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THE HAGUE, November 21. /TASS/. The United States engaged in a campaign of misinformation and intimidation of small nations to secure the result it needed in the vote on financing an OPCW attribution mechanism, Russian Permanent Representative to the OPCW Alexander Shulgin told journalists on Wednesday.

LONDON, November 21. /TASS/. Russian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko expressed bewilderment on Wednesday over anti-Russian campaign in UK media against the backdrop of the election for Interpol president.

"Impressed by anti-Russian campaign in UK media in connection with Interpol president elections. Why politicize elections in a technical organization?" the Russian ambassador asked.

LONDON, November 22. /TASS/. Brexit may not happen if the UK parliament does not approve the withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond told ITV channel on Wednesday.

"If the deal is not approved by parliament, we will have a politically chaotic situation ... In that chaos that would ensue, there may be no Brexit," Hammond said adding that "a smooth exit from the European Union, doing this in an orderly fashion, is worth tens of billions of pounds to our economy."

NOVOSIBIRSK, November 22. /TASS/. The District Court in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk has re-sentenced former police officer Yevgeny Chuplinsky to life imprisonment for murdering 19 women. A jury earlier found him guilty.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. Should it push ahead with its decision to quit the Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty, the United States will most likely deploy its missiles near Russia’s borders and in case of a hypothetical military conflict they will become Russia’s priority target, the chairman of the Federation Council’s international affairs committee, Konstantin Kosachyov, said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. The Obninsk-based Technologiya Research and Production Enterprise of RT Chemcomposite Group (part of the state hi-tech corporation Rostec) has developed a carbon fiber load-carrying panel for the newest solar module of a promising spacecraft, Rostec said on Thursday.

ANKARA, November 22. /TASS/. Russia and Turkey have flawless relations, which continue to strengthen and improve, Ismail Safi, member of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policies Council, told a conference dedicated to bilateral ties between the two countries on Thursday.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. Moscow and Tehran the security of their trade and economic operations and protect them from external influence, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. According to numerous witness accounts, militants are receiving training at the US military base near the Syrian city of Al-Tanf, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday.

22 Nov 2018; AFP: The World Trade Organization agreed Wednesday to hear complaints from a range of countries over new US steel and aluminium tariffs, as well as complaints from Washington over retaliatory duties.

The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to establish panels to review US President Donald Trump's decision to hit a long line of countries with tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminium.