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Sides in Libyan conflict will hear Putin's call for reaching agreement — expert

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin's statetements about the Libyan crisis will be heard by the parties in the conflict, senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics Grigory Lukyanov told TASS.

Putin said at the traditional annual press conference on Thursday that it would be right for the parties in the Libyan conflict to find a solution that "would allow to stop military actions" and to "agree on who, how and with what powers would govern the country."

About 250 reconnaissance aircraft, drones detected off Crimea coast per year

MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/: Russian air defense units detect about 250 reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles near the country’s southern borders per year, Commander of the Fourth Air and Air Defense Force Major-General Nikolai Gostev told the Russian Armed Forces’ newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

Russian security officer dead, 5 injured in Moscow shooting

MOSCOW (AP) — An unidentified gunman opened fire Thursday outside the Moscow headquarters of Russia’s top security agency, killing one officer and wounding five others, officials said.

The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said the assailant was acting alone and didn’t enter its building. Earlier, it said the assailant had been “neutralized” — a term usually used by Russian officials when an assailant is killed.

Putin says Chechnya’s head Kadyrov lives under constant threat

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/: Chechnya’s head Ramzan Kadyrov lives in constant danger, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at his annual news conference in Moscow on Thursday.

"The incumbent [Chechen] president’s life is in danger every day," Putin noted. "Besides, he personally takes part in various combat operations," he added.

 

Putin: Russia ready at any moment to prolong New START Treaty

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/: Moscow is ready to prolong the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the New START Treaty) at any moment, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at his annual news conference on Thursday.

"You have mentioned one of the fundamentals, on which we should build our relations [with the United States]: these are the issues of global security, including the New START Treaty. We have made our proposals," the Russian leader pointed out.

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