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MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/: The Moscow City Court has changed the pre-trial restriction for actor Pavel Ustinov, who was previously charged with attacking a riot policeman during the August 3 unauthorized rally in Moscow, TASS reported from the courtroom.

MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/: The claims made by the US that its weapons is brilliant are not supported by their use in the reality, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing on Friday.

MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/: The attempts to revise the history of World War II are aimed at stripping Russia of its role as a guarantor of the post-war world order, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in his article "World at a crossroads: The future system of international relations" published by "Russia in Global Affairs" magazine.

MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/: Moscow considers US statements about the possibility of breaking down Kaliningrad’s air defense as irresponsible threats, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday.

20 Sep 2019; MEMO: British-Pakistani author Kamila Shamsie has described it as a “matter of outrage” that a Germany jury rescinded a prestigious award over her support for the Palestinian-led boycott of Israel.

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday said that a no-deal Brexit would be "catastrophic" and he was doing "everything to get a deal".

In an interview with Sky News, Juncker said that "we can have a deal" and he believed "Brexit will happen."

He said he did not have "an erotic relation" to the so-called backstop, an arrangement aimed at avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland.

LONDON, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s Supreme Court announced it will rule next week on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in shutting down parliament in the final weeks before Brexit.

Following three days of intense arguments as the Brexit battle switched to the highest court in the land, judges are set to decide on Johnson’s advice to Queen Elizabeth II to suspend parliament for five weeks to Oct 14.

SAN MARINO, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of Africa’s longest-serving presidents has been accused of laundering €19million (about 20 million dollars), using shell accounts in Europe.

The republic of San Marino, a small country landlocked by Italy, launched an investigation into a money-laundering scheme allegedly masterminded by Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

19 Sep 2019; MEMO: Germany had renewed a freeze on the delivery of arms to Saudi Arabia until March 2020, DW reported a government spokesman saying yesterday.

MOSCOW, September 19. /TASS/: Russia’s shipbuilders will lay the keels of 22 surface ships, submarines and supply vessels for the Russian Navy in 2020, two sources in the defense-industrial complex told TASS.

"Next year will see a record number of keel-laying ceremonies for ships, both combat and supply vessels, to be built for the Russian Navy. A total of 22 surface ships and boats, multirole nuclear-powered and diesel-electric submarines and supply vessels will begin to be built at shipyards across Russia, including Crimea," the source said.