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Poland: The Only Way To Stop Islamic Terror Attacks Is To Not Let Them In.
The tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro, with 620,000 inhabitants, has formerly joined the NATO alliance in a ceremony in Washington Monday. The action has infuriated its long-term cultural partner, Russia, and threatened its tourism industry. “Russia reserves the right to take counter-measures on the basis of reciprocity amid the Montenegrin…
South Ossetia’s role as a financial center for the Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine has been rising over the last two years – reports Eurasianet. In particular, South Ossetia facilitates Russian public funds going to the separatists through the International Clearance Bank based in Tskhinvali. In addition, a holding company…
Putin Makes A Plea To U.S. Businesses To Restore Ties With Russia.
In the early spring this year Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to begin the integration of South Ossetian military units into the Russian armed forces. Russia took the South Ossetian territory during the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 and has occupied the area ever since with Russian troops. Russia…
Kazakhstan Boosts Production Despite OPEC Pledge.
Image by kremlin.ru Russian President Vladimir Putin called for joint efforts against the global terrorist scourge in a statement released by the Kremlin. He also offered condolences to the British people in a telegram via British prime minister Theresa May on Sunday. “The President of Russia expressed his confidence that…
Image by Artur1917 Russia can live forever on $40 oil said Russia’s Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum today in an interview with Bloomberg. In the Kremlin’s eyes, they have already achieved their targeted goal of reducing inventory levels of crude around the world and are…