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Russian MoD: NATO-Russia Council will take place right after NATO Summit
Permanent representatives of the NATO-Russia Council will meet on July 13th, right after the Alliance's summit in Warsaw, reported the website of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
"Currently, the inclusion of the issue of safe flights over the Baltic Sea in the agenda of the Russia-NATO Council… is being worked out,” the statement said. It is also reported that Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu ordered a proposal prepared "about developing a system of confidence-building measures that …
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Shoygu orders Russian aircraft to fly over the Baltic with transponders turned on
The Head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergey Shoygu, ordered that the Russian Air Force ensure air traffic security of its fighting aircraft over international waters.
“A number of relevant organizational and technical measures are being developed, including the Russian Air Force flying missions with their transponders activated,” the Russia Defense Ministry press and information office reports. Thus, flight control services in the Baltic States will be able to identify Russian …
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Stoltenberg: Russia is an unpredictable danger
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia is an “unpredictable” danger because “it is ready to use force to change its borders.”
Stoltenberg made these remarks during an interview with Bild, RBC-Ukraine reported.
“We face unpredictable risks and complex issues, including Russia, which is ready to use force to change its borders,” the Secretary General said.
He also stressed that NATO does need seek a confrontation with Russia.
The Alliance’s summit will be held in Warsaw next …
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Russian citizen convicted for reposting article about Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939
A resident of Perm has been ordered to pay a fine of 200,000 rubles for the "rehabilitation of Nazism."
In Russia, the court found a resident of Perm guilty of publically denying the decisions of the Nuremberg trials and the dissemination of false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War, Kommersant reports.
The court ordered a resident of Perm, Vladimir Luzgin, to pay a fine of 200,000 rubles on charges of rehabilitation of Nazism.
The grounds for the …
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Macierewicz hopes Russia will deoccupy all Ukrainian territory after NATO Summit
The Polish Minister of Defense, Anthony Macierewicz, expressed hope that the decisions made at the NATO summit will force Russia to withdraw from Ukrainian territories.
"During the NATO summit in Warsaw, a landmark decision will be made. Russia has for a long time thought that it has the right to challenge this decision. We have no reason to discuss something before it is adopted. Once the decision is made, we can start talking about how to keep peace in the world," Anthony Macierewicz said a …