscow Times Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed Ukrainian forces were planning to use Western-supplied missiles to strike targets inside Russia and annexed Crimea. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/20/moscow-warns-kyiv-against-targeting-crimea-with-western-arms-a81570
Read MoreChina’s imports of Russian pipeline gas up to $2.81 bln in January-May — customs service
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In May, Russian pipeline gas supplies to China reached $480.74 mln in money terms, down by 15.5% month-on-month https://tass.com/economy/1635413
Read MoreRussian defense minister orders heightened security controls for Army-2023 forum
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Shoigu, delegations from more than 40 countries are expected to take part in this year’s forum https://tass.com/defense/1635411
Read MoreRussia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation in talks on cooperation with African countries
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Alexey Rakhmanov, his company is working on several offers for the foreign market, which will be based on expertise in the construction of fishing boats and the Small-boat Fleet for the Emergencies Ministry project https://tass.com/economy/1635407
Read MoreRussian LNG supplies to China up 66.8% in January-May to 3.03 mln tons
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In May, Russian LNG deliveries to China climbed by 73.2% month-on-month to 903,730 tons in physical terms, and by 62.4% to $539.92 mln in value terms, according to the service https://tass.com/economy/1635405
Read MoreExercise Air Defender signals NATO is ready to defend its territory — secretary general
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Jens Stoltenberg, the purpose of the exercise is to prevent a conflict, rather than provoke it https://tass.com/defense/1635399
Read MoreTelegram app fined $48,000 for refusing to delete 32 channels with fake news on special op
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In addition, the popular messaging application’s parent company refused to remove certain channels via which users had been subject to fraud and extortion of funds https://tass.com/society/1635397
Read MoreKremlin mum about alleged decision to re-establish border guard as separate agency
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulev, a member of the Russian State Duma (lower parliament house), wrote on his Telegram channel earlier that it had been decided to re-establish the border service https://tass.com/defense/1635395
Read MoreWork on POW swaps should be ‘kept quiet’ — Kremlin
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On June 14, a trial to bring Azov battalion members to justice began in the Southern District Military Court in Rostov https://tass.com/politics/1635389
Read MoreNo comment from Kremlin on report about alleged plot to assassinate former SVR agent
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The newspaper cited, in particular, information from Harvard scholar Calder Walton’s book “Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West” https://tass.com/politics/1635383
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