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      U.S. Justice Department opens investigation into Russian doping scandal
      May18

      U.S. Justice Department opens investigation into Russian doping scandal

      The United States Justice Department has opened an investigation into state-sponsored doping by dozens of Russia`s top athletes, two people familiar with the case said Tuesday. The inquiry escalates what has been a roiling sports controversy into a federal criminal case involving foreign officials, according to The New York Times.The United...

      Russian Justice Ministry gets documents for Savchenko`s return to Ukraine
      May18

      Russian Justice Ministry gets documents for Savchenko`s return to Ukraine

      Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov announces that his ministry has already received documents from the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the transfer of Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko to Ukraine, according to RIA Novosti.”We have received Savchenko`s documents from the Federal...

      David Cameron: ISIS, Vladimir Putin `might be happy` with Brexit
      May18

      David Cameron: ISIS, Vladimir Putin `might be happy` with Brexit

      ISIS would welcome Britain leaving the European Union, David Cameron has claimed, The Independent has reported.Taking questions following a speech at Mansion House organized by the World Economic Forum, Mr. Cameron said he suspected Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the terror group`s leader, would be happy with Brexit, according to The Independent.Mr....

      Legal dispute between Naftogaz, Gazprom to drag for another 6 months
      May18

      Legal dispute between Naftogaz, Gazprom to drag for another 6 months

      The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce will hear claims filed by Ukrainian state holding company Naftogaz of Ukraine and Russian gas giant Gazprom in late November – early December 2016, and the judgment is expected to be awarded in late January 2017, according to Gazprom`s quarterly report posted on its website.The claims...

      UK Defense Ministry: Royal Air Force Typhoons scramble to meet Russian aircraft
      May18

      UK Defense Ministry: Royal Air Force Typhoons scramble to meet Russian aircraft

      Royal Air Force Typhoons have completed their second interception in less than a week during the latest NATO Baltic Air Policing mission, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry.The RAF fighter jets took to the skies to investigate five unidentified aircraft flying in international airspace along the northern and western borders of Estonia, the...

      UN calls on Russia to respect Crimean Tatar rights on key anniversary
      May18

      UN calls on Russia to respect Crimean Tatar rights on key anniversary

      The United Nations called on Russia to respect minority rights on the May 18 anniversary of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin`s mass deportation of Tatars from Crimea in 1944, according to Radio Liberty.UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville said the persecution of Tatars has grown during two years of Russian annexation of the...

      Donbas ”truce”: Militants use heavy artillery, combat drone
      May18

      Donbas ”truce”: Militants use heavy artillery, combat drone

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 24 times in the past 24 hours, using heavy artillery and an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters.Late in the evening, the militants grossly violated the ceasefire and for...

      Russian Defense Ministry denies setting up military base in Palmyra
      May18

      Russian Defense Ministry denies setting up military base in Palmyra

      Media claims that Russia is allegedly establishing a military base in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra are false – there is only a temporary camp for sappers, who are involved in mine clearing in the city, there, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Tuesday, according to Russian news agency TASS.In this way the...

      Chinese bank to buy giant London gold vault
      May18

      Chinese bank to buy giant London gold vault

      ICBC Standard Bank PLC said on Monday it is buying a precious-metals vault from Barclays PLC`s, in the latest move by the Chinese bank to increase its role in the market`s infrastructure, The Wall Street Journal reported.The move makes parent ICBC, the world`s biggest bank by assets, the first Chinese lender to own a vault in London and extends...

      NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 25.27 to dollar
      May18

      NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 25.27 to dollar

      The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by 12 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.27 to the dollar.The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for May 18:$100 costs UAH 2,527.3426 (on May 17, it was UAH...