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Ariev: In January’s PACE session, Ukraine will demand the release of illegally detained Ukrainians
Volodymyr Ariev, the Ukrainian chairman of the permanent delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said that the discussion topics in this January’s PACE session in Strasbourg would be the illegal detention of Ukrainians (journalist Roman Sushchenko, filmmaker Oleg Sentsov) in the Russian Federation and the persecution in the occupied Crimea of the journalist Nikolai Semena and the Crimean Tatar media.
January’s PACE session in Strasbourg will take place from …
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Media report that a NATO aircraft flew extremely close to a Russian airliner near the Kuril Islands
A military aircraft, presumably from a NATO country, approached a Russian passenger airliner which was flying from Sakhalin to the Kuril Islands. This was reported to Interfax by a source in law enforcement agencies.
"The night before last, the Russian Bombardier airliner departed from Sakhalin and, having ascended about six thousand meters, headed for the Kurils. However, the dispatchers detected an unidentified aircraft approaching the liner at the same altitude, which did not respond to …
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Kerry claims that the United States spent more than $3 billion on countering Russian aggression
The U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, stated at a recent press conference that the United States has been consistent in the support of its allies and partners in Europe against the background of threats which emerged from the outbreak of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and that the U.S. had spent more than $3 billion on this support, Ukrinform reported.
“We strongly advocated for and supported Ukraine in transatlantic space. We responded to Russian provocations by extending support to …
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McCain: Russia carried out cyber-attacks due to U.S. leniency on Russia's aggressive foreign policy
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Republican John McCain at a Committee hearing dedicated to cyber threats for the United States, mainly from Russia said that “the United State’s leniency on the Russian Federation’s aggressive foreign policy is what prompted the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to order cyber-attacks, intending to intervene in the presidential elections.
"We should not be surprised that Vladimir Putin could have thought that he would be able to carry …
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Russia is ready to supply the Philippines with advanced weapons
Russia is ready to supply the Philippines with advanced weaponry, including submarines and aircraft, as stated by the Russian Ambassador in Manilla, Igor Anatolyevich Khovaev, Reuters reported.
Speaking during the visit of two Russian naval vessels to Manila, Khovaev stated that Russia hopes to become a “close friend” to the Philippines, a traditional U.S. ally.
"It's not a choice between these partners and those ones. Diversification means preserving and keeping old traditional partners and …