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Putin: NATO contradicts itself by increasing military expenditure while talking about establishing relations with Russia
In an interview for Le Figaro, Russian President Vladimir Putin called NATO’s plans contradictory, since it is increasing military expenditure but simultaneously talking about a desire to establish relations with Russia.
“At the NATO summit there was talk that NATO wants to establish good relations with Russia. But why then are they increasing their military expenditure? Who are they intending to fight against? There are a couple of internal contradictions here,” Putin observed.
The Russian …
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Moldovan President hopes for the resignation of the Prime Minister after the expulsion of Russian diplomats
The President of Moldova, Igor Dodon, said at a press conference on Tuesday that he hopes that the country's Prime Minister, Pavel Filip, will resign after the decision to expel Russian diplomats from the republic.
"I hope that in the near future I will see other resignations (on Tuesday, Dodon signed four decrees on the resignation of other ministers - members of the Liberal Party of Moldova). Maybe the Prime Minister himself will leave because of what happened yesterday," Dodon stressed.
He …
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Pentagon confirms start of weapons deliveries to Syrian Kurds
The United States has begun supplying arms and equipment to Kurdish fighters participating in the operation to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from ISIS terrorists, as reported by Russia’s TASS news agency citing the Pentagon's press office.
“I can confirm that the U.S. led coalition began supplying weapons and equipment to the Kurdish forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),” Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon said. According to him, the weapons include “small arms, ammunition, heavy …
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NATO Air Force escorted Russian military aircraft six times over the past week
Last week, fighters performing the mission of NATO are Baltic Air Patrol, six times took off into the sky to escort Russian military aircraft that flew in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea, as reported by Delfi news agency citing the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, reported this.
The NATO planes escorted Russian fighters, a transport plane and one reconnaissance aircraft. Most of the Russian planes flew with transponders turned off.
Despite the fact that, after the annexation of …
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NATO will not place its troop in Georgian ports
NATO will not deploy its troops in the ports of Georgia. Instead, the Alliance plans to ensure security in the Black Sea by forming a multinational brigade in Romania composed of military forces solely from NATO member countries. NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller announced this development following the session results of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
“At this stage, we do not plan to deploy NATO forces in Georgian ports. We really appreciate the relationship with Georgia in …