• Peskov's daughter says it is harmful to have the children of Russian officials return from abroad

    A commentary in response to Russian media reports regarding the Presidential Administration’s request for officials to have their children studying abroad returned to Russia was published on behalf of Elizaveta Peskova (daughter of Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary for the President of Russia) on her Instagram page. Peskova believes the initiative to be harmful and noted that her training abroad doesn’t contradict the idea of patriotism.

    “We must strive to ensure that people want to live in …

  • Canada may deploy helicopters and special forces to Latvia

    Task Force Tomahawk, the 2nd Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group that will be a part of a multinational combat brigade group to NATO, may soon arrive in Latvia, as reported by the portal of the Defense Ministry of Latvia, sargs.lv.

    It was reported that Canada is currently discussing with NATO partners the deployment of a combat group in Latvia in 2017 in the framework of the decisions taken at the NATO Summit in Warsaw. 455 Canadian soldiers will become the nucleus of a multinational battalion …

  • NATO aircraft will make low-altitude patrols over Estonia

    The air forces of NATO countries based in Estonia at the Amari air base will conduct low altitude flights over the country’s territory this week. The press service of the Estonian Defense Forces said that the German Air Force is currently based at Amari and that they took over the mission of protecting the Baltic State airspace on the 31st of August.

    German Air Force Eurofighter aircraft will fly in pairs at altitudes not lower than 500 feet (152 meters) and away from the settlements during …

  • Ukraine protests Syria's recognition of the Crimea as part of Russia

    Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has submitted an official note of protest to Syria’s representative in Kyiv over Damascus’ recognition of the Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, as stated by the ministry’s spokesperson Maryana Betsa, TASS reported.

    "On October 20th, the Foreign Ministry summoned Syria’s Charge d’Affaires to lodge a strong protest against Syria’s recognition of the Crimea as part of Russia and demand an explanation concerning the statements of the Syrian parliament speaker on …

  • Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow will take 'asymmetrical measures' if the U.S. tightens sanctions

    Moscow has prepared a series of “asymmetrical measures” that will be taken if Washington tightens sanctions on Russia, as stated by Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov while speaking at a meeting of the Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the bill on the suspension of the plutonium disposal agreement with the U.S., TASS reported.

    "The US policy of sanctions towards Russia has continued for a long time. We have used this period to do some research and to …