Japan has lodged a formal complaint with the Russian government after Moscow accused one of its diplomats of attempted espionage. Tokyo insists the charge has no merit and is demanding an apology for the consulate official’s treatment.
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Polling stations are set to close in the coming hours as the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) votes on joining Russia The outcome of a referendum on whether people in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) want to join Russia may be known by the end of today, its top election official has said.
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Western nations would “swallow” Russia’s use of nuclear weapons against its neighbor, Dmitry Medvedev said NATO would not intervene if Moscow used nuclear weapons against Ukraine, Dmitry Medvedev has said, claiming that Kiev’s Western backers would be unwilling “to die in a nuclear apocalypse” for the country.
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