A joint group of U.S. and Canadian military surveillance teams is expected to conduct a series of observation flights over Russian territory this week as part of a treaty designed to create transparency and trust between Russia and the West, according to a report Monday from Russian news site Tass. While similar flights have been commonplace since the treaty went into effect in 2002, they have taken on more significance over the last two years as old wounds between NATO and Russia have been reopened over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. …read more
Source: International Business Times
