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US deploys Patriot missile system in Lithuania for military drills
A Patriot surface-to-air missile system has been deployed in Lithuania in order to participate in NATO’s anti-air defense divisions’ Tobruq Legacy 2017 international exercises, Lithuania’s Ministry of Defense reported.
“The deployment of a Patriot demonstrates the firmness of the United States’ commitment to ensuring Lithuania’s security, and the high level of readiness to promptly relocate strategic forces to the region,” the department observed.
During the Tobruq Legacy exercises which will …
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President Dodon: Moldova will never be anti-Russian
Igor Dodon, the President of Moldova assured that Chisinau would never pursue an anti-Russian policy, RIA Novosti reports.
“I am absolutely against Moldova considering even the possibility of joining NATO... If someone tries to use Moldova as cannon fodder in the fight against Russia, I mean the goals of NATO. We see what they want and achieve in this region. We see what some Western forces in Ukraine have achieved unfortunately... We do not need such scenarios,” Dodon said in an interview on …
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President of Ukraine: US has promised to prevent the construction of Nord Stream 2
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko thanked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for cooperation in preventing the construction of the Nord Stream 2 project. The Head of State made a related statement on Sunday during a joint press conference with Tillerson in Kyiv.
"I'd like to particularly thank you for our cooperation in the energy sector, and its very important part in the prevention of the construction of the politically oriented Nord Stream 2 project," said Poroshenko.
Energy cooperation …
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Kremlin: Putin is pleased with his first meeting with Trump
President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, was pleased with the results of his first meeting with US President Donald Trump during the two-day G20 summit in Hamburg, as stated by the spokesman of the head of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with a Russian TV channels, RBC reports.
"I can say unequivocally that Putin was pleased, and, frankly, I do not know President Trump at all, but it seemed to me that he, too, was satisfied with this meeting," Peskov said. …
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Protests were held in Tbilisi against Russia’s changes to South Ossetian border
On Saturday July 8th, by the State Chancellery of Georgia’s offices, there was a protest against the installation by the Russian border service of a de facto border of the self-proclaimed South Ossetia, as reported by Georgia Online.
"Activists of the youth wing of the European Georgia party demanded an end to the ongoing creation of borders in Georgian territories and are outraged by the authorities' inaction," the statement said.
Protesters carried barbed wire ahead of them as a symbol of …