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Russian treaty with rebel Georgian region alarms West
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia’s rebel South Ossetia region on Wednesday that almost completely integrates it with Russia, alarming Georgia and the West a year after Moscow took over Crimea. …read more Source: The...
Russia may consider gas discount for Ukraine
Russia may discuss natural gas discount for Ukraine after the expiry of the “winter package,” Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
Putin says Russia will overcome all difficulties
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday his country, hit by Western economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, would overcome all difficulties from outside. “We will overcome all problems and difficulties that they try to throw at us from outside,” Putin told a large crowd at a concert near the Kremlin commemorating the first...
Russia says drills prove ability to quickly deploy forces
MOSCOW (AP) -Russias defense minister says the military has proven its capability to quickly deploy large forces to distant areas.Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday that about 76,000 troops, over 100 ships and more than 200 aicraft are taking part in Arctic maneuvers this week. At the same time, the military is conducting similar drills across Russia...
Sweden security forces fear Russian military operations
Sweden’s security services said on Wednesday they feared possible Russian military operations against their country following an increase in espionage activity since the Ukraine crisis erupted a year ago. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia stirs anger with South Ossetia ‘annexation’ deal
Russia on Wednesday signed a wide-ranging alliance with Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia that will further cement its control over the territory despite fierce condemnation from the West. President Vladimir Putin inked a deal in Moscow with South Ossetian leader Leonid Tibilov that officially makes Russia responsible for...
Sweden security forces fear Russian military operations
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s security services said on Wednesday they feared possible Russian military operations against their country following an increase in espionage activity since the Ukraine crisis erupted a year ago. …read more Source: The...
Sweden security forces fear Russian military operations
Sweden’s security services said on Wednesday they feared possible Russian military operations against their country following an increase in espionage activity since the Ukraine crisis erupted a year ago. In their annual report, the security services identified Russian espionage as the biggest intelligence threat facing neutral Sweden,...
Russian FM slams Kiev for turning Minsk agreements “upside down”
The Ukrainian parliament’s decisions on the special status of Donbass regions in eastern Ukraine are an attempt to turn all previous deals “upside down,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist east – Kiev military
One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and five were wounded in attacks by rebels in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire agreement with the Russian-backed separatists, a Kiev military spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
