Chairmen from two committees of the US House of Representatives wrote a letter to the president of the United States asking him to impose sanctions against Russia for violating the treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation on the elimination of their intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles, and also to take reciprocal military steps.

Its authors are both republican: Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services Mac Thornberry and Chairman of the House Permanent …

A Swedish reconnaissance jet approached the Russian flotilla headed by the flagship of Russian Navy Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft cruiser. This was reported by the web sites tracking the aircraft flights data.

At the moment the Russian ships are sailing along the western shores of Norway. The aircraft of the Swedish Air Force Gulfstream 4 with the call sign SVF623 took off from Sweden and while flying along the coast of Norway approached the Atlantic where the Russian ships are taking part in a …

Russia and Japan are conducting consultations on the issue of the Kuril Islands and they are carrying them out thoroughly and quietly. Acording to Russian Interfax news agency, this was stated by the the Press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov.

“As far as the issue of the islands is concerned, we are conducting consultations. They are complex, they do not tolerate extra noise, they don’t tolerate any information injections. This is a very meticulous process which needs a lot of …