| German Party Head Refutes Media Reports on 'Chaos, Tanks' in Crimea |
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 Russia 16:18 29.01.2016(updated 19:04 29.01.2016) Get short URL © Sputnik/ Gennadiy Dianov In reality, Crimean residents live their everyday life, in which "there is no place for the military and tanks on the streets," the politician claimed. "The first thing we spotted, there was no military on the streets, no tanks and no chaos. We saw ordinary people hurrying about their own business," Rempel said. © Sputnik/ Vladimir Astapkovich In Rempel's opinion, the picture of Crimea is distorted by the German media, which trys to present the situation on the peninsula in a negative light. He also stressed that some German residents support Russia's stance in the Ukrainian conflict. "The vast majority of Germans, immigrants from the former Soviet Union, supports Russia's position, including its stance on Crimea," Rempel said. Crimea became part of Russia as result of a referendum that took place on March 16 in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. According to official statistics, 96.77% of Crimean voters voted in favor of Crimea's secession from Ukraine and its subsequent joining Russia.
Russia’s newest S-400 surface-to-air missile systems will not be taking part in this year’s Victory Day parade in Moscow’s Red Square, and that has always been the plan, according to a press release by the Almaz-Antey concern, which makes the missiles.
Earlier there were reports i [ ... ] Russian servicemen conducted six humanitarian missions in Syria in the past 24 hours to distribute 3 tonnes of humanitarian aid, the Russian Center for the reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria said in its daily bulletin May 1."In the past 24 hours, the Russian center for the reconciliation [ ... ] Russia13:00 31.03.2016(updated 13:12 31.03.2016) Get short URLMOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia will make its own decisions on what to do on its own territory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday, commenting on Ukraine's new security strategy, which outlines the possible deployment of nucl [ ... ]
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