Contents tagged with Russia
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NATO General Secretary is not concerned over possible cooperation between Russia and the US
On the 15th of November, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, stated that Russia’s annexation of the Crimea is still one of the main stumbling blocks in their relations with Moscow.
“We will never accept any violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine,” he said.
When asked for his thoughts on a telephone conversation between newly elected US president, Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin held on the 14th of November, Stoltenberg responded that …
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Russia sends more anti-aicraft systems to Syria
Russian forces in Syria have been reinforced by seven S-300 air defense systems, the Russian Federation defense minister, Sergey Shoygu, stated, as reported by Interfax.“As you know, we have an S-400 system, which has worked for a long time. Apart from this, we have added seven S-300s to cover the marine area practically to Cyprus,” he said at a meeting between the Russian president Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation Armed Forces senior management.In October, the Russian Defense Ministry …
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Russia can be subject to US sanctions due to support for Syrian government
Members of the US House of Representatives have approved a bill imposing sanctions against countries and companies who provide financial assistance to Syrian authorities.
The chairperson of the Committee of the House of Representatives on Foreign Affairs, Ed Royce, explained that the main objects of the bill are Russia and Iran. “We learned a painful lesson in people’s suffering. Even the UN described what is happening as a crime of historic proportions,” Royce said.
The proposed sanctions …
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US Navy aircraft carry out reconnaissance missions near the Crimea and Russia's Mediterranean flotilla
A US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft flew a reconnaissance mission near Russia’s borders in the Black Sea region on Wednesday, Interfax reported, citing websites that track military aircraft. On the same day, another Poseidon carried out a similar mission near Russia’s naval flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea.
A P-8A Poseidon with tail number 168 434 reportedly took off from the Singonella airbase in Siciliy and proceeded to the Black Sea where it circled near the Crimea, dropping its altitude from …
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UN: Russia is a 'state occupier' and must adhere to its obligations under international law
During the meeting of the Third Committee of the General Assembly, the United Nations approved a resolution called "Situation of Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea and the City of Sevastopol,” initiated by Ukraine.
Seventy-three countries voted in favor of the resolution, 23 were against and 76 countries abstained, reported Krym.Realii.
The document condemns the massive human rights violations in the occupied Crimea and calls for Russia as a state-occupier to adhere to …
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Russian State Duma proposes a ban on foreign education for children of state officials
The draft law prohibiting children of state officials to study abroad has been submitted for consideration to the State Duma (Russian parliament), as reported by Rosbalt. If the draft law is adopted in the State Duma, under-age children of separate officials and public, civil and municipal servants will not be allowed to study abroad.
An exception will be made for cases where parents have been working abroad for more than a year, as the explanatory note to the project states. The author of the …
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Russian military receives inflatable tanks to use as decoys
Inflatable tanks and missile systems are being used as a deception technique. The dense fabric does not repel an enemy attack, but it is successful in causing confusion. As the manufacturer states, add a little air, straighten the cannon, and you won’t be able to distinguish it from a real one.
"From a height of about 10 stories, if an inflatable is next to a real weapon, it is difficult to distinguish between the two. Our inflatable machines emit heat. They also reflect radio waves and light …
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Peskov: Putin and Trump did not discuss the Crimea or Ukraine during phone conversation
According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump did not discuss the Crimea or the war in eastern Ukraine during their phone conversation on Monday, TASS reported.
Responding a question of whether Putin and Trump discussed Ukraine and the Crimea, Peskov answered, “No, it was not discussed.”
“Once again, it was a very constructive conversation,” Peskov stated. “The whole tone of the conversation largely corresponded with the …
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The US imposed sanctions against six Duma deputies in the Crimea
The United States imposed sanctions against Russian State Duma Deputies who were elected in the annexed Crimea, as reported on the website of the US Treasury.
The sanctions list indicates the names of six Crimean Deputies: Ruslan Balbek, Dmitry Belik, Ruslan Baharev, Svetlana Savchenko, Andrei Kozenko, and Pavel Shperov.
On November 9th, the European Union included the Deputies elected in the occupied Crimea to the State Duma on the anti-Russian sanctions list. At September's parliamentary …
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US Air Force plane again flew close to Russia's border over the Baltic Sea
An RC-135W strategic reconnaissance aircraft from the US Air Force made another approach towards the Kaliningrad region on Monday on a reconnaissance mission, according to sites that track the movement of military aircraft, Interfax reported.
A US military aircraft, with the tail number 62-4139 and call sign WOMP17, reportedly left the Mildenhall airbase in the UK at 9:40 am Moscow time, and approached the border of the Kaliningrad region from the Baltic Sea side at nearly 1:00 pm, while …