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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The United States’ Golden Dome project undermines the foundations of strategic stability as it involves the creation of a global missile defence system, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday. The $175-billion project, proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, is aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia. (Reporting by Dmitry …

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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s minister of state security, Ri Chang Dae, left Pyongyang on Monday to attend a meeting of senior security officials in Russia, the North’s KCNA state news agency reported on Tuesday. Russian media have reported that the top security aide to President Vladimir Putin, Sergei Shoigu, will take part in the meeting …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia is continuing to work on the draft memorandum setting out the principles of a possible future peace accord to end the war in Ukraine, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a call with U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this month, said that Moscow was ready to work …

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By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested an ex-aide to Georgia’s most powerful man who fled the country earlier this year while on trial on charges of embezzling cryptocurrency worth more than $800 million from his former boss. Giorgi Bachiashvili, who says the charges were politically motivated, was sentenced …

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PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Tuesday he will unveil proposals in early July to get public finances under control, adding that “everyone will have to make an effort”. “In early July, I will propose to the French people a plan to return public finances to equilibrium over 3 or 4 years,” …

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