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Russia's Caucasus 2016 military exercises begin
Russia’s Caucasus 2016 military exercises have begun, involving the entire Southern Military District, the Crimea, and the Black Sea and Caspian fleets, Reuters reported. A total of 12,500 troops are expected to take part.
Last week, Russia conducted a series of combat readiness checks in the lead up to the exercises.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Caucasus 2016 is the last major military exercise of the year. It is scheduled to end on September 10th.
An unspecified number of aircraft, …
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Putin and Obama discuss Syria and Ukraine during meeting at G20 summit
US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China, RIA Novosti reported.
In an informal 90-minute meeting, the two leaders discussed the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.
The key discussion point was the war in Syria, specifically providing humanitarian aid, reducing the level of violence, and combating extremist groups, such as the so-called Islamic State.
The two leaders also discussed the war in Ukraine, with Obama urging …
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Research group finds Russian trace in cyber attacks in Ukraine, Turkey, and Germany
A group of researchers, ThreatConnect, which deals with cyber security, examined the hacking of an electronic database of voters and came to the conclusion that the cyber-attacks in Ukraine, Turkey, and Germany were made from the same IP-address, and the coding of the attackers is typical for Russian hackers, Voice of America reports.
According to researchers, “There are several indicators in the way this crime was committed that are typical of Russian hackers.” According to them, earlier the …
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Putin: Only the US has real influence over Ukrainian authorities
The Russian President is convinced that only the United States of America has any real influence on the current Government of Ukraine, as stated at the Southern economic forum, TASS reports.
According to Putin, the Minsk Agreements on the settlement of the situation in the Donbas should be fully implemented and all parties and guarantor countries of the Agreements should work towards it.
"In my view, and I fully agree with the participants of the Normandy process, and with the position of …
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Poland the UK favor maintaining sanctions against Russia
On 3rd of September, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, announced after a meeting with the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson, that they have agreed on the need for maintenance of sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia until full implementation of the Minsk Agreements.
“We have discussed the failure to implement the Agreement with Ukraine and we have also discussed the way out of this situation. We have …