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The former Soviet republic of Latvia will dismantle the last of Soviet missile silos in the northeast of the country, reports the online portal, Delfi. The Dvina R-12 Missile Compound houses four silos that will be dismantled and the land used for other purposes. They shafts are 32 meters deep….
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow imposed an embargo on food imports from the European Union only in order to prevent unfair competition. In an interview with Austrian magazine Profil Lavrov said that under European sanctions it is difficult for Russian banks to obtain loans to finance the…
Russian businessman Aleksej Gubarev has filed a US lawsuit against the online media company, BuzzFeed, that published a document stating the Russian special services collected dirt on the president of the United States, Donald Trump. The lawsuit was filed in the state of Florida. Aleksej Gubarev, CEO of XBT Holding,…
Romania’s government scrapped a contentious corruption decree Sunday in a climbdown after the biggest mass demonstrations since the fall of communism, but protests still raged on for a sixth straight day Read more: Romanian Protests Rage On Romanian Government Scraps Anti-Graft Decree Amid Protests
The newly elected president of the United States finally called Petro Pororshenko, president of Ukraine. Trump has made multiple, very public comments regarding his desire to improve relations with Ukraine’s arch nemesis, the Russian Federation. It is telling that Trump waited almost a week before speaking to Poroshenko after calling…
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…