Moscow blocks military functions of U.S. GPS stations on Russian soil

MOSCOW, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Russia has started to block the military functions of U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) base stations on its territory, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Sunday.

The move comes as Moscow is seeking to advance talks over the placement of Glonass stations in the United States.

"We have worked out and implemented measures that exclude the use of these stations for military purposes. Now they are under our full control," Rogozin wrote in a Twitter post.

Russia rolls out response to US high-tech sanctions

Russia will bar the United States from using Russian-made rocket engines for military launches, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Tuesday in announcing the Kremlin's response to high-tech sanctions Washington slapped on Moscow over Ukraine.