More than 150 Russian paratroopers to take part in Serbian military drills
Over 150 paratroopers from the Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of Russia’s Ivanovo Airborne Division will take part in the Slavic Brotherhood-2016 drills in Serbia, Russia’s Defense Ministry’s press service reported today. The military drills are scheduled to be conducted from November 2 to 15 near Serbia’s capital of Belgrade, Serbian, Russian and Belarusian troops will participate in the exercise. “Over 150 paratroopers will...
Work on agenda of new NATO-Russia Council meeting at advanced stage
The date of the next NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting is to be outlined soon, work on the agenda is at an advanced stage, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov told reporters on Monday. “At the moment the work on the agenda is in progress, and the date of the NRC meeting is to be outlined soon,” he said. “However, I am not ready to give the exact date. This is due to the final approval of the agenda.”...
Lavrov says US publicly insults Russia regarding Syria
The United States, regarding Syria, even publicly insults Russia, accusing Moscow of “war crimes” despite the fact that the U.S. bombed Yugoslavia’s civilian targets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview for the documentary “I have made up my mind. Yevgeny Primakov” for Rossiya 1 television channel. “When the greatest patriot of his country, a very experienced politician, a great...
“Russia wants EU to be united, independent”
Russia would like to see the European Union united, consolidated and independent, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today at the meeting with the members of the Association of European Businesses (AEB). “We have pointed out more than once that we want to see the European Union strong, united and independent,’ he explained. “We are confident that projects of great importance can be implemented.” “Attempts to...
Iraq denies Turkey taking part in Mosul operation
Iraq’s joint operations command Monday denied Turkey was participating in military operations to retake the northern city of Mosul from ISIS. “The spokesman of the Joint Operations Command denies Turkish participation of any kind in operations for the liberation of Nineveh,” a statement said, referring to the Iraqi province of which Mosul is the capital. Source:...
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