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NATO
ANALYSIS: New Spike in NATO Spy Planes Operating Over Black Sea: French, British Fighters Provide Escort
While NATO has conducted monitoring and surveillance missions for decades, with increased attention over the Black Sea since February 2022, recent weeks show a spike that peaked sharply on Wednesday.
March 21, 2024
Putin
Russia Formalises Putin Election Win, Dismissing Criticism
The three-day vote last weekend saw Putin cruise to an easy victory for a fifth Kremlin term, unchallenged by any meaningful opposition.
March 21, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: March 21, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
March 21, 2024
Kremlin
Russia Diverts Troops From Front Line to Protect Belgorod - Bloomberg
The Russian Ministry of Defense is forced to transfer troops from the front line to protect the border Belgorod and Kursk regions following anti-Kremlin volunteer group operations.
March 21, 2024
US
US Catching Up With Hypersonic Missile Technology - Tests Lockheed Martin ARRW
The White House hopes that carrying out this final prototype test will silence critics who say they are lagging behind Russia, China and even North Korea in development of the technology.
March 21, 2024
Europe
Eurotopics: Weimar Triangle - EU Closing Ranks?
Europe's press looks hopefully to this three-country format, which has been dubbed the "Weimar Triangle" since a meeting of foreign ministers in the central German city of Weimar in 1991.
March 21, 2024
RDK/LSR
‘They’re Dropping Big Bombs’ – Belgorod Residents Claim Russian Troops Attacking Villages
Russian anti-Kremlin volunteers appealed to the regional governor, saying he would be responsible for new victims if the evacuation of the population does not take place shortly.
March 21, 2024
Putin
Russia to ‘Tweak’ Laws on Criminal Pardons to Increase Recruit Numbers
Proposed changes to Russia’s current laws will see military contracts and pardons offered to suspected or convicted criminals who are at any stage of the criminal process.
March 21, 2024
Poland
OPINION: Medvedev Crows Again, Says ‘Cocks From French Leadership Will Be Guillotined’ if Paris Sends Troops to Ukraine
Erstwhile moderate Dmitry Medvedev outdoes himself with another of his twisted commentaries on the likely outcome of a French “interventionist contingent” coming to Ukraine.
March 20, 2024
Russia
Russian Filmmaker Gets 3 Years in Prison for Ukraine Posts
Prosecutors had requested he be jailed for nine years.
March 20, 2024
Drones
Embattled Marines on Dnipro Bridgehead Gain New Foothold Despite Swarms of Russian Drones
Comments by troops fighting on the Dnipro left bank agree with the view of analysts that masses of UAVs make movement dangerous for both Ukrainian and Russian forces.
March 20, 2024
Ukraine
Widespread Blocking of Polish Roads by Protesting Farmers
Mass protests by Polish farmers on Wednesday, March 20 saw almost all major highways as well as many other minor roads being blocked throughout Poland.
March 20, 2024
War in Ukraine
Russia Rages Against Olympic Chiefs, Accuses Them of 'Neo-Nazism'
On Tuesday, the IOC barred Russian athletes from taking part in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 26 and criticised the Kremlin for planning to hold its own "Friendship Games."
March 20, 2024
Belgorod
Roadblocks Set Up in Russian Belgorod Region as Anti-Kremlin Militias Continue Attacks
Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov restricts entry to seven settlements starting March 20. The regional authorities plan to implement a “visiting procedure” for residential buildings.
March 20, 2024
Russia
Putin Orders KGB’s Heirs to Bust the West’s Sanctions
In a speech at the FSB spy service’s annual meeting, Putin said its spies should work with other agencies to increase the security of the banking and financial systems.
March 20, 2024
War in Ukraine
Russia Says Arrested Man For Spying for Ukraine
The FSB did not name the suspect, but said he was a resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a remote Russian city in the far eastern region of Khabarovsk.
March 20, 2024
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