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Putin and Abe agree to speed up peace treaty talks: Kremlin
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Wednesday to step up the pace of talks to end a decades-old territorial dispute, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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Natural that Europe should want an army, says Russia's Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday it made sense for a powerful economic bloc like the European Union to want to defend itself militarily.
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Putin did not discuss nuclear arms pact with Trump: Ifax cites Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump did not discuss a landmark Cold War-era missile treaty which Washington plans to quit when they briefly talked in Paris on Sunday, Interfax cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.
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Exclusive: Russia clashes with Western oil buyers over new deals as sanctions loom
Russian energy majors are putting pressure on Western oil buyers to use euros instead of dollars for payments and introducing penalty clauses in contracts as Moscow seeks protection against possible new U.S. sanctions.
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U.S. says to issue chemical weapons-related sanctions against Russia
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it would impose additional sanctions on Russia after Moscow failed to give reasonable assurances it would not use chemical weapons after a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England.
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Russia's Rosneft says third quarter daily oil output up 3.4 percent year-on-year
Russian oil giant Rosneft said on Monday its average daily crude oil and gas condensate production in the third quarter rose by 3.4 percent in year-on-year terms to 4.73 million barrels thanks to a global supply deal easing.
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Russia close to granting Cuba 38 million euro loan to buy arms
Russia is close to agreeing a 38-million-euro loan to Cuba to help it buy Russian-made arms, a deputy finance minister said on Friday, after President Vladimir Putin met Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Moscow.
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U.S. renews Iran sanctions, grants oil waivers to China, seven others
The United States snapped sanctions back in place on Monday to choke Iran’s oil and shipping industries, while temporarily allowing top customers such as China and India to keep buying crude from the Islamic Republic.
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