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Shoygu orders Russian aircraft to fly over the Baltic with transponders turned on
The Head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergey Shoygu, ordered that the Russian Air Force ensure air traffic security of its fighting aircraft over international waters.
“A number of relevant organizational and technical measures are being developed, including the Russian Air Force flying missions with their transponders activated,” the Russia Defense Ministry press and information office reports. Thus, flight control services in the Baltic States will be able to identify Russian …
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Stoltenberg: Russia is an unpredictable danger
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia is an “unpredictable” danger because “it is ready to use force to change its borders.”
Stoltenberg made these remarks during an interview with Bild, RBC-Ukraine reported.
“We face unpredictable risks and complex issues, including Russia, which is ready to use force to change its borders,” the Secretary General said.
He also stressed that NATO does need seek a confrontation with Russia.
The Alliance’s summit will be held in Warsaw next …
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Russian citizen convicted for reposting article about Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939
A resident of Perm has been ordered to pay a fine of 200,000 rubles for the "rehabilitation of Nazism."
In Russia, the court found a resident of Perm guilty of publically denying the decisions of the Nuremberg trials and the dissemination of false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War, Kommersant reports.
The court ordered a resident of Perm, Vladimir Luzgin, to pay a fine of 200,000 rubles on charges of rehabilitation of Nazism.
The grounds for the …
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Macierewicz hopes Russia will deoccupy all Ukrainian territory after NATO Summit
The Polish Minister of Defense, Anthony Macierewicz, expressed hope that the decisions made at the NATO summit will force Russia to withdraw from Ukrainian territories.
"During the NATO summit in Warsaw, a landmark decision will be made. Russia has for a long time thought that it has the right to challenge this decision. We have no reason to discuss something before it is adopted. Once the decision is made, we can start talking about how to keep peace in the world," Anthony Macierewicz said a …
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Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The EU's extension of sanctions is 'short-sightedness'
The extension of economic sanctions against Russia by the European Union is a short-sighted policy, as stated by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"The extension of the anti-Russian economic sanctions by the European Union until January 31, 2017, which are illegitimate from the standpoint of international law, is seen as a continuation of a short-sighted policy by Brussels," the Ministry’s statement reads.
The Ministry also stated that binding the sanctions to the implementation of the …