Latvia finds Russian submarine near its borders

Latvian military forces discovered a Russian submarine and a military ship near the Latvian border. This information was disclosed on the Twitter account of the Latvian Armed Forces on May 2.

According to the tweet, a class "Kilo" submarine and a military ship, "Victor Konetsky",  were spotted at a distance of approximately 8 nautical miles from Latvian territorial borders. 

In April Russian fighters intercepted American military aircraft as many as 3 times over the Baltic Sea. Also in April, …


Breedlove urges leaders to pay more attention to Russia

The Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, General Philip Breedlove, has urged leaders to pay more attention to Russia. He also said that they should increase the number of intelligence satellites due to the growth of the Russian threat.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Breedlove stated that he regretted the fact that the US has insufficient reconnaissance means to counteract the threat from Russia. He went on to say that based on this, technical resources should be put forward to …


Putin promises to launch the fourth string of the Energy Bridge to Crimea in early May

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin expects that the fourth string of the Energy Bridge to Crimea from neighboring Kuban will be launched in early May. Putin stated this at the meeting with the members of the Council of legislators on the 29th of April, the Kremlin press service reported.

“Power engineering specialists had this well-planned ahead of schedule, but now the weather is unfavorable in the channels and vessels are forced to reduce the work for a few days. That’s why everything …


Night Wolves denied entry at Belarusian-Polish border

The Polish authorities did not allow a group of motorcyclists of the "Night Wolves" Russian motorcycle club to cross the Belarus-Poland border. The bikers were considered to a potential threat to public order and safety.

The motorcyclists intended to arrange a motor rally to Berlin on Sunday, May 1st, but couldn't cross the Belarusian-Polish border. "We refused entry to seven bikers from the Night Wolves motor club,” declared Dariusz Senitskii, the press secretary of the Department of Border …


Member of European Parliament: Maintaining the current sanctions against Russia will be effective

Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens, stated in her interview with LIGA.net that the European Union will not impose new sanctions against Russia. “Frankly speaking, if we are able to save the acting sanctions in the European Union, we will have a tool to exert pressure on Russia and it would be good,” the politician noted.According to Harms, there is opposition to the extension of sanctions against Russia in many EU countries. In particular, German …