Section: Africa&ME
Russia Registers Spike in Drug-Trafficking via Central Asia, Trans-Caucasus
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia has recently registered an increase in drug-trafficking through Central Asian and Trans-Caucasus states, as well as the rise of contraband from China, Europe and Ukraine, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said. “We are registering the active use of Internet and electronic payments by the...
16 Ukrainian tourists injured in Turkey road accident
ISTANBUL: Turkish officials say 16 Ukrainian tourists have been injured in a traffic accident in western Turkey. The Mugla governor’s office said in a statement that the bus was travelling on Thursday from popular tourist destination of Bodrum to Denizli province when it skidded on a rainy road and tipped over. The group’s Turkish...
Politics: US special ops are still trying to figure out how to counter Russia’s new way of warfare
Technology will play a significant role in this new realm of warfare, one senior researcher said. US special operations is researching how to counteract a new breed of warfare that Russia, China and Iran have been using quite successfully in recent years, Defense News reported. Known as gray-zone conflict or hybrid warfare, it encompasses...
Politics: Moscow is outfitting its Baltic Fleet with even more advanced military hardware
The fleet is one of Russia's most historic and westernmost military units, and has consistently been at the center of hostilities with the west. Russia is sending it’s Baltic Fleet a new missile ship and and more advanced fighter-bomber jets by the end of the year, Newsweek reported. The fleet will receive a missile corvette ship and...
Crimean Tatars: “We will get our land back”
Poroshenko issues Crimea statement days after blocking popular Russian internet services …read more Source: World...
Putin ‘following Stalin in treatment of Crimean Tatars’
Chairman of Tatar mejlis says current status of Black Sea minority mirrors deportations of 73 years ago …read more Source: Anadolu...
Putin ‘following Stalin in treatment of Crimean Tatars’
Chairman of Tatar mejlis says current status of Black Sea minority mirrors deportations of 73 years ago …read more Source: World...
Ukraine committed to taking back Crimea: Poroshenko
Poroshenko issues Crimea statement days after blocking popular Russian internet services …read more Source: World...
Ukraine postpones controversial bill
Ukrainian parliament has delayed the vote on a religious bill which would impact on the Orthodox church thus outraging Moscow. …read more Source:...
Ukraine committed to taking back Crimea: Poroshenko
Poroshenko issues Crimea statement days after blocking popular Russian internet services …read more Source: Anadolu...
