Contents tagged with USA

  • US and Finland sign cooperation agreement on defense development

    Finland and the United States have signed a declaration to cooperate in the field of defense development, Yle reported.

    The document notes that the defense cooperation between Finland and the United States is one of the main factors of stability in the Baltic Sea region and in northern Europe.

    “The US presence in the Baltic Sea region contributes to stability in the region,” the document stated.

    According to the declaration, Finland and the United States will increase the number of joint …

  • US General believes likelihood of war with Russia is high

    U.S. Generals believe that the probability of war with Russia is very high. U.S. High Staff Command made a statement to that effect during a seminar held this week in the Pentagon.

    According to British newspaper Independent, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson, stated that there is a real threat to the security of the United States posed by modern nation-states that, according to Anderson, are acting aggressively in the context of militarized …

  • Russia warns US-led coalition not to fly close to its bases in Syria

    The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation made a statement about how the Russian military will use air defense in Syria after relations with the United States have worsened.

    “I remind the US strategists that air cover for the Russian military bases in Tartus and Hmeymim includes S-400 and S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, the range of which may come as a surprise to any unidentified flying objects,” Major General Konashenkov stated. According to him, “today the Syrian army has S-200, …

  • Russia is ready to establish a no-fly zone in Syria

    S-300 surface-to-air missile defense systems, which were sent to Syria by Russia, are from the Russian Army air defense, a source close to Russian military-diplomatic circles told Izvestia newspaper.

    “These defense systems are related to the army air defense and are designed primarily for the destruction of aero-ballistic targets and cruise missiles,” the source noted.

    According to another source, Russia intended to provide Syrians with several dozens of armored vehicles, which had been …

  • Russia has suspended its nuclear energy cooperation agreement with the United States

    The Russian government has suspended its agreement to cooperate in scientific research and developments in nuclear energy with the United States. The agreement was signed on the 16th of September, 2013 in Vienna, as stated on the website of the Russian Government.

    “The continued renewal of sanctions against Russia by the United States, including the suspension of U.S.-Russian cooperation in the area of nuclear energy requires the adoption of countermeasures,” the document explained.

    The …

  • Russia has prepared a response to the US' 'plan B' in Syria

    An increase of firepower support for Bashar al-Assad’s Army may be Russia's response to the United States’ "Plan B" for Syria. Izvestia newspaper published the details with reference to the Deputy Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Russian Federation Council, Frantz Klintsevich.

    "The General Staff also has special plans to combat terrorists, as they will pay more attention to our units and bases in Syria than to the Syrian Armed Forces,” Klintsevich said.

    A high-ranking …

  • Media: U.S experts have assessed the threat posed by Russia's Navy

    U.S. experts have identified systems from the arsenal of the Russian Navy that they believe pose the greatest threat. Izvestia daily reported the findings revealed by the Director of the Russia Maritime Studies Institute, Michael Peterson. According to him, the United States believes that Yasen-class submarines, Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates (also known as Project 22350) and Zircon and Kalibr cruise missiles to be the most dangerous.

    “Despite the challenges, which we have observed in …

  • US diplomats in Russia say surveillance of their actions has increased

    The incidence of American diplomats coming under surveillance in Russia has become considerably more frequent, said State Department spokesman, Elizabeth Trudeau, at a briefing in Washington. According to her, the Department is concerned about how the staff of U.S. diplomatic missions have been treated by Russian authorities over the past two years, the BBC reports.

    In addition, reporters asked her to comment on the statement by Radio Liberty that last year, paralyzing drugs were poured into …

  • Pentagon: Russian S-300 air defense systems in Syria pose a danger to US aircraft

    The deployment of Russian S-300 air defense systems in Syria can be a danger to U.S. military aircraft, depending on the use of these weapons, Defense Ministry spokesman, Peter Cook, said at a briefing in Washington.

    According to the Pentagon’s representative, the U.S. military does not know why Moscow sent an anti-aircraft missile system to the Arab Republic, The Washington Post writes. Russia initially cited the fight against extremism as its purpose, however neither the Islamic State nor …

  • The Kremlin regrets that Russia is being used in the US presidential election

    The Kremlin regrets that Russia has become an “inseparable part of America’s election campaign”, Reuters reported, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peksov.

    "Of course we would like our country to be mentioned only positively, but to our regret we know that the Russian card and mentioning our president have practically become an inseparable part of America's election campaign," Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.

    On Tuesday, Republican nominee Donald Trump blamed Russia for the broken ceasefire …