Moscow’s Transformation of Kaliningrad into ‘Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier’ a Threat to Europe, Lithuanian Analyst Says
Moscow’s Transformation of Kaliningrad into ‘Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier’ a Threat to Europe, Lithuanian Analyst Says.
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Moscow’s Transformation of Kaliningrad into ‘Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier’ a Threat to Europe, Lithuanian Analyst Says.
Ukrainian PM Savchenko Visits Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk.
Russia is “categorically opposed” to the termination of the New START nuclear arms control treaty, the head of the Federation Council’s defense committee, Viktor Ozerov, said on Feb. 24. Russia will push for an extension of the treaty, Ozerov said adding that it was “fundamental to global security” the RIA…
Russian Activist Detained For Alleged Illegal Immigration Organization.
As the former deputy head of the presidential administration, later deputy prime minister and then assistant to the president on foreign affairs, Surkov has directed Russian society like one great reality show. He claps once and a new political party appears. He claps again and creates Nashi, the Russian…
Today the Georgian Parliament approved a package of 18 bills to form a new system of secret surveillance and wiretapping in the country. Amendments were designed by lawmakers from the ruling party “Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia”. The representatives of law enforcement agencies, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and…
The leader of the Crimean Tatar people, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mustafa Dzhemilev, ruled out the possibility of returning Crimea by military means, as it would entail ethnic cleansing and would make the peninsula uninhabited. “…Another way is military intervention, which now seems hopeless. This would…
Russia’s defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, during a speech to the Russian parliament on Wednesday, acknowledged for the first time the existence of a new military branch, an information warfare division. This admission is insightful in light of recent accusations against Russia during the 2016 U.S. election. Declaring the formation of…
Russia hit back Wednesday over allegations it was involved in a failed coup in Montenegro and an attempt to assassinate the country’s former Prime Minister, describing the claims as damaging to relations between the two nations. Montenegro’s chief special prosecutor has said that authorities believe Russian security services were involved…
The largest bikini snow show was at Sheregesh, which already holds the world record of 1,835 downhill skiers and boarders wearing swimwear. The Kemerevo region resort probably had more participants this year – an estimated 2,000 – but this was not an official record attempt. An end to the ski…