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MOSCOW, Aug 6 (NNN-TELESUR) – Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened Monday that Moscow would start developing short and intermediate-range land-based nuclear missiles if the United States does so as well.

“If Russia obtains reliable information that the United States has finished developing these systems and started to produce them, Russia will have no option other than to engage in a full-scale effort to develop similar missiles,” Putin said in a statement.

BRUSSELS, Aug 6 (NNN-Prensa Latina) At the end of 2018, the European Union (EU) ran a trade deficit with Russia of 83 billion, the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) reported.

As reported by Eurostat, a trade deficit between the two economies has prevailed in the last decade, which was highest in 2011 at âé¬93 bn and lowest at âé¬46 bn.

While the EU exported âé¬85 bn to Russia during the past year, it imported from Russia a total of âé¬168 bn, Eurostat added.

SUKHUM, August 5. /TASS/: Abkhazian President Raul Khadzhimba has commended the relations with Russia during an interview with the Abkhazian TV within the framework of his re-election campaign.

The Abkhazian presidential election is set for August 25.

KIEV, August 6. /TASS/: The number of people diagnosed with measles in Ukraine continues to grow, having reached nearly 57,000 since the beginning of the year, the press service of the Ukrainian Healthcare Ministry reported.

"A total of 56,861 people, including 26,748 adults and 30,113 children, have been diagnosed with measles in Ukraine in 2019. Eighteen fatalities have been registered. In total, 117,000 people have fallen ill since the measles outbreak in the summer of 2017," the press service said.

MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/: The Russian Emergencies Ministry has confirmed that more than 16,500 people had left their homes after a series of explosions at an ammunition depot in the Krasnoyarsk Region’s Achinsky District.

"To prevent threats to life and health of the population living in close proximity, the evacuation of 9,533 people from nine inhabited communities and the Sokol recreation camp has been organized. In addition, about 7,000 people have left the hazardous area on their own," the ministry’s press service informed TASS.

MOSCOW, August 5. /TASS/: US allies who choose to place American intermediate and short-range missiles on their territory are agreeing to become a potential nuclear target, chairman of the Russian Federation Council's  Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev told TASS on Monday.

MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/: The Russian Defense Ministry’s satellite, which was launched from the Baikonur spaceport on Tuesday, has been successfully delivered into orbit, the ministry told reporters.

"The heavy lift Proton-M carrier rocket, which was launched from the Baikonur space center at 00:56 Moscow Time today, August 6, successfully delivered the Defense Ministry’s spacecraft into the designated orbit as scheduled," the ministry said.

06 August 2019; DW: While climate change is growing in the public consciousness, migration is still the major issue for more EU citizens, according to the results of the European Commission's biannual Eurobarometer public opinion survey.

Migration remains the top concern across the European Union, according to an EU public opinion poll, although the importance of climate change is growing.

06 August 2019; DW: Thousands of locals have been moved to safety after the blast at an ammunition warehouse. Authorities have declared a state of emergency in the Siberian Krasnoyarsk region.

Russia's Defense Ministry said on Monday that explosions at a storage facility for gunpowder charges prompted the evacuation of 6,000 residents in the town of Achinsk, as well as towns and villages within a 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) radius.

VIENNA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Austrian cattle farmers are concerned that the recently-announced beef deal between the European Union (EU) and the United States could impact their livelihoods, according to an industry interest group.

The deal announced on Friday means that the United States will be able to increase its beef exports to the EU, which will eventually reach up to 35,000 tons annually within seven years.