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Main News of February 18

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WORLD

*Iranian Ambassador to Thailand Majid Bizmark claimed that the bombings in Bangkok on February 14 were organized by “Zionist regime”, Israel, as a provocation against the image of Iran and the Iranian-Thai relations, local daily The Nation reported on Saturday.

*Latvia will hold a national referendum on Saturday on whether to accept Russian as the country’s second official language

 

RUSSIA

*Thousands supporters of Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin participated on Saturday in demonstrations supporting the sustainable development of Russia. People went out to streets in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Volgograd, etc

* The Amur Shipyard in Russia’s Far East has started the construction of a new Steregushchy class corvette for the Russian Pacific Fleet

 

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