60 militants at a base in Syria are being prepared for attacks on officials and security personnel, the Foreign Intelligence Service claimed The US has turned to Islamist extremists to plan terrorist attacks in Russia and other ex-Soviet republics, Moscow’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Monday. A group is being trained at a base…

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The move would help close the loophole that allows Moscow buy sanctioned goods through third parties Brussels may ban certain EU exports to countries that are believed to be re-exporting sanctioned goods to Russia, in a bid to enforce the existing sanctions against the country, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing sources close to…