• Media: Police in Chechnya required to study Akhmad Kadyrov’s biography

    Employees of some police stations in the Chechen Republic have received orders requiring them to learn the biography of Akhmad Kadyrov, father of the current head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. According to a report by “Caucasus. Realities,” the text of the biography was distributed in one of the republic’s police departments.

    Kavkaz.Realii reports that police workers are required to memorize facts from Akhmad Kadyrov’s biography.

    Chechen Interior Ministry officials are often given instructions …

  • Czech Republic Defense Minister calls Russia one of main threats to NATO

    Czech Republic Defense Minister Lubomír Metnar stated that Russia is a main threat to NATO, along with world terrorism and cyber-attacks.

    “Terrorism holds first place among the threats, and above all, it is the danger of a global expansion of local terrorist organizations. I give second place to cyber threats and third place to threats from Russia,” said Metnar.

    According to the Defense Minister, Russian posed by Russia include the rearmament of the army, troop movements, and a large number …

  • Estonian President strips officer accused of spying for Russia of all military ranks

    Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid stripped serviceman Denis Metsavas of all military ranks after he was convicted of spying for Russian military intelligence, reported ERR news outlet. Metsavas lost every rank he received from 1999 to 2015, from Warrant Officer to Major.

    On February 11, the Harju County Court sentenced 38-year-old Denis and his 65-year-old father Pjotr Volin to imprisonment for espionage. Denis was sentenced to 15 years and 6 months of imprisonment and his father to 6 years …

  • PACE considers situation in Ukraine acceptable for democratic elections

    The delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) visited Kyiv on March 6-7 and declared that the situation in Ukraine is acceptable for holding democratic elections.

    “It acknowledged the efforts made by the Ukrainian authorities to have a genuine election process and urged them to continue to operate in accordance with European standards and best practices. The legislative framework for the presidential elections is good and, if applied in good faith, should lead to …

  • US warns Turkey of serious consequences if Ankara goes ahead with purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia

    During a press conference on Friday, the Acting Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Charles Summers  announced that Turkey’s military relationship with the United States would face serious consequences if Ankara receives the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems.

    "If Turkey takes the S-400s there will be grave consequences in terms of our military relations with them," he said.

    Summers explained that the purchase of the S-400 missiles systems from Russia would …

  • Kyiv: Russia completes formation of strike forces near Ukrainian borders

    The Chief of the General Staff and the commanding officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko, has announced that Russia is completing the formation of its strike forces on the border with Ukraine, which together with special-operations military units will form the basis of the invasion forces, Interfax reports.

    "In the current geopolitical realities, we predict military threats from three out of four directions: north, east and south. Russia is completing the formation of the …

  • Poland appoints new Ambassador to Ukraine

    Poland has appointed the Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland as the new Ambassador to Ukraine, reported the press service of the Polish Foreign Ministry on Twitter. "The Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowic, on behalf of the Polish President, handed Bartosz Cichocki his nomination to the post of Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine,” the statement reads.

    The former ambassador, Jan Piekto had served at his post since October 2016. His resignation was revealed on December 19 and he …

  • Turkey and Russia to start joint patrols in Syria

    The Turkish Minister of National Defense, Hulusi Akar stated that Russian and Turkish military will begin joint patrols in the Syrian province of Idlib,  Anadolu news agency reports . As the minister noted, the cooperation of the two countries in this area will ensure the preservation of the cease-fire in northwest Syria.

    “Russia will implement it along the borders of Idlib, and the Turkish armed forces in the regions in which weapons were seized from the terrorists,” he said.

    Earlier, it was …

  • Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Number of Russian military in Crimea nears 50 thousand

    The Ukrainian Minister of Foreign, Affairs Pavlo Klimkin stated that the militarization of the Donbas territories which are not under Ukraine’s control, continues and in the next few years the number of Russian military personnel may reach 50 thousand people, reports Ukrinform.

    “The militarization of the Crimea has reached a certain limit, but it will continue. We know that in the following years there will be almost 50 thousand Russian personnel [ in the Crimea],” said Klimkin.

    The Foreign …

  • The US accuses Russia of conspiring with Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar

    Russia secretly supported Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in order to get a foothold in the region that is strategically important to Moscow, stated the Commander of United States Africa Command, Thomas Waldhauser, Interfax reports.

    According to Waldhauser, Russians publicly supported the UN peace initiatives while at the same time secretly provided assistance to the Libyan National Army supplying them with resources and personnel.

    “The success of Haftar will allow Russia to gain a …