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Forward Patrol Bases enhance monitoring along Contact Line: OSCE Chief Monitor
During a visit to Luhansk region on 29 November 2015, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Ertugrul Apakan, said Forward Patrol Bases established by the Mission greatly enhance monitoring along the Contact Line in eastern Ukraine. He visited the SMM’s Forward Patrol Base in Novoaidar...
RFE/RL: Putin says Turkey shot down Russian jet to protect Islamic State oil
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of shooting down a Russian warplane in order to protect the Islamic State's lucrative oil trade, the latest in a series of inflammatory statements made by Moscow against Ankara, according to RFE/RL. Putin's comments on November 30, on the sidelines of the Paris climate...
Glamorous deputy from «United Russia» was blown up by her husband during ‘close’ relationship (Video)
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Oksana Bobrowska was undermined by her husbandin in the car. The reason for this action is the suspicion of infidelity. This is reported in the World News with reference to The Daily Mail. November 26, in Novosibirsk the car of deputy was blown...
Medvedev: Ankara holds strange position, refusing to apologize for plane
The Turkish leadership continues to hold a strange position, refusing to apologize for the downing of a Russian combat plane, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting with vice-premiers on Monday. "Unfortunately, the Turkish leaders are holding a very strange position. It has just been reported that the...
Air strike destroys humanitarian aid convoy at Turkish-Syrian border. PHOTOS
An air strike supposedly committed by the Russian aircraft destroyed a convoy of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and commercial loads near the Turkish-Syrian border. The column was heading to a refugee camp in the town of Azaz. The attack took place five kilometers from the border. According to the outlet, the trucks were...
Coal supplies to be resumed after Crimea starts receiving electricity, — Energy Minister Demchyshyn
Resuming coal supplies is only possible after one of the lines powering Crimea is put into operation, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said. "As soon as the line powering "Tytan" is put into operation, we will solve the problem of coal. Therefore, it's about our...
Ukraine releases two Russian military detained in Luhansk region
Two servicemen of the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, who had crossed the state border with Ukraine, were released and handed over to the Russian border guards, the spokesperson of the Russian Interior Ministry Vasily Panchenko said on Friday, according to Russian news agency TASS. "They were tried in...
Russia imposes sanctions against Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the application of special economic measures against Turkey from January 01, 2016. The text of the presidential decree was published by the Kremlin’s press service on Saturday. According to the decree, the Russian president imposed a ban or restriction for organizations...
NSA to shut down bulk phone surveillance program by Sunday
The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans' phone records by Sunday and replace the practice with more tightly targeted surveillance methods, the Obama administration said on Friday, Reuters reported. As required by law, the NSA will end its wide-ranging surveillance program by...
The Interpreter: Russia continues airstrikes in Syria, 9 civilians reportedly dead
Russian jets are reported to have continued to strike rebel-held areas along Syria's border with Turkey on Friday, according to The Interpreter. The Interpreter cites the Syrian Local Coordination Committees (LCC), which reported that nine civilians, amongst them children, were killed and dozens wounded after air strikes on...
Poroshenko: 6,000 civilians killed in Donbas over 18 months of hostilities
A total of 8,000 people, including 6,000 civilians, were killed in the Donbas conflict zone for a year and a half, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at the "2,000 Ukrainian military and 6,000 civilians, including women and children, were killed by the Russian aggression in Donbas in the last 18 months,"...
Barack Obama plan to defeat Isil dismissed by US intelligence experts
Former and serving diplomats and intelligence officials tell the Telegraph that President Obama's hopes of defeating Islamic State are based on "smoke and mirrors" President Barack Obama's attempts to destroy Isil have been derided by Western diplomats and his own former intelligence officials. Mr Obama has...