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Russia will not provide explanation to NATO about Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad
Russia will not give a report to NATO about the deployment of Iskander missile systems in Kaliningrad, said Andrei Kelin, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's European Cooperation Department as reported by RIA Novosti.
“There will be no report at the upcoming Russia-NATO Council (RNC),” said Kelin in response to a question about an article in Spiegel.
Spiegel reporters wrote that at the Russia-NATO council, Brussels will require an explanation from Moscow about why the Iskander missile …
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Media: Chinese companies are actively investing in the Crimea
Chinese companies (including state-owned enterprises) are secretly entering the annexed Crimea as investors, providing services for the Crimean authorities and supplying the peninsula with the latest industrial equipment, according to an article written by Valentina Samar for ZN.UA.
According to Samar, the Kherson office of the Security Service of Ukraine has not yet completed the pre-trial investigation into the participation of the Chinese vessel JIAN JI 3001 in the construction of the so- …
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Memorial to the victims of communism is being built in Estonia
In 2018, a monument to the victims of communism will be erected in Estonia. This was announced by the Estonian Minister of Justice Urmas Reinsalu at a commemorative ceremony marking the anniversary of the deportation of Estonians to Siberia, Interfax news agency reports.
"The March deportation [of 1949] was a criminal genocide against our people. We will never forget the victims, and we must also remember the criminals against humanity. In the coming year we will be opening a memorial to the …
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Russian media reported that German politicians are visiting the Crimea
A delegation of German politicians and businessmen arrived in annexed Crimea to make a first-hand assessment of the current situation there, as reported by RIA Novosti news agency citing the “head of the German national-cultural center of the peninsula,” Yuriy Gempel.
According to Gempel, the delegation consists of ten people, mainly businessmen who work with real estate and regional-level politicians, deputies from the Left party. The delegation plans to get acquainted with the sights of …
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American General: Russia is expanding its influence in Libya
Russia is trying to expand its influence in Libya, and the United States of America is watching this with "great concern." General Thomas Waldhauser, head of the Pentagon's Africa Command, commented on this during a press briefing that took place on March 24.
According to the General, Russian units are located in the border area between Egypt and Libya, and Moscow is trying to strengthen its influence through military means and arms sales.
General Waldhauser also called "undeniable “ the …