Police of Azerbaijan has detained the opposition activist Djeikhun Nabi. His father, also a Human Rights Defender is convinced he is persecuted for criticizing authorities.
Hungary offers to strike minority protection treaty with Ukraine
Russian President Putin warned Wednesday that if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Russia will have to target the nations that would host them.
1 killed in flooding in Tuapse district of Krasnodar Krai, 7 settlements flooded
2 year agoMigrants decided to spend another night on the border between Bosnia and Croatia Fight broke out between two groups that caoused Police to intervene in order to calm down the tensions.
2 year agoOSCE SMM Report 23 Oct: The SMM facilitated and monitored the recovery of the bodies of a man and a woman (both in their forties) from a location near the neighbourhood of Vilnyi
Collapse of arms control treaties would lead to new "arms race", Putin says
Iran, Turkey and Russia have agreed on two-thirds of a new constitution for Syria; hope to complete final draft soon- Officials.
2 year agoRoad accident with APC in Voronezh
President of the Popular Party of Spain: Fernando Albán was thrown through a window from the SEBIN after being tortured
Russia proposes Argentina to conduct joint anti-drug operations - ambassador
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation is considering the introduction of refinery licenses for the export of petroleum products
Croatian Police erected a crowd control barriers on their side of the border, determined to not allow migrants to pass into Croatia.
2 year agoInfographic on Russian arms deals
Former Yugoslav Army chief of staff Nebojsa Pavkovic, who is currently serving a prison sentence for war crimes in Kosovo, has had a book published by the Serbian Defence Ministry. And it was promoted at the Belgrade Book Fair.
DPRK official meets with Russian senator amid summit speculation
Turkey will not allow Greece to interfere in its activities in the eastern Mediterranean, the country's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said earlier today
2 year agoUkrainian border guards detained Belorussian businessman Dmytro Dashuk on red notice from Belarus authorities
2 year agoOn border crossing Maljevac things have calmed down after one of the migrants tried to harm himself with a knife. Migrants around 200 of them still located on the bridge between Bosnia and Croatia
2 year agoIn TridentJuncture participants will split into "South forces" and "North forces", taking turns to play the role of a fictitious aggressor against Norway and the NATO defending forces.
European Parliament just passed legislation to ban single-use plastics
2 year agoNot re-elected as PM. Next attempt after one week: The Armenian parliament is one step closer to being disbanded as it voted down Nikol Pashinyan's candidacy as a formality
2 year agoPresident Ilham Aliyev received Russian Minister of Internal Affairs
2 year agoU.S. National Security Advisor @AmbJohnBolton: "I had the opportunity today to meet with the Foreign Minister @AzerbaijanMFA and then with @presidentaz for extensive discussions about major issues in the region"
Khamenei: Had a group of people not made that sacrifice then, today the glory of the love for ImamHussain would not sweep the world in such a manner. Today you can see people from various nations- including Persian, Azeri, Urdu and Europeans and Americans join the ArbaeenWalk.
[email protected]: For those who want and advocate for illegal immigration, just take a good look at what has happened to Europe over the last 5 years. A total mess. They only wish they had that decision to make over again.
2 year agoVessel under the Moldovan flag caught with 1.4 tonnes of cocaine and detained in Spain
Kosovo is Serbia's "biggest and only EU problem" - Vucic
2 year ago[email protected] met with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Siarto at the Warsaw Security Forum.
2 year agoMP Chubarov personally interrupted the meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian Commission on the Sea of Azov
British Prime Minister says she will contact Saudi King Salman today
A former Bosnian Serb policeman told a Belgrade court that he saw a truck loaded with dead bodies in the village of Kravice, where Bosniaks from Srebrenica were massacred in 1995.
Antwerp: A large 7-storey scaffold collapses. At least one dead and one wounded.
2 year agoNewly elected MP of the @sdpbih in FBiH points to ongoing evidence of elxn fraud in BiH: according to Central Elxns Commission she received zero (.) votes at her own polling station. Apparently, neither she nor her own mother voted for her.
2 year agoItalian Prime Minister Conte to Putin: I would like you to visit Italy in the very near future. You have not been in Italy for too long, and I really would not want the Italian people to get the impression that you are not paying proper attention to them.
NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg: "I don't foresee that Allies will station more nuclear weapons in Europe as a response to the new Russian missile" and Russia's violation of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear forces Treaty that the Trump administration has pledged to quit
An EP resolution supported by the main political groups and set to be adopted tomorrow urges EU Member States to make it clear that the "targeted sanctions against Russia will be reinforced in case of further escalation of the conflict in the Azov Sea."
2 year agoThe first group of 30 migrants arrived in Usivak
The Elysee: France will not take any urgent decision on the future of its strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia
2 year agoTurkish seismographic research/survey vessel Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha which was harassed by a Greek frigate while carrying out previously announced exploration in the Mediterranean last week, is under protection of Turkish Navy warships.
Russia fails to sell 10B rubles in bond auction: only 4.19B sold
2 year agoBromley fire next door to Tesco . Homesdale Road
Naftogaz requests the NSDC to consider the complete cessation of gas transit through Ukraine. This may happen, because Russia refuses to sign a new transit agreement and builds "North Stream 2"
2 year agoFire in Bickley
Peskov says Putin is ready to visit U.S.
