• Former Foreign Minister of Poland: Putin could cease support for Assad if given Ukraine

    The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radosław Sikorski, suggested that the crisis in the Russian economy could force the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, to offer a substantial agreement to the new President of the United States. Vladimir Putin could refuse to support the Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, if the United States let him have Ukraine.

    Sikorski believes that such an exchange would be possible because the Middle East has always been a priority for …

  • NATO fighter jets will carry out training flights over Estonia

    Two Eurofighter fighter jets from the German Air Force will perform low altitude training flights in Estonian airspace next week, Estonian err.ee reported. The flights will be performed at a height of no less than 150 meters and, as servicemen promise, away from residential areas. The flights will be performed in the morning.

    Since late August, fighter jets from the German Air Force have been guarding the sky over the Baltic States. They are based at Ämari Air Base. The NATO countries allocate …

  • Russian TV Channel is facing restrictions on broadcasting in Lithuania

    Russian Channel Planeta TV is facing restrictions on broadcasting in Lithuania due to the incitement of inter-ethnic discord and calls for war, the DELFI news portal reported. The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission began investigating violations of the law on the Russian TV talk show, Duel. The program by Vladimir Solovyov was broadcast on the 16th of October by RTR-Planeta.

    The Chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission, Edmundas Vaitiekunas, reported that the …

  • Putin signs law suspending U.S.-Russian weapons-grade plutonium disposal agreement

    Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law suspending the U.S.-Russian agreement on plutonium disposal, TASS reported.

    The law was passed by Russia’s lower parliament, the State Duma, on October 19th, and by the upper parliament, the Federation Council, on October 26th.

    Earlier, Putin set forth a list of conditions under which Moscow would consider resuming the plutonium disposal agreement, including an end to U.S. sanctions against Russia, compensation for the sanctions, and a reduction …

  • Poland to open investigation to determine why so few autopsies were carried out for victims of Smolensk plane crash

    According to the representative from the National Prosecutor’s Office press service, Eva Bialik, the Polish National Prosecutor’s Office has initiated an investigation into the lack of autopsies after the Smolensk tragedy in Poland, Polish Radio reports.

    The office is investigating why some autopsies were not carried out in Poland and who is responsible.

    According to Bialik, six years ago in Poland autopsy reports were accepted from Moscow, but examinations from Wroclaw Medical University …