President of Ukraine asks head of OSCE to deploy police mission in the Donbas
During a meeting with Sebastian Kurz, acting chairman of the OSCE and Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign affairs, President Petro Poroshenko called for discussion to be initiated in Vienna regarding the deployment of an armed OSCE police mission to the Donbas, as reported on the president’s website.
Special attention was given to the increase in incidences of OSCE observer intimidation by the pro-Russian separatists. The Ukrainian President pointed out that the …
Lithuania declares nuclear power plant in Belarus a threat to national security
The Cabinet of Ministers of Lithuania has declared that the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelAES), which is being built about 50 kilometers from Vilnius (on Belarus Island), poses a threat to national security. The portal Delfi reported this.
The government proposes that the Seimas recognize BelAES as unsafe, representing, by virtue of its geographical position, a threat to the national security of Lithuania, the environment and human health.
"The interests of national security and the …
US-led coalition says it has the right to attack any military forces threatening its partners in Syria
The US-led coalition reserves the right to strike at any forces that are a threat to Coalition's forces and its partners, as stated by the official spokesman for the coalition, Ryan Dillon, Interfax news agency reports.
"We reserve[d] that right for any force that presents a threat, whether it is ISIS or anybody else," Dillon said responding to a question by Interfax.
Earlier the US-led coalition once again struck a blow against pro-government forces in southern Syria. The coalition’s …
Russia transfers marines from Caspian Sea to Crimea
Several divisions of marines from the Russian Caspian Flotilla have been transferred to the Crimea, Russian Interfax news agency reports with reference to the press service of the Southern Military District (SMD) of the Russian Armed Forces.
“The transfer of marines from the Caspian Flottilla was carried out in the context of a combat readiness check, announced by the commander of the SMD forces, general-colonel Aleksandr Dvornikov,” the press service stated.
According to the SMD of the …
Russia’s Prosecutor General's Office has сlassified information about the ‘Panama Papers’
In response to a request by the Rambler News Service (RNS) about the results of the prosecutor's inspection of the “Panama Papers,” the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation stated that this information is not available to the public, Rambler News Service reports.
“The requested information contains details that cannot be discllosed,” said Alexander Kurennoy, head of the news service department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia, in response to the request by RNS.
In …