U.S. surveillance aircraft fly near the Crimea and Russia's flotilla in the Mediterranean
U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft flew along the coast of the Crimea on Wednesday, Interfax reported. A separate surveillance aircraft flew near Russia’s warships in the Mediterranean Sea, according to websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
The first U.S. plane reportedly took off from the Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily, where it proceeded to fly over the Black Sea south of the Crimean coast.
The second aircraft also took off from Signolla, and flew over the eastern …
Media: Russia is strengthening its military presence in the Baltics
According to the Russian Izvestia newspaper, Russia is reinforcing its Baltic fleet with a division of small Buyan-M type missile corvettes equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles. In addition a new coastal defense brigade equipped with Bastion and Bal missile systems will be deployed in Kaliningrad.
Russian military experts believe that these modern weapon systems will allow for the strengthening of defense around the Kaliningrad region in the view of the increased NATO military presence in the …
Chechen oligarch’s daughter is 'getting sick at the mere thought' of returning to Russia
Elina Bazhaeva, 22-year-old daughter to Chechen oil tycoon Musa Bazhaev and a student of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, shared her impressions on the trip across the United States with her subscribers on social networks. Elina visited the U.S. with her husband, 25-year-old entrepreneur Bek Ali Khan Mamakaev.
In response to the question posed by her subscriber, “Where is better, in the United States or in Russia?” Elina answered quite categorically: “Everywhere is better …
Transnistria does not recognize the LPR or DPR because it wants to cooperate with Ukraine
The Transnistrian Foreign Ministry does not make any statements recognizing the self-proclaimed LPR or DPR and does not articulate a certain position because of their willingness to develop relations with Ukraine. This was the statement by Foreign Minister of Transnistria Vitaly Ignatiev in an interview with Russian Kommersant newspaper.
“No one set preconditions for us to send some additional signals or make statements. Transnistria does not articulate a position in the context of this …
The U.S. extended the ban on flights to Dnipro and Simferopol
The U.S. government has decided to extend the ban on U.S. flights to the international airports of Simferopol and Dnipro (former Dnipropetrovsk) for another two years, as was reported in an official notification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States.
The present decision will be effective as of the 27th of October 2016 and will be “valid until the 27th of November 2018."
It was also noted that "if necessary, the FAA can change, renew, or cancel" the decision. The …