2 year agoNATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg stresses the importance of the INFTreaty, but says: "We cannot have a Treaty between two parties that is only respected by one of them Russia needs to come into compliance in a transparent and verifiable way."
2 year agoAn unknown aircraft appears to have caught fire and burned at Krasnodar Airport (KRR, URKK), Russia. But it turned out to be a planned exercise to train local firefighters and rescuers.
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu in Minsk says that NATO shows huge activity at "our western borders", claims that Russian huge military activity is a myth
2 year agoLinas Linkevicius at #WSF2018: our values do not carry weight if we don't defend them, our task is to help to defend the sovereign choices made by our Eastern neighbors
2 year agoMeanwhile border crossing Maljevac between Bosnia and Croatia is closed after group of migrants broke trough Police cordon from Bosnian side of the border. The group has been camping the whole night at the crossing.
2 year agoThe day after announcement from Ministry of Interior of Una-Sana Canton, this morning Police is not allowing new migrants to disembark from train that arrived from Sarajevo.
Residents of Ingushetia began to massively file complaints to Roskomnadzor about the disconnection of the mobile Internet
A 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook the northwestern area of the Peloponnese in Greece in the early hours of Wednesday
2 year agoIn the Vladimir region there was a breakthrough of the main gas pipeline
2 year agoNear Hoptivka border checkpoint in Kharkiv region man threatens to blown up his car "on religious motives"
Russian Defense minister arrived in Minsk for joint meeting of Belarus and Russian Ministries of Defense
Bulgarian government survives no-confidence vote in parliament
Security Council Secretary demands tightening gun control after Kerch tragedy
2 year agoSpanish ambassador to Iraq , Hamdi Escobar says that Spain has 600 soldiers in Iraq to help a give a training to Iraqi security forces.
LX-N90459 - NATO Boeing E-3A Sentry AWACS
2 year ago4 Ukrainian citizens were hospitalized as result of incident at metro station in Rome with Moscow CSKA fans
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: We must jointly protect our region from Russia
Patrushev noted the increase in the level of terrorist activity in Siberia
Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 9 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier KIA
2 year agoDuring a 39-minute session in the Oval Office with reporters present, @POTUS said "we may" meet with Russia President Putin in Paris, saying his advisers overseas were working that out. "I think something good could come out of that," he added.
2 year agoSDF started digging a tunnel in Raqqa countryside to be a French military base .
2 year agoPresident Trump calls Middle East a "nasty part of the world," says Saudi Arabia is a "very good ally of ours." "I will tell you: Russia and China would love to have that military order."
MFA Pavlo Klimkin: actions of the aggressor-state that it attempts to call "sanctions" are no more, but continuing aggression
2 year agoRussian Navy "Admiral Gorshkov" frigate test fired "Poliment - Redut" surface-to-air missile system, naval version of S-350E Vityaz.
2 year agoAn escalator failed at Repubblica station of metro in Rome
At least 20 Russian football fans were injured when a metro escalator in a busy Rome metro station collapsed on Tuesday night, local media reported.
2 year agoLarge group of migrants at the Bosnia side of the border camping and hoping to cross into Croatia.
2 year agoEscalator at Rome metro station malfunctions, several injuries reported
2 year agoSerious incident in Rome metro station after that allegedly CSKA Moscow fans jumping on escalator provoked collapse. 20 fans injured, 10 in serious condition, 1 had foot amputated.
A Russian fan has been stabbed and two bruised in clashes between Cska and Rome hooligans near Ponte Duca D'Aosta in Rome. Police used water cannon
2 year agoKremlin: Meeting with Assistant to the US President for National Security Affairs John Bolton
It's estimated one third to one half of China ballistic missiles would violate INF if they were a party to the treaty, adds @AmbJohnBolton.
"This is not a subject that arose yesterday," says @AmbJohnBolton about Russia violations of INF treaty.
2 year ago"A militarisation of the Azov Sea is in no-one's interest [..] we will continue to push for the respect of international law and conventions, and to support Ukraine in these challenging circumstances" @FedericaMog
During talks in Moscow @AmbJohnBolton says he had discussions about continuing concerns of Russia meddling in US elections, as well as arms control.
2 year agoIn Moscow @AmbJohnBolton says @POTUS looks forward to talking with Russia President Putin in Paris.
Bolton confirms that Putin and Trump will meet in Paris on November 11 - "We will make the precise arrangements on that, but it will happen on the 100th year celebration of the armistice."
"If you also believe that your political system will not succeed without a high degree of ubiquitous surveillance than you have a high degree of interest in AI" per former IARPA director Jason Matheny re Russia China
"If you have very little face in your own human capital to exercise your own political willthen you're very interested in autonomy" of AI systems, per Matheny tells @CFR_org
Putin: "As far as I can remember, the US seal depicts an eagle on one side holding 13 arrows, and on the other side an olive branch with 13 olives. Here's the question: Did your eagle already eat all the olives and only the arrows are left"
2 year agoBolton-Putin meeting has begun at the Kremlin. US side looks to be same as for Bolton visit in June: Amb. Huntsman and NSC's Fiona Hill + Joe Wang.
