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Russia will produce Kalashnikov assault rifles in Venezuela
Russia delivered all the necessary equipment for the production of Kalashnikov assault rifles and ammunition,to Venezuela. This was announced by the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the military-industrial complex.
"In 2019, we will expect a plant that manufactures AK-103 rifles and ammunition to start operating in full force. That means, that any past problematic issues will have been resolved. Although the building is not ready yet, the contractor has changed and …
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NATO battle group in Latvia is fully staffed
After Spain’s decision to join the NATO combat group in Latvia, the group became fully staffed. This, as Delfi reports, was stated by the Foreign Minister of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs. The combat group is scheduled to deploy to Latvia in 2017.
"Now the battle group is fully staffed. The combat group led by Canada will include Canada, Albania, Italy, Spain, Slovenia and Poland. Latvian and Canadian colleagues are now working intensively with all these countries on solving the practical problems, …
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Stoltenberg: NATO is implementing additional aid programs for Ukraine
NATO started implementing a package of additional measures as part of the aid program for Ukraine. This is the package that was approved at the Summit in Warsaw in the summer, as stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after the NATO meeting of the Commission Ukraine in Brussels.
"We have comprehensive cooperation with Ukraine; we provide support in various areas. At the Summit in Warsaw we decided to increase the level of this aid and to start implementing this aid package,” …
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Ukraine's Antonov aircraft manufacturer offered its aircraft for Trump’s Air Force One
The Ukrainian Antonov aircraft manufacturing and services company has offered U.S. President-elect, Donald Trump, to manufacture Air Force One. “Maybe, it is better to consider an Antonov aircraft as Air Force One,” the Ukrainian company commented in response to Trump’s tweet about not wanting Boeing’s extremely expensive aircraft.
Trump previously stated that the contract between the U.S. Government and Boeing for the construction of the presidential aircraft, Air Force One, should be …
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Ukraine invites the world’s countries to recognize the Holodomor as an act of genocide
Ukraine has requested the democratic countries of the world recognize the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as genocide against the Ukrainian people. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the corresponding draft resolution on the 7th of December.
“By means of forced extortion of food products, blockades of villages and entire areas, prohibiting people from leaving the famine-affected areas of Ukraine, curtailing rural trade, and punishing dissenters, the criminal communist totalitarian regime …