Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft and Greece’s Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries have signed a deal on mutual supplies of crude oil and oil products for the next five years, Rosneft said on Monday. Rosneft said the deal, signed with the participation of Petrocas Energy, a Rosneft subsidiary, implied the …
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Russia confirms “extremely high” radioactivity Ru-106, denies nuclear accident
Russia has confirmed spike in radioactivity and “extremely high” concentrations of the radioactive isotope ruthenium-106 (Ru-106) in the Southern Urals in late September. However, it denies there was a nuclear accident and did not point to any specific source of the pollution. Small quantities of ruthenium 106 were detected also …
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Turkey and Russia to launch first Nuclear Power Plant in Akkuyu
Russia and Turkey plan to launch the first reactor at Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant in 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. Speaking alongside Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Putin said the Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom would begin work at the Akkuyu site in the near future. Putin …
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French IRSN suspects nuclear accident in Russia or Kazakhstan reason for radioactive pollution over Europe
A cloud of radioactive pollution with Ruthenium-106 over Europe in recent weeks indicates that an accident has happened in a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan in the last week of September, French nuclear safety institute IRSN said on Thursday. The IRSN ruled out an accident in a nuclear reactor, …
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Russian documentary blames CIA for assassination plan against PM Karamanlis (video ENG subtitles)
A Russian documentary claims that the CIA had plotted to assassinate Greece’s conservative former Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis in 2009 over opening relations to Russia as well as geo-political and energy plans in the area. The documentary was broadcast on main Russian TV news show Vesti a week ago. According …
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US, Russia seek extradition of Russian held in Greece over Bitcoin laundering
Moscow has requested the extradition of a Russian national also wanted in the United States for laundering billions of dollars through a Bitcoin exchange he operated, a judicial source said Tuesday. Alexander Vinnik, who headed BTC-e, an exchange he operated for the Bitcoin crypto-currency, was indicted by a US court …
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Russia and Turkey claim they have signed S-400 contract
Money sent, contract signed. The contract for S-400 missiles systems has been allegedly signed between Russia and Turkey. The military aide for military-technical cooperation of President Vladimir Putin announced the deal signature, said the contract was now about to be executed. On the Turkish side, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced …
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Turkey, Russia close to sign S-400 missiles system deal, says Rosoboronexport
Turkey and Russia are close to signing a contract for supplying of S-400 missile systems, Russian defense giant Rosoboronexport said Tuesday. “The contract is close to signing, but has not been signed yet and, accordingly, has not yet entered into force,” Rosoboronexport general director Alexander Miheyev said, adding that “the …
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“I had agreed with Russia to give cash that would help with Grexit,” claims ex Syriza Minister
Panagiotis Lafazanis, energy minister in the first SYRIZA government, claimed he had agreed with Moscow in 2015 that Russia would make a down-payment for a gas pipeline so that the money could be used to finance rexit if the country would decide to leave the euro zone. Lafazanis told Vima …
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Crete: Russians say poisonous mushrooms kill Russian tourist, sent her husband to ICU
One Russian woman died and her husband is in intensive care unit with multiple organ collapse short after they arrived in Crete together with their minor-aged children. The incident occurred last Sunday and both the death and the illness were considered as “mysterious”. A week later, the mystery is allegedly …
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Greece may benefit from Brexit as shipping companies leave London
Greece is unlikely to suffer significant losses amid Brexit but could instead benefit from shipping and service companies looking for alternative post-Brexit locations, Vassilios Korkidis, the president of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE), told Russia’s Sputnik. The Brexit negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union …
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Trump: The Big Boy in Oval Office admits he shared security information with Russia
US President Donald Trump has once again found himself at the center of a storm – this time for reportedly sharing “codeword classified” information with the Russian ambassador. The information, which related to the use of laptops on aircraft, is understood to have been passed to the Americans by an …
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Orthodox Christians, incl Greeks, want a strong Russia to counter the West
Orthodox Christians in Central and Eastern Europe but also in Greece express pro-Russia views and many would like to see Russia playing a stronger role in the area in order to balance the influence of the West. According to a survey conducted by PEW Research Center majorities in Orthodox countries …
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Russia’s Consul found dead in Athens home
Greek police say the head of the consular section at the Russian Embassy in Athens has been found dead in his apartment, but there are no immediate indications of foul play. A consular employee found the body of 54-year-old Consul Andrei Malanin at his apartment in the Greek capital on …
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Greek among the injured in Russian ambassador’s assassination in Ankara
Turkish interior minister announced that a Greek was among the injured during the assassination shooting targeting Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov in Ankara Monday afternoon. Anastasios Zimpirikakis was among the people attending the inauguration of the art exhibition, where Karlov was killed by a Turkish policeman. Zimpirikakis was slightly injured, his …
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UPD Turkish policeman guns down Russian ambassador shot in Ankara – Shooting VIDEO
Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov was shot in Turkish capital Ankara short after 6 o’ clock Monday afternoon. He was delivering a speech at an exhibition “Russia through Turkish eyes”, when a man started to fire wildly. Ambassador Karlov was seriously wounded. He was first treated on the spot, it is …
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Russian tankers allegedly smuggled jet fuel to Syria via Cypriot and Greek ports
Despite the EU sanctions, Russian tankers have alleged smuggled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters and thus through Cypriot and Greek ports. According to an exclusive Reuters report based on anonymous intelligence sources, “at least two Russian-flagged ships made deliveries – which contravene EU sanctions – via Cyprus,” while …
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Russia says it has chased away a NATO submarine in the Mediterranean
The Russian Defense Ministry announced today that it has chased away a Dutch submarine belonging to NATO that was making dangerous maneuvers near Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea. The ministry said further that NATO submarines are monitor Russian warships sailing in the Mediterranean, Interfax news agency reported. Moscow has …
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Natural Gas: Turkey, Russian sign Turkish Stream agreement
Turkey and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement for the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project in Istanbul on Monday. Energy Minister Berat Albayrak and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak signed the agreement following a meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, which continued for 140 minutes …
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Thriller with Greek vessel ‘Panomaris’ captured off Libya coast
A nine-man Greek vessel with three Russian nationals on board was captured off the coast of Libya, Russian television reported Thursday, citing officials. Five Ukrainians and one Greek national were aboard the captured vessel in addition to the three Russians, the network added.”The Greek ship ‘Panomaris’ was captured off the Libyan coast,” the Zvezda …
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