Russian military inspectors to perform observation flight over Italy

The Chief of the Russia’s National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, Sergei Ryzhkov stated that Russian military inspectors would perform an observation flight in An-30B over Italy in keeping with the Open Skies International Treaty.

“A Russian group of inspectors plans to perform an observation flight on a Russian An-30B over the territory of Italy within the implementation of the Open Skies International Treaty. An observation flight with a maximum flight distance of up to 2015 km will be …


Polish Foreign Minister: Russia violates international norms more than USSR did

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Witold Waszczykowski, stated that Warsaw was very wrong when it thought that Russia would conduct its policy in line with international norms, as stated in a report, published on the website of the Polish Foreign Ministry.

Witold Waszczykowski assured that Poland’s critical attitude towards Russia derives not only from their complicated history but also from a sober assessment of the revisionist tendencies of the Russian Federation.

“In the 1990s, …


Belarusian Ministry of Information accuses Russian media of insulting the Belarusian people

The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus calls on Russian authorities to take measures against media outlets that are challenging the sovereignty of the Republic.

“An analysis of the information space revealed a recent increase in the emergence of information that is biased and, on occasion, blatantly destructive, towards Belarus, the authority of the country, and the Belarusian people, in a number of media and internet resources,” BelTA News quoted the Minister of Information, …


Joint Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade to take part in Common Challenge 16 military exercises

The Command of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade and staff officers assigned to these battalions arrived at the Demba combined range of the Polish Armed Forces to participate in the certified command-staff drills - Common Challenge – 16, which began on the 11th of December and will last five days, according to the Government website.

Eighteen Ukrainian officers from the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade under the leadership of the Deputy Commander of the Brigade, Colonel Vladimir …


Armenia joins Russian-Belarusian joint defense venture

Armenia has signed an agreement to join the Defensive Systems of Russian-Belarusian Interstate Financial and Industrial Group, TASS reported.

"Armenia joined the intergovernmental Russian-Belarusian agreement of February 11th, 2000 on the establishment of a ‘Defensive Systems Interstate Financial and Industrial Group. The main purpose of the establishment of such a group is the use of its participants scientific, technical, industrial, and investment potentials for the creation and production …