Contents tagged with NATO
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US reconnaissance aircraft approached Russian Navy ships in the Mediterranean
Interfax.ru reported that on Tuesday, the US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft conducted another reconnaissance flight in the area of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. According to websites that track the movement of military aircraft, this is presumably where the ships of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy are situated.
According to their information, the aircraft, which had the tail number of 168859, left the Sigonella airbase in Sicily on Tuesday morning. The aircraft then …
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NATO criticized transfer of Russian Iskanders to Kaliningrad
NATO has sharply criticized the transfer of Russian Iskander-M tactical missiles to a Kaliningrad region which borders both Poland and Lithuania.
“The placement of missiles, which are equipped with nuclear warheads, to an area bordering member countries of the Alliance does not promote a reduction of the level of tensions,” this was said by a spokesman for NATO during an interview with dpa on the 9th of October.
“We need an increase, and not a decrease, in the level of transparency. We also …
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Russia warns Montenegro and Bosnia not to join NATO
The expected accession of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina to NATO will damage the relations of these countries with Russia. Interfax reported that this was said by the Director of the Department of European Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Andrey Kelin.
“NATO is currently adhering to an extremely unfriendly policy towards Russia. In addition, foreign troops are being placed on the territory of the Baltic states. An accession to NATO in this situation will not aid in stability, …
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During the 1970s, the Soviet KGB attempted to recruit Jens Stoltenberg
Soviet intelligence once tried to recruit the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, to the Committee for the State Security of the Soviet Union, or the KGB. Stoltenberg wrote this in his autobiography, NRK reported. Stoltenberg explained that he had been in contact with employees of the Soviet Embassy since the late 1970s and repeatedly talked with Soviet Cultural Attaché Boris Kirillov.
The Secretary General of NATO recalls how he met with the erudite …
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NATO will continue its policy of pressuring Moscow to implement agreements in Ukraine
The Deputy Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Alexander Vershbow, stated that NATO intends to keep pressure on Moscow until it begins to implement previously undertaken obligations on the Ukrainian issue, European Pravda reported. According to Vershbow, the security situation in the Euro-Atlantic region has significantly deteriorated due to annexation of the Crimea by Russia in 2014 and the subsequent participation of Russian servicemen in the Donbas.
Meanwhile, …
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General Hodges: The core of US tank brigade in Europe will be deployed to Poland
The Commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, Frederick Ben Hodges, stated that a U.S. heavy tank brigade, which will be deployed in Europe to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank, will be based in Romania and Bulgaria but the core part of this brigade will be in Poland.
According to Hodges, the brigade will arrive from Colorado in mid-January 2017 to Bremerhaven, Germany, then it will be rapidly deployed to Western Poland.
“Thus, the whole brigade will be in place and then the process, which we call …
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NATO acknowledged that it is losing the information war with Russia
The NATO Command called on its allies in Western countries to actively combat the spread of misinformation that accompanies Russian military adventures, the Voice of America reported. The Director of NATO’s Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, Jānis Sārts, stated that the West is trying to catch up to the Russian Federation in this area.
“The technology is ours. The powerhouses of the market are located in our countries. However, we are holding this discussion, feeling that players …
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NATO says its ready to strengthen its support of Ukraine
NATO has once again declared its firm position with regard to providing support to Ukraine in the country’s fight against the illegal and aggressive actions of Russia and Russia-supported separatists. The Alliance also showed a willingness to strengthen this support.
According to the Facebook page of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO, this was said by the Secretary General of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, David Hobbs, during a meeting with the head of the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna …
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US General Hodges: We are able to deter Russia
Late last week, the Commander of the U.S Army in Europe, Lieutenant General Frederick Benjamin Hodges, visited Latvia and met with the Commander of the National Armed Forces of Latvia, Raimonds Graube, in order to discuss bilateral cooperation and the implementation of the decisions of the Warsaw Summit, as reported by BaltNews.lv.
"I have regularly visited Latvia over the past four years and I see the contributions of the Ministry of Defense and the National Armed Forces of Latvia in the …
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Russian MoD calls reports of bombers near Iceland 'Russophobia'
The Russian Defense Ministry has refuted information about the dangerous proximity of Russian bombers to an Icelandic passenger plane. This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry, Igor Konashenkov.
“Statements made by the Icelandic pilots and diplomats, with regard to the alleged dangerous approach of Russian long-range aircraft to a civilian aircraft over the Norwegian Sea, are no more than their personal fantasy,” he said.
According to Konashenkov, on the 22nd of …