First US tanks arrive in Poland
According to the TVN24.pl. news website, the first batch of tanks from the United States arrived in Poland as part of the effort to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.
"The US military posted a photo of the unloading of the first M1 Abrams tank on Polish soil. This is the first tank detachment, redeployed by NATO to the East, but not the first such vehicle in Poland," TVN24.pl. news noted.
The photograph was posted by the 16th Sustainment Brigade that provides logistics support in the EU. It has …
The U.S. Department of Treasury expanded the Magnitsky sanctions list
On the 9th of January, the Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin and another four Russian citizens were added to the Magnitsky sanctions list. According to the updated list published on the Ministry’s website, another five Russian citizens, Alexander Bastrykin, Stanislav Gordievsky, Dmitri Kovtun, Andrey Lugovoy and Gennady Plaksin were targeted by sanctions under the Magnitsky Act.
Meanwhile, the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, John Kirby …
The European Commission will not help Estonia return the presidential regalia that are stored in Russia
In response to a request from a member of the European Parliament, Urmas Paet, for assistance in the return of cultural property exported in 1941, a member of the European Commission, Tibor Navracsics, stated that the European Commission is not able to help Estonia in securing the return of the regalia of the Estonian President that is currently stored in Russia.
According to Urmas Paet, the regalia are of symbolic value to Estonia. Paet also asked to raise the issue of the return of the …
Russia's National Guard Troops to be provided with the ADS assault rifle capable of firing under water
Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Russia and soldiers of the Federal National Guard Troops service will receive a new weapon in 2018 equipped for firing under water and on land, as reported by Russia's Federal News Agency, referring to the head of the Central Design Research Bureau of sporting and hunting weapons, Aleksey Sorokin.
“There are already contracts, orders made by the Russian Defense Ministry, the Federal Security Service of Russia, the Federal National Guard Troops service and the …
Naftogaz expects to be accused of gas theft from Gazprom
Ukraine's Naftogaz expects to be accused of gas theft by Gazprom regarding its inability to ensure transit in connection with the severe frosts in Russia.
As stated by the President of the Center for Global Studies Strategy XXI, Mykhailo Gonchar, in a Facebook post, Gazprom might not have enough gas to provide for all Russian and European consumers fully.
“Arctic cold is quickly moving to the east, and even though Europe was affected for a couple of days, the real cold is in Russia. And …