Section: International Business Times (USA)
Mistral Warships To Russia: French Lawmaker Regrets Canceled Deal While On Crimea Visit
France’s decision not to deliver two Mistral helicopter landing ships to Russia was a huge diplomatic mistake, said a member of the French parliamentary delegation visiting Crimea Friday. Nicolas Duik, an elected member of parliament, made the comments during the controversial two-day trip that has seen deputies of the French National...
Gay Couple Kicked And Pepper Sprayed In Kiev
A gay couple in Kiev was attacked and pepper sprayed by far-right activists as they tried to imitate a video filmed in Moscow to assess Ukrainians’ reactions toward men holding hands. The Kiev video was filmed by Zoryan Kis and Tymur Levchuk for Bird in Flight Magazine and posted on YouTube Thursday. In the Russian video, two men from the...
Russia May Send Tu-22M3 Supersonic Bombers To Crimea In Response To US Missile Buildup In Eastern Europe
Russia’s Ministry of Defense could send Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range strategic bombers to Crimea as part of the Kremlin’s response to the increasing U.S. military buildup in Eastern Europe, especially the deployment of the Aegis missile defense system in Romania, Russia’s state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported...
Russian Media Says Ukraine Is Expanding Its Military
Russian media claim that Ukraine is planning for new mobilization. The secret documents were reportedly intercepted by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic during a reconnaissance. According to the DPR ministry, the new mobilization plan will increase the strength of the Ukrainian army by recruiting more troops. The conscription...
Ukraine Russia Conflict: Ukrainian Tanker Detained In Black Sea By Russian Federal Security Service
A Ukrainian oil tanker loaded with 1,600 tons of illegal and undocumented diesel fuel has been detained in the Black Sea by a border guard unit of Russia’s Federal Security Service, according to a report by the pro-Russian news agency Tass. The ship was intercepted and taken to the port of Kerch on the eastern side of Crimea after having...
Ukraine-Russia Conflict 2015: Long-Range Radars For Ukrainian Military Provided By Pentagon To Help Fight Russian-Backed Rebels
The U.S. Defense Department was poised to provide the Ukrainian military with long-range radars that would help it spot incoming artillery fired by Russian-backed rebels, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday evening. While the radar, which is purportedly capable of spotting munitions fired up to 31 miles away, was strictly not an...
Did He Or Didn’t He? Trial Begins For Gennady Kravtsov, Russian Engineer Accused Of High Treason
A preliminary trial for the Russian engineer accused of selling state secrets to a Swedish company began on July 22 in Moscow, Agence France-Presse reported. The trial of Gennady Kravtsov is one of many high-profile treason cases in Russia in the past few months amid heightened tensions due to the conflict in Ukraine and a broader definition of...
EU, US Economic Sanctions Against Russia Avoided As Russian Oligarchs Give Away Vast Wealth
Some people look to their family in times of dire need. The same approach apparently applies to Russia’s oligarchs, who rather than having their assets frozen by Western-led sanctions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, recently transferred their company shares and vast fortunes to family members, according to an investigation by the...
India, China And Iraq Become Biggest Russian Weapons Importers Amid Western Sanctions
India, China and Iraq have become the biggest importers of Russian military equipment, according to the 2014 annual report of Russia’s state-run weapons exporter Rostec. Russia has been forced to diversify its customer base amid sanctions imposed on Moscow in the wake of its annexation of Crimea and involvement in the East Ukraine war over...
US Expected To Send Tanks To Hungary For Military Exercises Next Year: Report
The United States Army is expected to send Bradley fighting vehicles and M1 tanks to Hungary next year for military exercises, local media reported Wednesday. The move is considered to be part of NATO’s response to the conflict between Moscow and Kiev over the former’s alleged backing of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine....
