Russia

MOSCOW, November 29. /TASS/: The political situation in Bolivia is reminiscent of the 2014 events in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Facebook.

According to her, the Organization of American States (OAS) has not yet presented the results of a review of the October 20 vote count. "It means that no one knows the reasons why a presidential candidate was suspended," Zakharova noted.

MOSCOW, November 29. /TASS/: The Court of Luxembourg will conduct hearings into Gazprom’s complaint against the seizure of its assets in the country in January 2020, Russia’s top gas producer said in its financial report on Friday.

SEVASTOPOL, November 29. /TASS/: The Leninsky District Court in the Crimean city of Sevastopol has arrested a woman suspected of spying for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, a court spokesperson told TASS on Friday.

"She has been taken into custody for two months," the spokesperson said.

MOSCOW, November 28. /TASS/: Instructors from Russia’s 201st military base, stationed in Tajikistan, will train 1,000 specialists for the Tajik Defense Ministry next year, the press service of the Central Military District said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, November 28. /TASS/: The third Rezonans-N radar capable of spotting hypersonic missiles flying at a speed of 20 times the speed of sound and stealth aircraft is ready to assume combat duty on Russia’s Novaya Zemlya Arctic Archipelago, Rezonans Research Center CEO Ivan Nazarenko told TASS on Thursday.

"The third Rezonans-N radar in the Arctic has been deployed on Novaya Zemlya. It is turned on and tuned in, has undergone all the trials, has been accepted by the military and is ready to go on combat alert within the Northern Fleet," the chief executive said.

MOSCOW, November 28. /TASS/: Russia expects a substantive and productive discussion on all aspects of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program at the meeting of a joint commission for implementing the deal, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, November 28. /TASS/: Russia has assembled its first upgraded Tupolev Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber and started its trials, a source in the defense industry told reporters on Thursday.

"On November 28, the first heavily upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber was transferred from the production workshops to the flight testing station of the Kazan Aviation Enterprise for factory ground and flight tests," the source said.

After the ground tests are over, the Tu-160M will enter the stage of flight tests, the source added.

MOSCOW, November 27. /TASS/: As information continues to pour in on the aftermath of yesterday’s earthquake that devastated Albania, its domestic newspaper Koha Jone reported that the death toll has now risen to 27 people.

Earlier reports stated that the catastrophe had taken 21 lives. Albania’s Ministry of Defense reported that the quake left more than 650 injured. The Albanian Telegraph Agency stated that 45 people had been rescued from surrounding rubble.

MOSCOW, November 27. /TASS/: Two Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic missile-carrying bombers have performed a scheduled 10-hour flight over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea escorted by Sukhoi Su-35S fighters and an A-50 long-range radar surveillance plane, the Defense Ministry of Russia reported on Wednesday.

ST. PETERSBURG, November 27. /TASS/: The Kremlin is concerned about proposals for more sanctions against Russian sports, but at the same time believes it is too early to comment on them before a final decision has been made.

"Let’s stay soberly-minded. This news is worrisome. We express regret in this connection," Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Wednesday.