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NATO to deploy rapid response forces to the Baltics in May
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will deploy a new group of rapid response forces to the Baltic region in May 2017. The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, Petr Pavel, stated that some divisions will come to the site earlier than the main group. The statement was made following the results of the NATO Committee meeting in Split, Croatia, the Wall Street Journal notes.
There, the military leadership of the Alliance discussed the terms …
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Armenia receives latest Iskander-M missile system from Russia
The Armed Forces of Armenia have received the latest Russian operational-tactical Iskander-M missile system, defense-blog.com reported. This is the first confirmed case of an exported supply of the latest Russian missile system. The possible supply of this missile system to Armenia was reported earlier; however, there was no official confirmation of the information until now.The Iskander missile system (NATO code: SS-X-26) was developed by Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau, located in …
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Sweden does not recognize results of Russian elections in Crimea
Sweden will not recognize the election results of the Russian State Duma, which were held in the annexed Crimea. This was posted by the Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Twitter.
“We condemn Russia’s actions with regard to the elections of the State Duma in the illegally annexed Crimea. We do not recognize those who will be “elected” in the Crimea,” Wallström said.
Newly appointed US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, said that Washington also does not recognize the …
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Georgia condemns Russian elections in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
On the 18th of September, Russia opened polling stations in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali in the South Ossetia region, which was condemned in a statement made by the Georgian Foreign Ministry.
The statement said that as a result of the decision of the head of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, over 114,000 people living in the occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions were included in the voter lists of various federal entities in order for them to vote for candidates in …
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Samantha Power criticizes Russia for calling emergency Security Council meeting
US Permanent Representative to the UN Samantha Power heavily criticized the Russian initiative to hold an emergency Security Council conference on Saturday to discuss an incident connected with the air raid on Deir ez-Zor, during which 62 Syrian soldiers were killed. The US claims that positions of the so-called Islamic State were targeted, and the deaths of the Syrian soldiers was an accident. Power has told reporters that Russia's actions are a ruse, the real purpose of which is to distract …