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Russian Embassy brings award-winning artists to the NEU stage

By Caesar Vallejos OPEN FOR BUSINESS, Eagle News Service The Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of the Philippines brought two international music competition award winners from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, in concert, at the New Era University last June 8, 2019. Performing live at the NEU Auditorium, pianist Ivan Koshcheev and baritone Kirill Komarov marveled the audience with their classical repertoire, highlighting masterpieces from the most celebrated Russian composers including Sergei […]

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Russia rebukes US official for warning PHL vs acquiring military equipment from Moscow

(Eagle News)–The Russian embassy in Manila slammed a US official for warning the Philippines against buying military equipment from them. “Mr. Schriver’s interview may point to acute attack of colonial syndrome. It is another testament that this sickness as well as propensity to lecture other countries and give unsolicited advice is still prevalent in Washington,” the embassy said in a statement posted on its Facebook account. The embassy was referring to US Assistant Secretary of Defense for […]

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400 kilos of cocaine found in Russian embassy in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Police have seized nearly 400 kilos of cocaine from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires and arrested several members of a drug trafficking gang, Argentina’s security minister announced Thursday. Patricia Bullrich told a press conference that the drugs discovered in an annex of the embassy had a street value of around 50 million euros (about $62 million). “A gang of narco-criminals was trying to use the diplomatic courier service of […]

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Russian warplanes hit 556 targets in Syria in past 3 days – defence ministry

Russia’s air forces carried out 164 sorties in Syria in the past three days, hitting 556 targets, Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoi, a department chief at Russia’s Defence Ministry, told a news briefing on Monday (December 28). “As of December 25, 164 sorties have been carried out hitting 556 terrorist targets in provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa,” Rudskoi official said. He also said that Russian aviation supported advance towards […]

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