Bringing the Russian View
The meeting between the three states represented by Putin, Pashinyan and Aliev had taken place on 11th January. The three leaders had agreed to set up a new work group and build new railroads. However, Pashinyan, the prime minister of Armenia, had remained unsatisfied.
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According to seismologists at the Europe-Mediterranean seismological centre, the magnitude of the earthquake stood at 6.5 and the epicentre was located at the Khuvsgul lake, 277 kilometres from Angarsk, in the Irkutsk region.
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Joe Biden has presented William Burns, a diplomat who used to work in Moscow, as a candidate for the leader of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Burns had served in Moscow from 2005 to 2008, and for the past few years has been the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has recently asked Kremlin for help, following a series of protests in August on a key question for Belarus – gas prices. Russia granted an exemption, setting a price of 128.5 dollars per thousand cubic metres.
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The USA has announced that it is now placing blame on Ukraine for interfering in the presidential elections. The sanctions for the mingling have been introduced against 7 individuals and 4 informations resources.
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The concern “VSMPO Avisma”, which provides titanium for the American aviation giant Boeing, has fired its head, Sergey Stepanov. The decision was agreed at the meeting of the board of directors on 31st December.
The press-release, presented by RBC, states that the reason for the dismissal was due to family concerns, as well as the wish of the head manager to spend more time with his family and newborn daughter.
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