3 years agoPolice searched Anglo-American School Moscow in Moscow, documents, personal belongings and baseball bat seized
3 years agoTalks on restrictions on intermediate-range missiles make no sense without general security architecture - Kremlin's spokesperson
3 years agoRussian security services foiled Columbine-style school massacre in Nizhniy Novgorod. 17yo and 2 16y.o men detained. "Suspects were subscribed by restricted telegram-channel on massacres, where 16y.o citizen of Ukraine is Administrator"
3 years ago Putin read the US response on security guarantees himself - Kremlin's spokesperson
3 years ago There is no positive response in the US reply on security assurances on the main issue of the NATO expansion, - Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
3 years ago Lavrov: the content of the US response on security guarantees allows us to count on a serious conversation, but on secondary topics
3 years ago Lavrov: the content of the US reply on security guarantees will be publicly known soon
3 years ago U.S. citizen Mark Fogel, once employee of U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was detained in Russia on illegal drugs smuggling charges
3 years ago4 additional Su-30SM2 for Russian Baltic Sea Fleet arrived at Kaliningrad region
3 years agoSecDef: I spoke today with Polish Defense Minister @mblaszczak about Russia's military buildup around Ukraine. Our continuing close security relationship with Poland is critical to deterrence along @NATO's Eastern Flank.
3 years agoOver two dozen Russian diplomats forced to leave embassy in Washington at request of State Department, ambassador says
3 years agoHead of office of President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak at press-conference says audit of Minsk agreements, Normandy Four agreements were made. Confirmed unconditional ceasefire. Confirmed different interpretation of Minsk agreement between Russia and Ukraine
3 years ago Putin's deputy Kozak: next meeting of "Normandy Four" in 2 weeks in Berlin. Main issue - different interpretation of Minsk agreements, but all parties unconditionally agreed on ceasefire
3 years ago Normandy Four meeting at advisors level ended in Paris after 8.5 hours
3 years ago Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT says he is "skeptical" that conflict with Russia over Ukraine can be solved with diplomacy
3 years ago The ruse of military "exercises" can be used to launch an attack, Sec Gen Stoltenberg recalls from the buildup ahead of the annexation of Crimea. Russia has said it wants more transparency with exercises. NATO says the alliance is ready anytime
3 years ago .@NATO's @jensstoltenberg calls Russian deployment of combat-ready troops, S400 missile defense system and aircraft to Belarus is "significant". Also notes Russia has history of using exercises "as a pretext, a disguise for aggressive military actions"
3 years ago "Tensions are increasing" because of Russia, per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg. "We see also more troops not only in and around Ukraine but also in Belarus. Highly capable, combat ready troops" & advanced systems, like the S400
3 years ago Are we closer to war? "Tensions are increasing. Russia continues its military buildup. And we see also more troops, not only in and around Ukraine, but also now in Belarus, where Russia is in the process of deploying thousands of combat troops." - Stoltenberg
3 years ago Its "no secret we are far apart," says @jensstoltenberg of NATO and Russia. He says that's why it's even more important to look at proposals and identify areas to work together
3 years ago "This is about respecting nations and their right to choose their own path" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg, says of Ukraine, Georgia and potential membership "That is a principle Russia has subscribed to many times"
3 years ago To deploy the NATO Response Force, Stoltenberg says, "we need a decision" by the North Atlantic Council. "That decision will be made if necessary and we will deploy if necessary"
3 years ago "While we are working for a good solution," says NATO Sec Gen Stoltenberg, "we are also prepared for the worst." "We have plans in place we could execute on very short notice." Some of those plans date from Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014
3 years ago "This is about respecting the right of self-determination" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg, asked about Ukraine
3 years ago NATO Secretary General: Russia must recognize the right of every country to define its military alliances
3 years ago "We will take all necessary measures to protect and defend all allies" per @NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg
3 years ago .@NATO calls on Russia to withdraw forces from Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova where @SecGen @jensstoltenberg says they are deployed without consent
3 years ago On European security, @jensstoltenberg says "we are prepared to listen to Russia's concerns & engage in a real conversation on how to uphold & strengthen the fundamental principlesthis including the right of each nation to choose its own security arrangements"
3 years ago "We face a critical moment in Euro-Atlantic security," NATO Secretary General says, adding the alliance has conveyed its written responses to Russia "in parallel with the United States"
3 years agoMilitary convoy filmed in Rostov region