Ukraine launched an online bidding procedure for mining and oil and gas exploration projects using the ProZorro e-procurement system. The government expects to reduce corruption by using transparent online bidding
Yesterday, for the first time, US Air Force aircraft RC-135V carried out reconnaissance flight along the coast of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. It flew for about 15 minutes from Russian border to Sukhumi.
2 year agoRussian PM Medvedev: sanctions against Ukraine will hit hundreds of persons and entities, including famous people
Stavropol Krai cossacks demand from authorities to request Naurskiy and Shelkovskiy district of Chechnya to be included in Stavropol Krai, like in Ingushetiya land deal
US and Uzbekistan signed investment deals worth $2.5B in Tashkent. Chair of the US-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce told Uzbek officials that Americans will invest more in the Central Asian country than Russia pledged ($27B) after Putin's visit last week
EU will offer British PM a UK-wide customs arrangement but it will require a separate treaty
[email protected] got a State Dept cable that reported @RandPaul is lobbying to lift Russia sanctions and to negotiate (not withdraw) from the INF Treaty.
Moldova’s pro-Russian President Igor Dodon said on Tuesday that Russian Patriarch Kirill will visit Moldova from October 27 to 28 – a shorter visit than the four-day trip that was initially announced.
2 year ago"Russia 1" state TV show phone conversation with witness of Kerch school shooting, student of college, Alina Kerova, but girl with same name listed as died in shooting
2 year agoThe BBC's @sarahrainsford asks John Bolton in Moscow if the US' decision to pull out of the INF treaty is a dangerous step and a return to the Cold War
2 year agoRomanian Navy Type 22 Broadsword class frigate Regele Ferdinand F221 (x @RoyalNavy HMS Coventry F98)transited Dardanelles towards Marmara
Video: Bolton laying the wreath at Nemtsov memorial
2 year agoFM Czaputowicz met with Ukraine FM @PavloKlimkin in Warsaw. The talks focused on bilateral relations, security in the region and situation in Ukraine
Russian authorities called information about bread price hike a provocation
US Cyber Command has begun operations against Russians trying to influence midterm elections. The so called direct messaging campaign to deter Russian propoganda efforts is first cyber operations to defend US vote.
Body of 5th killed in explosion at Avangard plant near St.Petersburg was found
Workers continue strike at Croatia's troubled 3. Maj and Uljanik docks, demanding the payment of overdue salaries for September
2 year agoNearly 2 years after he was elected POTUS, Trump nominates Ambassador @USEmbassyDublin. Will go to Senate for confirmation.
2 year agoUSNavy P8A 168848 out of Sigonella, hdg north over Danish coast towards Norway. 1012z
2 year agoICRC: Toretsk residents have been without water for 9 days, because of damage to water pipeline in a frontline area hard to access. We delivered 18 tons of potable water last Friday and on Monday. We plan to truck in additional supplies throughout this week.
The Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev has refused from the services of advocates Kheda Ibrieva and Andrei Sabinin. Ingushetia advocates oppositioner
Kremlin supports proposal of foreigners share in news aggregation companies
NATO E3 Sentry AWACS LX-N90453 NATO07
Private aircraft of Ukrainian Tycoon Medvedchuk Dassault Falcon 900EX P4-GEM
2 year agoItaly - An attempt by the police to clear the CasaPound squat right in the centre of Rome - illegally occupied since 2003 - has been abandoned this morning and "rescheduled", after militants threatened "a bloodbath".
2 year agoRussian Minister of Defense met with Bolton
2 year agoActivists in Komi block a planned new garbage dump for waste from Moscow, 1,000 miles to the south.
2 year agoBolton's Moscow wreath diplomacy: one to the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, one to the unofficial Boris Nemtsov memorial.
Police arrest two suspected jihadists in Valencia and Alicante
2 year agoEssonne: the police were attacked by dozens of people in Lisses.
In interview with Russian paper, @kommersant , John Bolton suggests he believes there's "zero probability" the INF treaty can be saved. Says it would need not just Russia , but also China (which isn't part of the treaty) to give up about half its missiles
Dujkovic: A hundred migrants are still at the Izacic crossing
Greek Ambassador to Turkey Petros Mavroidis was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fouad Belkacem, former leader of Sharia4Belgium, stripped of Belgian nationality
Russian Ministry of Defense allocates additional money to watch military cadets activity online
In January-September 2018, Ukraine increased exports of fruit and berries by 40% year-on-year, with the bulk going to the EU.
High-ranking officials of the Russian region of Dagestan issued health insurance to ISIS militants before they being sent to Syria - region chairman Vasiliev
Tens of Kurdish migrants stuck in an airport in Switzerland seeking asylum. Many had transited from South Africa or Brazil.
The agreement signed with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will bring stability in the region and undercut Turkey's influence in the region, former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias said during a speech in Crete
USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint airborne SIGINT platform on mission
2 year agoRuAF Tu-154M "Careless" RA-85041 Moscow - Kaliningrad.