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Sweden re-thinks emergency communications because of tension with Russia
Sweden is reviewing its communication systems for emergency and security services because of tensions in the Baltic region that have been heightened by Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist told Reuters. …read more Source: The Daily...
Hollande Says Will ‘Clarify Positions’ with Trump in Call Friday
French President Francois Hollande said Friday he would “clarify positions” with US president-elect Donald Trump during “frank” telephone discussions later in the day. “I will have to clarify and seek clarification on positions. We must speak frankly to each other,” Hollande told France 2 television on the sidelines of France’s Armistice...
Don’t forget Crimea and Aleppo, German minister warns Trump
Germany supports a dialogue between the United States and Russia, but Donald Trump must not ignore Russian actions in Crimea and Aleppo when he sits down with President Vladimir Putin, the German defense minister said Friday …read more Source: The Daily...
France’s Hollande to seek clarity from Trump in Friday phone call
French President Francois Hollande said Friday he hoped U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would clarify his position on issues including conflicts in Syria and Ukraine and Iran’s nuclear deal when the two men talk by phone later in the day …read more Source: The Daily...
China state media warns Trump against isolationism
Chinese state media has warned the US president-elect against isolationism and interventionism, calling instead for the United States to actively work with China to maintain the international status quo. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to tear up trade deals and pursue a more unilateral foreign policy under his “America First”...
Russia Detains Ukrainian ‘Terrorist’ Group in Crimea
Russia’s security service said Thursday it had detained several people in Crimea, accusing them of being saboteurs sent by Kiev to the Moscow-annexed peninsula to attack infrastructure targets. Russia’s FSB security service on Wednesday “detained members of a sabotage-terrorist group from the main intelligence directorate of the...
Ukrainian sabotage group detained in Crimea: Russia
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says it arrested “members of a diversionary and terrorist group of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry” in Sevastopol on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Russia detains Ukrainian ‘extremist’ group in Crimea
Russia’s FSB security service on Wednesday “detained members of a sabotage-terror group from the main intelligence directorate of the Ukrainian defence ministry,” it said in a statement. …read more Source: World...
Ukrainian sabotage group detained in Crimea: Russia
Russia says it has arrested a group of Ukrainian saboteurs suspected of planning attacks against military sites and vital infrastructure in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source: Iran...
Russia says it has detained Ukrainian saboteurs in Crimea
Russia’s Federal Security Service said Thursday it had detained a group of saboteurs who it said were planning to attack military sites and vital infrastructure in Crimea …read more Source: The Daily...
