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Chinese, Russian warships sail near disputed East China Sea islands – Reuters
Japan is concerned over three Russian and one Chinese warship sailing close to what Japan considers its territorial waters in the East China Sea for the first time, increasing tensions over the disputed area, according to Reuters.Japan said a Chinese frigate sailed within 24 miles (38 km) of the contested territory, the islands known as the...
Russia to set up joint air defense system with ex-Soviet allies
Russia is working on setting up a joint air defense system with all of its ex-Soviet military allies, a senior official said on Wednesday, according to Channel NewsAsia.”The merger of regional air defense systems will pave the way for creating a common air defense (system) over the entire territory of the Collective Security Treaty Organization,”...
Russia`s independent media take on state TV
Russia`s NTV state television channel is facing an unexpected backlash over a bit of its trademark anti-Western rhetoric, RFE/RL reports.After NTV accused a newspaper of doing Washington`s bidding, independent media have rallied to defend their colleagues, launching a nationwide campaign to denounce propaganda on state television, according to...
Gas price for Ukraine ”absolutely comfortable” – Russian Energy Minister
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said the contract price of Russian gas for Ukraine in the second quarter of 2016 was ”absolutely comfortable” even without discounts, and Moscow was not willing to discuss lower prices with Kyiv, according to RBC.Novak recalled that the contract price of Russian gas in the second quarter of 2016 is...
Russian proxies attack Ukraine 43 times in last day amid escalation
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 43 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.In the Donetsk sector, the Russian-backed mercenaries fired from all types of small arms and mortars of various calibers on the Ukrainian...
SBU releases recordings of tapped conversations of Frenchman planning attacks during EURO-2016
The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has published on its YouTube channel fragments of conversations of a French citizen Gregoire Moutaux, who is suspected of plotting terrorist attacks during the EURO-2016 football tournament.In these fragments, the French national (call sign Muto) speaks in broken English supposedly with a citizen of Ukraine.The...
Recovering assets stolen by Yanukovych team impossible without Ukrainian court rulings
Ukrainian state is itself responsible for recovering the assets stolen by Viktor Yanukovych and his cronies, according to the Head of Transparency International Jose Carlos Ugaz Sanchez Moreno, Ukraine Today reports.Holding talks with Ukraine`s Justice Minister Yuriy Petrenko, Ugaz stressed along with the anti-corruption measures political will...
Czech Republic accuses Putin of backing EU`s rightwing to weaken Europe
Czech foreign minister Lubomir Zaoralek said in an interview with The Financial Times that nationalist and Eurosceptic movements played into Russia`s strategy of weakening Europe.Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to ”divide and conquer” the EU by supporting rightwing populist politicians across the bloc, the Czech Republic has warned,...
Ukraine calls on France to maintain firm position on issue of anti-Russian sanctions
The Embassy of Ukraine in France calls on the French government to maintain its firm position on the issue of anti-Russian sanctions.”The Senate has adopted a resolution calling for lifting sanctions against Russia. The firm position and the responsibility of the French government are crucial,” the Ukrainian embassy wrote on Twitter.As UNIAN...
U.S. Navy boosts presence in Mediterranean ahead of NATO summit
The U.S. military will have two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea this month ahead of a NATO summit in Warsaw as Washington seeks to balance Russian military activities and accelerate its fight against Islamic State, according to Reuters.The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier will hand off to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower when it...