Turkey: Disagreements remain with Russia over the Crimea
Turkey is pursuing development of its relationship with Russia, but disagreement on several issues, including the Crimea, remain between the countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said at the Munich conference.
He remarked that the relationship between the two countries had been good before Turkey fighter jets shot down a Russian bomber in November 2015.
“And none of us asked why we had such good relations. After the incident, many countries in NATO and the EU …
Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada: Authorities are concealing the flow of contraband in the Donbas
Oksana Syroyid, Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, said in an article for ZN.UA that the statements about the lack of alternatives to the shipments of anthracite coal from the occupied regions of Ukraine are intended to divert public attention away from the facts revealed as a result of the blockade of the separatist-controlled Donbas, namely collaboration with separatists and the flow of contraband.
“By speculating on the ‘lack of alternatives’ to anthracite coal from the occupied …
Russian Deputy PM: Russia is developing ICBMs to counter any US missile defense
The new intercontinental ballistic missiles which are being developed in Russia can overcome any US missile defense, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in an interview on the program “Voskresny Vecher” on TV channel “Rossiya-1”.According to Rogozin, Russian nuclear deterrent forces are made up of various missiles, including “old Soviet classic ‘Voyevoda’ missiles”, which are called “Satan” in the west, but new missiles are also being developed.“They are very afraid of them (the ‘ …
Lithuanian President hopes for even more support from NATO and the U.S.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė announced during the Munich Security Conference that her country expects even broader military assistance from the United States to further strengthen NATO's eastern flank. The President made the statement on Saturday, February 18 during a meeting of the leaders of the three Baltic States with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
Grybauskaitė stressed at the end of the meeting, in an interview to Agence France-Presse (AFP), that it is important to bear in …
Russian Federation Council Deputy: Trump's presidency has not improved U.S.-Russia relations yet
Russia's First Deputy of the Federation Council on Defense and Security Committee, Franz Klintsevich, said that the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency did not make any serious ground in the hope to improve Russia-USA relations.
"While I do not see any serious moves towards the improvement of Russian-American relations, in spite of Russia’s sincere desire, as said by Donald Trump, to get along with the United States," Interfax quoted Klintsevich as saying.
"We cannot ignore the …