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Putin says Russia is beefing up its nuclear arsenal
KUBINKA, Russia – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year and a defence official accused NATO of provoking a new arms race.Putin made his announcement a day after Russian officials denounced a US plan to station tanks and heavy weapons in...
Russia warns it would react should US station arms in Baltics, eastern Europe
MOSCOW – A senior Russian Defence Ministry official warned on Monday that Moscow would boost its forces on its Western flank should the United States store heavy arms in the Baltic states and eastern Europe.A US official said over the weekend that Washington planned to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and eastern Europe to...
U.S. plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, Eastern Europe: source
WASHINGTON – The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday. “We… …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines makes emergency landing in Melbourne
SYDNEY – A Malaysia Airlines flight returned safely to Melbourne on Friday, having turned back within minutes of take-off after an engine fire alert went off, Air Services Australia said.”There was an emergency declared, there was an ‘engine fire’alert in the cabin. The plane proceeded to dump the fuel and returned to land...
Paris Air Show goes green but sales war takes centre-stage
PARIS – With air passenger numbers set to double to six billion annually by 2030, the world’s premier air show in Paris will next week focus on green issues even as the aircraft sales war remains centre stage.The Paris Air Show brings together some 315,000 visitors and 2,260 exhibitors from 47 countries, with much of the attention...
Giant statue of Orthodox prince stirs controversy in Moscow
MOSCOW – Scaffolding surrounds the vast clay sculpture-in-progress inside a warehouse on Moscow’s outskirts, yet already the statue of Vladimir the Great has caused an outcry as big as the monument itself.The 24-metre (78-feet) high likeness of the man who brought Christianity to Kievan Rus – the forerunner of modern Russia and...
Washington accuses Russia of ‘outright lies’ on Ukraine
KIEV – Washington’s UN envoy accused Russia on Thursday of spinning “outright lies” on Ukraine designed to hide the Kremlin’s direct involvement in a war it launched to thwart Kiev’s pro-Western drive.Samantha Power’s address to a crowd of hundreds in Kiev delivered one of Washington’s toughest...
Deadly Kiev fuel blasts set off blaze near military unit
June 10, 2015 2:31 AMKRYACHKI (AFP) – Hundreds of Ukrainian firefighters battled Tuesday to keep a blaze sparked by a deadly string of fuel depot blasts from engulfing a strategic military unit outside Kiev that has Mig-29 fighter jets and rockets on site. …read more Source: The Straits...
Gazprom reiterates no gas exports via Ukraine after 2019
June 10, 2015 12:45 AMMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom has reaffirmed plans to cut off gas transiting Ukraine to western Europe in 2019 and urged the European Union to speed up a decision on Russian gas delivery routes to ensure it receives supplies after that time. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia probes MP who opposed Crimea annexation
MOSCOW – Russia has opened a criminal probe into the only lawmaker who voted against Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, accusing him of embezzlement, authorities announced Tuesday.The Investigative Committee, which reports directly to President Vladimir Putin, accused MP Ilya Ponomaryov of complicity in embezzling 22 million rubles...
