The office of Polish President Andrzej Duda has been assured by the Trump administration of a continued U.S. armor presence in Eastern Europe, and Poland especially. President Trump’s comments on NATO members needing to pay their fair share of defense costs have rattled the alliance. Duda’s foreign policy aide, Krzysztof…
Oleg Anashchenko, military chief of Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), was killed in a car bomb attack in Luhansk recently. He died instantly. LPR officials accused Ukrainian intelligence operatives for the incident. The Ukrainian government denied any involvement. Mr Marochko said “Ukrainian secret services” were suspected of being behind the attack,…
Working in the same crew brings people together, says Russian space traveler. Our cosmonauts joke that if the space launch team gathered politicians, then the world would be free of conflicts – Russian cosmonaut and writer, Yury Usachev told Radio Baltkom. “It’s incredible, but when working for a long…
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is planning to pay a visit to Moscow next month to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin – the Interfax news agency quoted Turkey’s ambassador to Russia, Huseyin Dirioz. This will be Erdoğan’s fourth meeting with Putin over the past…
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci urged the EU and NATO on Thursday to warn Serbia against inciting a new conflict in Kosovo and the Balkans, but Serbia blamed Kosovo leaders for the failed agreements. European Union The Brussels meeting on Wednesday between the Serbian and Kosovo presidents and prime ministers was…
Of the six original countries targeted in the European Union’s Eastern Partnership, five are involved in ‘frozen’ conflicts with the Kremlin. Belarus, the sixth, is ruled by strong man Alexander Lukashenko. However, Belarus is involved in a conflict with Moscow, just not a military one. Moscow is once again using…