Section: Main news

      Britain to push for tough new sanctions on Putin – media
      Apr10

      Britain to push for tough new sanctions on Putin – media

      Britain is pushing western nations to impose new sanctions on Russia if Moscow fails to curb ties with Bashar al Assad amid the escalation of Syrian conflict, according to The Times. Boris Johnson, the British foreign secretary, is demanding that western nations draw up ”very punitive sanctions” in response to last week`s chemical attack on a...

      Ukraine`s chief banker names bankrupt banks, largest debtors for refinancing
      Apr10

      Ukraine`s chief banker names bankrupt banks, largest debtors for refinancing

      Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Valeria Gontareva has told reporters debts of insolvent banks to the NBU as of today are estimated at UAH 45.2 billion. Gontareva claimed that insolvent banks own the regulator some UAH 45.2 billion in terms of refinancing. According to the official, the largest debtors are the following banks: Nadra...

      Denmark seeks to change law on pipelines amid Nord Stream 2 divisions
      Apr10

      Denmark seeks to change law on pipelines amid Nord Stream 2 divisions

      Denmark`s government is proposing amending legislation to allow it to ban pipeline projects on the grounds of foreign and security policy due to concerns raised by Russian efforts to build a disputed gas pipeline through Danish waters. The small Nordic country has been caught in a geopolitical conflict as Russian state gas exporter Gazprom and...

      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...