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Belarus ready to host Russian strategic nuclear weapons

1Apr

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Belarus, Russia

Belarus ready to host Russian strategic nuclear weapons

Minsk and Moscow "will stop at nothing" to protect their people, Alexander Lukashenko has said FILE PHOTO: A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile Topol-M. © Sputnik / Anton Denisov Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko mulled the possibility of his nation hosting Russia’s strategic nuclear weapons during his annual address to parliament on Friday. The veteran leader's words came as Moscow announced its plans to deploy its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. "I and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin can decide and deploy strategic nuclear weapons here, if need be," Lukashenko told lawmakers, adding that the move would show the two nations' readiness to defend their "sovereignty and independence." "We will stop at nothing to protect ...

31Mar

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Germany

Germany can make do without Russian gas

Consumers are still being urged to conserve energy ahead of next winter © Getty Images / picture alliance / Contributor Germany is planning to fill up its gas storage facilities for next winter without Russian supplies, according to the head of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Mueller. The official said that the nation’s tanks are not empty ahead of the end of the current heating season, claiming that this will allow Berlin not to turn to Russian piped gas. “We are now coming out of the winter with relatively full storage facilities. This will help fill the storage facilities over the summer without Russian pipeline gas,” Mueller told Germany’s DPA news agency on Thursday. According to data provided by the regulator, Germany’s gas storage facilities were...

EU underestimating Russian economic capacity

31Mar

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Europe, Hungary, Russia

EU underestimating Russian economic capacity

The country has managed to adapt to sanctions since the first restrictions were introduced in 2014, THE Hungarian leader explained Viktor Orban © Arpad Kurucz / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Western countries are making a mistake by underestimating Russia's ability to adapt to sanctions, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Friday. According to Orban, Moscow had demonstrated it could adjust its economy to restrictions following the first wave of Western sanctions, introduced after Crimea voted to secede from Ukraine and to reunify with Russia in 2014. "I remember well that in 2015 we exported a lot of food products to Russia…In three years, Russia has built its agriculture and food industry to such an extent that if Hungary wanted to export foo...

Kremlin comments on Ukraine peace initiatives

31Mar

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Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

Kremlin comments on Ukraine peace initiatives

The latest ceasefire plan set out by Belarus warrants discussion, Putin’s spokesman has said An aerial view shows Kremlin's towers, with State Duma building in the background, in Moscow, Russia. © Sputnik / Vitaliy Belousov Belarusian proposals for a suspension of hostilities in Ukraine can be discussed but they don’t change Moscow’s analysis of the conflict, the Kremlin spokesman told reporters on Friday. Dmitry Peskov noted that the initiative formulated by the key Russian ally could not be directly compared to the roadmap for peace in Ukraine set out by China. The latest proposals for a truce, which were outlined by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, involve a ban on the movement of troops and weapons, so neither Russia nor Ukraine could use...

31Mar

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Media, Russia, USA

Biden rejects call to expel Russians

The US president dismissed demands by the Wall Street Journal, but called for Moscow to release journalist Evan Gershkovich President Joe Biden talks with reporters before boarding Marine One. © AP Photo / Susan Walsh US President Joe Biden has urged Russia to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in the city of Ekaterinburg this week on suspicion of espionage. At the same time, Biden rejected a call by the newspaper to expel Russian journalists and Moscow’s ambassador in Washington as a retaliatory step. Biden spoke briefly about the unfolding row on Friday before boarding Marine One to fly to a Mississippi town recently devastated by a tornado. “Let him go,” the US leader replied when asked what his message to M...

WSJ demands retaliation after journalist’s arrest in Russia

31Mar

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Media, Russia, USA

WSJ demands retaliation after journalist’s arrest in Russia

Expulsion from the US of all Russian journalists and the country's envoy is the “minimum to expect” amid espionage case, newspaper said FILE PHOTO © Chris Hondros / Getty Images The arrest of a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) correspondent in Russia on espionage charges amounts to taking him hostage, the US newspaper has claimed. It has also accused President Joe Biden’s administration of showing weakness in the face of the detention and has demanded tough action. Evan Gershkovich was “snatched” in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg by the “notorious Federal Security Bureau,” the newspaper said on Thursday, in an editorial piece. The FSB, the Russian law-enforcement agency, is named the Federal Security Service but is better known under its Russian...

Russia’s revised foreign policy doctrine

31Mar

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Russia

Russia’s revised foreign policy doctrine

Moscow aims to defend the emerging multipolar world order against the vestiges of Western domination FILE PHOTO. © Global Look Press / Sergey Petrov Key points: Offering a glimpse into the nation’s strategic priorities beyond its borders, Russia has released its updated foreign policy doctrine, signed into effect by President Vladimir Putin on Friday. With significant implications for Moscow’s relationships with key players around the world, the document will undoubtedly be closely scrutinized in the weeks ahead. Putin explained that the need to review the document was caused by “drastic changes” in the international landscape, including what Moscow described as an ongoing “hybrid war” waged by the West against Russia over its actions in...

Brits warned of empty shelves in grocery stores

31Mar

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United Kingdom

Brits warned of empty shelves in grocery stores

Shortages of fresh vegetables could become commonplace in the UK in the near future, farmers warn Empty fruit and vegetable shelves at an Asda in east London. © Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images UK consumers may have to get used to empty shelves in supermarkets due to unprecedented shortages of fresh vegetables amid record food price inflation and skyrocketing energy costs, Reuters reported on Tuesday. British shoppers have been experiencing a scarcity of fresh food for months as sales of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and some fruits were limited by most of the country's largest supermarkets due to supply deficiency. Poor weather conditions have disrupted harvests in Europe and North Africa, while inflation led to higher costs for produce from the UK's key mar...

EU nation killed civilians in Iraq – media investigation

31Mar

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Europe, Iraq

EU nation killed civilians in Iraq – media investigation

The Netherlands has decided to declassify data on airstrikes in the Middle East after media exposé FILE PHOTO: A Dutch Air Force F-16 fighter jet. © C. Van Grinsven / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images The Dutch government agreed to release previously classified information about its air sorties in Iraq and Syria, after media exposed as false claims that no civilians were killed in a 2016 strike by the European nation on a building in Mosul, Iraq. A US military assessment had identified the target as a terrorist HQ. The database, released on Thursday, details Dutch F-16 missions between October 2014 and December 2018, which were part of Operation Inherent Resolve, a US-led military campaign against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). It disclosed over 2...

Talk of EU troops in Ukraine ‘extremely dangerous’

31Mar

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Europe, Ukraine

Talk of EU troops in Ukraine ‘extremely dangerous’

Moscow has raised concerns over Hungarian PM’s claims that bloc is set to discuss sending ‘some kind of force’ © Getty Images / Soltan Frédéric Any ideas about a possible deployment of EU forces in Ukraine are potentially very dangerous, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has warned, in response to comments made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday. “If we are talking about some kind of serious negotiations, then this is a potentially extremely dangerous discussion. In world practice, such forces, as a rule, are used only with the consent of both parties. In this case, it is potentially a very dangerous topic,” Peskov told journalists. His statement comes after Orban revealed that EU leaders are close to holding a “legitimate” di...