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Ships from 13 countries, including the United States, France, Denmark, Poland, Lithuania and Russia, drilled together on Thursday during the active phase of the Baltops-2012 international naval exercises.
The aim of the drill is to rehearse search-and-rescue, counterterrorist and anti-piracy operations at sea.
Taking part are more than 20 warships, two submarines and nearly 1,500 servicemen. Russia is represented by the large amphibious assault landing ship Kaliningrad.
TASS
Pavel Danilin, a Russian political analyst, has commented on the Woolwich murder. He said the policy of multiculturalism has “almost outlived its natural lifespan,” a tendency that became clear as early as in the 2000s, when the UK was shaken by a series of terror attacks followed by clashes, pogroms, arsons and nationalist sentiments.
Chechnya's honorary consul in Turkey, Medet Ünlü, was assassinated late on Wednesday in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the country’s police department told Russian reporters.
A prominent Lithuanian lawyer, Albertas Bonjius, has commented on the arrest of Russian national Dmitry Ustinov, who was seized at Vilnius airport a month ago after the US Department of Justice accused him of arms trafficking.
Syrian opposition activists have gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, to elect the head of anti-Assad forces at a conference that is expected to find a single voice for Syria's main opposition bloc, the National Coalition, and other opposition groups.
Russia and Serbia could sign an agreement on cooperation in the military and military technology fields this year, Russian Defence Minister, General Sergey Shoigu announced at the meeting with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic held during the International European Security Conference.
The White House is content with the progress on its Russia talks to replace the obsolete Nunn-Lugar program, also called the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program, which expires this June.
Pavel Danilin, a Russian political analyst, has commented on the Woolwich murder. He said the policy of multiculturalism has “almost outlived its natural lifespan,” a tendency that became clear as early as in the 2000s, when the UK was shaken by a series of terror attacks followed by clashes, pogroms, arsons and nationalist sentiments.
Several soldiers were killed in a gunbattle with suspected Islamist militants after a suicide bomb attack on a barracks in the northern Niger town of Agadez, military sources said.
A prominent Lithuanian lawyer, Albertas Bonjius, has commented on the arrest of Russian national Dmitry Ustinov, who was seized at Vilnius airport a month ago after the US Department of Justice accused him of arms trafficking.
Ways of strengthening European security will top the agenda of a two-day defense conference opening in Moscow on Thursday. The meeting is entitled “Military and Political Aspects of European Security” and was organized by the Russian Defense Ministry.
A state of emergency has been declared in the western Russian region of Tula after a microburst, which is a localized column of sinking air, hit the town of Yefremov, severely damaging homes and community facilities.
President Vladimir Putin believes Russia’s spectrum of ethnic groups, cultures and faiths is a great boon for the country’s development.
Ford Motor Co (F.N) announced it is closing its two Australian auto plants and will cease production in the country in October 2016.
The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved a memorandum applying for observer status in the Customs Union, a Moscow-based trade bloc comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said.
This year is likely to bring a draft agreement, first proposed in 2008, for the EU countries to share information about interest accrued on deposits held in banks.
Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar.
David Cameron's woes are continuing this week with plans to legalize same-sex marriage to be debated in Parliament today and tomorrow. The issue is hugely divisive, not least within the Tory Party which seems to have been in open rebellion in the last couple of weeks over everything from the E.U. to the next election. And on Sunday 34 current and former local party chairmen delivered a letter to Downing Street opposing the policy as "flawed, un-Conservative and costing us dearly in votes and membership". Gay marriage is causing a heated row across the political and public spheres.
A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
A large number of cutting-edge urban planning projects is presented at the Arch-Moskva International Exhibition, which is currently under way in Moscow. Known as the biggest architecture gathering in the city, Arch-Moskva has brought together architects from ten countries, including Austria, Belgium, the UK, Latvia, and Belarus. A separate project called “Next” is taking center-stage at the show.
One million people have ‘liked’ a Facebook page set up in honour of a suspected soldier hacked to death in Woolwich, southeast London, yesterday.
Ibragim Todashev, was questioned in his apartment by an FBI agent but never lived to talk about it. Authorities found out that the 27-year-old Todashev said he knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev through martial arts. However much information they did get from him, it still not being reported whether or not the FBI agent searched Todashev before questioning him.
Twin car bombings hit military base in Niger, 10 killed
