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US to impose sanctions on Russia over Skripal poisoning

WASHINGTON, 09 Aug 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: The U.S. will impose sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of a Russian agent and his daughter on UK soil, the State Department announced Wednesday.  Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned by a nerve agent in March in the southern English city of Salisbury. The British government has blamed the incident on Russia, linking the nerve agent to a series of Russia-developed chemical weapons collectively known as Novichok. The Kremlin has denied responsibility. The Skripals have since recovered from the alleged assassination attempt.  In announcing the forthcoming penalties, the State Department said it determined that Moscow "used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law or has used lethal chemical or biological weapons against its own

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Erdogan: Turkey to get Russian S-400 missiles 'soon'

ANKARA, 01 Sep 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will soon receive S-400 anti-missile system in line with an agreement inked with Russia. Speaking at a graduation ceremony of non-commissioned officers in northwestern Balikesir province, Erdogan said Turkey needed to acquire the Russian S-400 anti-missile system and "will get them soon". Erdogan said Turkey is pursuing its own interests and struggling to reach its own goals "in the face of the efforts of those who try to shape both our country and our region according to their own agenda". "We do not regret our decisions," he added. Last December, Turkey announced it had concluded an agreement with Russia for the purchase of two S-400 systems by early 2020. This April both parties agreed on early delivery of

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Far-right pres. hopeful wins first tour of Brazil vote

BRASILIA, 09 Oct 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: Brazil is now headed to the second leg of the vote to pick a new president between the extremes. Right wing's Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party received 46.89 percent of the ballots and will compete against Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party who garnered the support of the 28 percent of the voters. Approximately 147 million Brazilians voted on Sunday's polls. As for the other presidential hopefuls, Ciro Gomes of Brazilian Labor Party got 12.5 percent of the votes; Geraldo Alckmin from Party of the Brazilian Social Democracy got 4.87 percent; Joao Amoedo of the New Party - NOVO earned 2.62 percent and Cabo Daciolo from PARTIDA got 1.24 percent. Henrique Meirelles of the Brazilian Democratic Movement -- who was considered by financial markets as the best-prepared

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