Nationalist MP suggests community work for foreign military fleeing to Russia

Nationalist MP suggests community work A Russian lawmaker has prepared a bill which would make foreign military servicemen who arrive in Russia fleeing combat to do community service for up to a month. The MP says that it is aimed primarily at Ukrainian soldiers and officers. Mikhail Degtyaryov of the populist nationalist party LDPR told the Izvestia daily that his bill would force all foreign military personnel who...

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West should stop dragging Ukraine into NATO – Gorbachev

West should stop dragging Ukraine Ex-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has again blamed the ongoing turmoil in Ukraine on the hasty and thoughtless breakup of the USSR. He noted that a peaceful outcome could only be reached through resumed dialogue between Russia and the US. The former Soviet leader expressed these opinions in the afterword to his latest book of memoirs called “After the Kremlin” - soon to be released....

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Argentina passes law to reclaim default debt from New York

Argentina passes law to reclaim Argentina’s Senate has passed a law that will let the country continue paying off its default debt by transferring international bond payments from New York to local banks, which would let other investors buy Argentine debt. The scheme, to get around a US judge’s order to immediately pay back $1.6 billion to “vulture” hedge funds in Manhattan, is the initiative of President Cristina...

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Russia’s Gazprom to fall under new EU capital ban – sources

Russia’s Gazprom to fall under new Russia's Gazprom Bank and oil producer Gazprom Neft will fall under new sanctions approved by the European Union on Friday, Reuters cited an EU diplomat as saying. The sanctions reportedly include a new ban on raising capital in the 28-nation bloc. The sanctions were agreed against Russia for its alleged role in the Ukrainian crisis, the diplomatic source said. According to The...

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Cameron must cooperate with Putin and Assad to defeat ISIS’ – former defense chief

Cameron must cooperate with Putin and Assad Lord Richards, a former British defence chief, has advised David Cameron to form an unlikely alliance with Assad’s Syrian regime, Moscow and Iranian authorities to defeat Islamic State (IS) militants. The former head of the British Armed Forces, who retired from the post in 2013, broke his silence on the prime minister’s failure to employ his strategic plan of containing President...

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UK to send 1,000 troops for NATO Spearhead Force

UK to send 1,000 troops for NATO Spearhead Force The UK will contribute 1,000 personnel to a new multi-national rapid reaction force, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. He suggested the NATO "multinational spearhead force" could be deployed anywhere in two to five days. The British prime minister announced the force, to be based in Eastern Europe, will be launched in response to alleged Russian military involvement...

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Sierra Leone to enter ‘lockdown’ as Ebola death toll tops 2,000

Sierra Leone to enter ‘lockdown Sierra Leone announced it will implement a four-day “lockdown” across the country in an attempt to contain the spread of Ebola. The Friday move came as the World Health Organization stated that the virus has so far claimed over 2,000 lives in Africa. Beginning September 18, the nation will prohibit residents from leaving their homes for four days, with the hopes that health officials...

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