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Ukraine Invasion
Defense Policy / Programs
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Ukraine Invasion

Defense Policy / Programs

• Putin approves record defense budget for 2025 as EU officials visit Ukraine Press TV 02 Dec 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off on the defense budget for 2025, raising the military spending to record levels, as top officials from the European Union visit Ukraine.
• Pacific Fleet starts combat training within framework of new training period Russia MoD 02 Dec 2024 -- The Pacific Fleet started combat training within the framework of the new training period Sessions on military-political work were held on the Fleet's ships and coastal units. At coastal training ranges, servicemen began intensive combat training.
• Russian submarine in 'very worrisome' surfacing to the west of Philippines Radio Free Asia 02 Dec 2024 -- A Russian attack submarine surfaced in the South China Sea to the west of the Philippines last week, prompting Manila to send a warship and aircraft to track it, said the Philippine military on Monday, an appearance that the president said was "very worrisome."
• Worrisome, PBBM says of Russian submarine in WPS Philippine News Agency 02 Dec 2024 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday expressed alarm over the sighting of a Russian attack submarine in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying it is "very worrisome."
• Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on February 25-December 1, 2024 Lithuania MND 02 Dec 2024

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian President of Russia 02 Dec 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian at the initiative of the Iranian side.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at the meeting with Foreign Minister of Hungary Peter Szijjarto, Moscow, December 2, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Dec 2024
• Russian National Arrested for Attempting to Illegally Export Aircraft to Russia by Transshipping Through Armenia US Dept. of Justice 02 Dec 2024 -- Sergey Nechaev, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, was arrested today in the Southern District of Georgia on charges related to the unlawful attempted export of two small aircraft to Russia. In conjunction with the arrest, the U.S. government also seized the aircraft.
• Justice Department Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against Sanctioned Oligarch's U.S. Music Studio Sale Proceeds US Dept. of Justice 02 Dec 2024 -- A civil forfeiture complaint was filed today for $3.4 million in proceeds from the sale of a music studio in Burbank, California. The complaint alleges that the proceeds, which are beneficially owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, are the proceeds of sanctions violations. An indictment charging Deripaska with sanctions violations had been unsealed on Sept. 29, 2022, and Deripaska remains at large.

News Reports

• US to block sale of cutting-edge, chip-making equipment to China VOA 02 Dec 2024 -- The Biden administration announced Monday that it has imposed a new set of export controls on China, restricting the sale of cutting-edge, semiconductor-manufacturing equipment and high-bandwidth computer memory to the communist nation.