Contents tagged with Russia
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President Poroshenko: Ukraine to establish new coast guard system to defend against 'sea invasion'
During an address to border guards in Cherkasy, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that by the end of 2018, there will be a new sea guard system along the country’s entire coast, which will monitor the maritime border from Izmail on the Black Sea to Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, UNN reports.
“To protect Ukraine’s territory against an invasion from the sea, the relevant constituent is being expanded,” the head of state said.
He emphasized that the military drills which were held on the …
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Russia promises to retarget missiles if US base is established in Poland
The Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Vladimir Kozhin stated that Russia promises a response if the US establishes a military base in Poland, RIA Novosti reports.
“Establishing such a base in close proximity to our borders will, without a doubt, pose a direct and clear threat [to Russia]. Russia will be forced to respond to this,” said Kozhin.
Frants Klintsevich, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, also …
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Russian military and fighter jets put on alert in the Crimea
The Russian Southern Military district’s air defense divisions were put on “practice alert,” according to the press-service of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The ministry reported on November 20 that the air defense command of the 4th Army of the Russian Air Force and anti-air defense forces of the Southern Military District in the Crimea practiced changing positions during the exercise.
“As part of the operational readiness drills, combat squads of S-400 Triumf air defense systems carried …
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Russian politician: Mercenaries of private military companies may destabilize situation in Russia
The head of the committee of the All-Russian Officers' Assembly, Yevgeny Shabayev, in an interview with the radio station Echo of Moscow, stated that returning from abroad Russian mercenaries, who have taken part in hostilities in different countries, cause a threat to the stability of the situation in Russia.
“One of the most important problems in the army today is the creation of certain forces that were unknown until this time, which in fact, replace the Russian Federation security forces …
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Media: Russia sent a large landing ship to Syria
A large Russian Navy landing ship (BDK) named Nikolay Filchenkov entered the waters of the Mediterranean through the Black Sea straits.
Turkish media reports that the ship went through the Bosporus and is heading towards the Syrian port Tartus, where a Russian Navy logistics base is located.
The Turkish media published the photos of the ship which was accompanied by s Turkish coast guard boat. Observers concluded that it was carrying a heavy load.
On November 8th, a large landing ship of the …
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Lithuania threatens to leave Interpol if Russian representative is elected as head of organization
Lithuania will be forced to consider the possibility of leaving Interpol if Alexander Prokopchuk, the representative of Russia, is elected as head of the organization, stated the resolution adopted by the Seimas of Lithuania.
88 deputies voted in support of the resolution, 0 against, and seven abstained.
“If Prokopchuk is elected head of Interpol, then Lithuania, together with other democratic countries, will have to immediately consider the possibility of leaving the organization,” the …
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Russia offers Israel and US deal to get Iran out of Syria
At a closed session of the Knesset’s foreign affairs and defense committee, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Moscow had offered the US and Israel a deal: Iran will withdraw its armed divisions from Syria in exchange for an easing of sanction pressure on Russia,reported Channel Ten of Israeli TV, citing members of the Knesset.
According to MPs who attended the committee session, Netanyahu said that Russia had proposed a plan to have Iranian forces withdraw from Syria in …
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US expands sanctions against Russian companies
The U.S. expanded sanctions lists by adding six individuals and three organizations that contributed to the oil supply to the Syrian government. According to the U.S. Treasury, among them, were such Russian companies as the Global Vision Group and Promsyrioimport.
The US authorities have disclosed a scheme, which bypassing Washington’s sanctions, enabled the supply of Iranian oil to Syria through Russian companies. According to the U.S. Treasury, the Global Vision Group is a Russian company …
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Ukrainian journalist: Russia deployed additional warships in the Sea of Azov
The corvette Kerch of the coast guard of the Border Service of the Russian Federal Security Service arrived in Rostov on the way to the Azov Sea, stated Andrii Klymenko, the head of the Ukrainian civic movement Maidan of foreign affairs, on Facebook.
“On November 18, at about 19:00, the towing caravan bound from Petersburg-Yaroslavl to the occupied Crimea, which included a new Svetlyak-type corvette called Kerch, arrived in the port of Rotov-on-Don. It was towed by the tugboats SHLUZOVOY 65 ( …
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Experts predict inevitable collapse of Russian Navy
Extreme measures will be required to deal with the critical problems faced by the Russian above-water shipbuilding industry, 3rd rank captain Maxim Klimov wrote on the website VPK.name.
He claims that the “short-range ships are worn, outdated, and have effectively lost combat significance,” and that the “long-range ships are outdated, worn, expensive to run, and remain only a few units”. By the start of the 2020s, Klimov believes that this will lead to an inevitable navy “collapse”. The expert …