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Media: Estonia and Finland to purchase heavy artillery from South Korea
The Armed Forces of Finland allocated EUR 100 million for the purchase of heavy artillery, which will replace old post-Soviet weapons. According to the newspaper Rzeczpospolita, at the end of 2016, the Finnish army tested South Korean K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers. Those are equipped with a 155 mm gun, and their range of fire is 40 km. The Howitzer's maximum speed is about 70 km per hour.
Moreover, the newspaper noted that Helsinki plans on purchasing used howitzers. The Finnish Defense …
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French intelligence thinks Russian hackers may attempt to influence elections in favor of Le Pen
Employees of the General Directorate for External Security (DGSE) of France are not ruling out the possibility that Russia may intervene in the presidential elections with the help of cyber-attacks in favor of Marine Le Pen.
The secret service announced that Moscow also allegedly intends to use social networks to support the Chairman of the National Front (FN), having arranged for the mass publication of messages in support of the National Front party leader. Russian hackers, finally, may try …
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US refused to lift Crimea-related sanctions against Russia
The US does not intend to lift the sanctions against Russia with respect to the Crimea, White House representative Sean Spicer stated on Wednesday the 8th of February. “There are two sets of sanctions that we are dealing with. One is the ones with respect to Crimea. And I think that US Ambassador Haley has addressed that very forcefully at the UN, that until Russia leaves Crimea, those sanctions are a non-starter,” Spicer stated in response to journalists’ questions during a traditional press …
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The President of Transnistria said the breakaway region will not change its Russia-oriented course
The President of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Vadim Krasnoselsky rejected the proposal of the Prime Minister of Moldova, Pavel Filip to begin discussion on granting special status to Transnistria within Moldova.
Krasnoselsky stated this after the meeting with Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and acting OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Sebastian Kurz. Krasnoselsky stressed that political issues on granting special status to the region within Moldova are not currently …
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Poland to send a note to Russia requesting explanation for its refusal to provide debris of Tu-154
The Polish Foreign Ministry asked the Russian Federation which investigative actions over the past year have led to Russia’s refusal to return the debris of flight Tu-154 that crashed in 2010 near Smolensk, as was stated by Polish Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, on the air of the radio RMF FM, according to the statement by the Polish Foreign Ministry.
According to him, over the last year, the Polish Government has tried to get the debris from the aircraft from Russia by "normal and …
