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During his yearly address to future diplomats at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia's top diplomat said that America's staunch opposition to Russian efforts to create a monitoring mechanism for the execution of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) indicates that the US may be conducting biological research that is "not entirely peaceful."
"On September 7, 2016, US Navy P8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft made two attempts to approach the Russian airspace over the Black Sea while flying with switched-off transponders. Su-27 fighter jets were scrambled from the Belbek airbase [in Crimea]," ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.The MoD added that the pilots performed in strict adherence to international flight regulations. While the Americans whine about having their spy missions stopped in its tracks, the Russians are clearly keeping an eye on everything happening near their border and making sure the Americans know they are watching.
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