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Polish Minister of Defense: Soviet Union was in collusion with Nazi Germany
Minister of National Defence for Poland Antoni Macierewicz believes that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was guilty of collusion with Nazi Germany. According to him, the goal of this "deal" was the extermination of the Poles.
In his speech on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, he stated that "independent Poland was crushed because of the criminal German and Soviet regimes."
According to local media, Macierewicz also said that the desire to restore the " …
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Media: Siemens banned Iranian company from supplying turbines to Crimea
The German company Siemens has forbidden the Iranian company Mapna to supply gas turbines to the Russian-occupied Crimea. Three sources close to Siemens, Rostec and the Russian government reported the information to RBC.
According to them, by autumn 2016, Siemens began delaying the equipment delivery after the media had reported information on the turbines’ supply to the Crimea bypassing the sanctions. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the government and Rostec to find …
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The US to increase its military presence in Baltics during Russia’s Zapad-2017 military exercise
The United States will increase the number of servicemen and military equipment in Lithuania during the time of the joint Russian and Belarusian military exercises, Zapad 2017, as stated by the President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, writes DW.
She said that the number of US Armed Forces personnel, equipment, and vessels will be increased in Lithuania. Also, air patrol missions will double as seven US aircraft will arrive in Lithuania.
The strategic exercises of the armed forces of the …
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German Foreign Minister calls new U.S. sanctions against Russia 'unlawful'
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump will prevent his country from imposing energy sanctions on Russia in their current form, reported German broadcasting company Deutsche Welle.
“We ... are happy that the American president has not yet decided what he is going to do. He has the opportunity to discuss these sanctions with us, considering European interests,” Gabriel said.
“I am in very close contact with my American counterpart,” the German foreign …
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Romanian Foreign Minister accuses Russian Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin of deliberately creating problems between countries
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tried to cross the Romanian air border to demonstrate that sanctions do not work, Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said.
“In my opinion, the whole issue with the flight over Romania was a deliberate attempt to create problems between Romania and Russia,” he said on Monday on the Romanian television channel Antena 3.
Melescanu also said that the lives of passengers on board the aircraft were not in any danger.
The head of the Romanian …