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      Russian teen detained over explosives found near Oslo subway – DW
      Apr10

      Russian teen detained over explosives found near Oslo subway – DW

      Norwegian police said on Sunday that they had raised the country`s security threat level the day after an explosive was found near a busy subway station in Oslo. Authorities also announced that they had apprehended a suspect over the incident, Deutsche Welle reported. The suspect was a 17-year-old Russian national who had been living in Norway...

      Ukraine`s T-64 tank tested before being transferred to army
      Apr10

      Ukraine`s T-64 tank tested before being transferred to army

      A T-64 tank, which was sent to the Kharkiv Armored Plant for a routine maintenance, has gone through a full complex of restoration works on its engine, transmission units and assemblies, and an armament complex, including a remote weapon system. At the same time, the work was carried out to upgrade the tank with dynamic protection system, as...

      Russian naval activity in Europe exceeds Cold War levels – U.S. Navy Admiral Michelle Howard
      Apr10

      Russian naval activity in Europe exceeds Cold War levels – U.S. Navy Admiral Michelle Howard

      Recent Russian naval activity in Europe exceeds levels seen during the Cold War, a top U.S. and NATO military officer said, voicing concern that the distributed nature of the deployments could end up ”splitting and distracting” the transatlantic alliance, according to Reuters. ”We`re seeing activity that we didn`t even see when it was the Soviet...

      FTAC: Reprise: How ISIL Serves Moscow, Damascus, and Tehran
      Apr10

      FTAC: Reprise: How ISIL Serves Moscow, Damascus, and Tehran

      Again: Assad (w/ Putin and Khamenei looking on) incubated ISIL as a tool with several interesting functions: –A “jihadi” trap that has drawn thousands of fighters to itself, including from Chechnya, to serve as a “Kill Zone” for the type. Not a bad idea, eh? –However: the same ploy turns out for bribing the west — “Assad OR The Terrorists” in...

      FTAC: Syria – “Expect ‘Mission Creep’”
      Apr10

      FTAC: Syria – “Expect ‘Mission Creep’”

      Posted to YouTube by The New York Times, April 7, 2017. Comment: The public presentation of conflict may attempt to keep separate Syria, Ukraine, Russia, and Iran, but I don’t think the Kremlin (this is a good comment for Kremlin Watch) has an “Off” button in association with the defense of the autocratic feudal past that each dictatorship...

      Russian propaganda calls Crimean Tatar`s batallion ”Jihadisi Islamic Battalion”
      Apr10

      Russian propaganda calls Crimean Tatar`s batallion ”Jihadisi Islamic Battalion”

      The spokesperson of the self-proclaimed ”DPR”`s ministry of defense, Eduard Basurin on Saturday voiced baseless claims that an ”Islamic brigade” with as many as 500 fighters had been deployed to the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and was working with the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, according to the Atlantic Council`s Digital Forensic Research...

      Ukraine marks first 500 days without Russian gas
      Apr10

      Ukraine marks first 500 days without Russian gas

      It has been 500 days since Ukraine has refused to purchase natural gas from Russian energy monopoly Gazprom, as reported by the press service of Ukrtransgaz, the state-owned operator of the gas transportation system. ”We`ve not been importing gas from Russia for 500 days,” the report says. It is also noted that on April 8, 15.7 million cubic...

      Ukrtelecom stops operations in occupied Donbas
      Apr10

      Ukrtelecom stops operations in occupied Donbas

      One of the largest Ukrainian telecom operators, Ukrtelecom, halted its telephone communication services and internet access on the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the company press service reports. ”Telephone communication and internet access services are not provided in the uncontrolled territory of Donetsk and...

      Russian official reacts to possible introduction of new U.S. sanctions
      Apr10

      Russian official reacts to possible introduction of new U.S. sanctions

      A Federation Council member has issued a comment regarding the possibility of new sanctions being introduced by the U.S. government against Russia. ”Trump needs to think three times before imposing new sanctions on Russia,” Federation Council member Alexey Pushkov tweeted. The Russian official believes that in this case, the U.S. president will...

      The Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeria Gontareva announces resignation
      Apr10

      The Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeria Gontareva announces resignation

      The Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Valeria Gontareva, has officially announced her resignation. The announcement was made during a Monday press conference in Kyiv. As UNIAN reported, head of the NBU in early March confirmed rumors of her possible resignation, promising to officially warn the public a month prior to the actual date she...