| 04/02/2018 12:10 | Russia Announces Missile Tests In Latvia's Baltic Sea Exclusive Economic Zone ( IR INSIDER (blog) )
The Russian Federation has announced plans to test naval-launched missiles in the Republic of Latvia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Baltic Sea. ... Union member-state to border the Baltic Sea, with its coasts in the St. Petersburg area and the enclave of Kaliningrad providing Moscow access. |
| 04/02/2018 02:05 | Russia To Test Fire Missiles Through Latvian Economic Zone ( Tsarizm (blog) )
The Russian, Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad sits next to NATO members and is a relic of the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Russia has heavily militarized the small geographic area and keeps a large part of its Baltic Fleet in Kaliningrad's port. The Russian military has also deployed nuclear-capable ... |
| 04/02/2018 00:05 | Best Military Drill Screw-Ups: Beatbox Ammo, Zubr on the Beach and Raining HMVs ( Sputnik International )
The Russian military also face unpleasant surprises from time to time during their drills. Russian sunbathers were definitely surprised when a Zubr class hover craft boat (also known in NATO as "Pomornik") rolled out on a beach full of people near Russia's Kaliningrad on August 2013. No one was hurt, ... |
| 04/01/2018 21:10 | As NATO-Russia Relations Stagger, Poland's Military Modernization Programs Pitch Up ( The Inquisitr )
Poland's geographic position also makes it a prime element in the defense of the Baltic States, small nations stuck between Russia, Belarus, the Russian enclave in Kaliningrad and the Baltic Sea. These nations cannot afford complex defense systems, however, hence their dependence on Poland and ... |
| 04/01/2018 07:10 | US diplomats vacate St. Petersburg consulate building ( TASS )
It works with ten Russian regions such as the regions of Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Murmansk, Novgorod and Pskov, the Republic of Karelia, and also the Nenets Autonomous District. According to the US State Department, in February, the St. Petersburg Consulate General issued ... |
| 03/30/2018 21:10 | Poland Inks Big Deal for US Missiles ( Transitions Online )
Russian aggression in Eastern Europe is fueling fears among NATO allies, but the White House and Warsaw have been talking missile deals for a decade. ... When Russia recently deployed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its westernmost outpost of Kaliningrad, bordering on Poland and Lithuania, ... |
| 03/29/2018 20:55 | Poland signs $4.75bn deal to buy US Patriot missiles ( BBC News )
President Andrzej Duda said the "historic" $4.75bn (ÂŁ3.4bn) deal gave Poland "state-of-the-art" defences. It follows reports that Russia had permanently deployed nuclear-capable missile systems in its territory of Kaliningrad, which borders Poland. Ties between Poland, a Nato member, and Russia ... |
| 03/29/2018 09:40 | Poland bolsters defences with US missiles ( Business Day )
Warsaw is concerned about Russia's expansive policy towards eastern Europe, whose countries shrugged off the Kremlin's Soviet-era domination before most of them joined the EU and Nato. Poland, which shares a border with Russia's Kaliningrad enclave, hosts US troops on its territory and sees the ... |
| 03/29/2018 02:50 | Goa, Kaliningrad twinning gets official nod ( Times of India )
Panaji: Cabinet, by circulation, on Wednesday, approved the proposal to establish a sister state relationship between Goa and the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation. Urban development minister Francis D'Sousa said Goa will able to pick up ideas for development through this âtwinning ... |
| 03/28/2018 23:51 | Poland irritates Putin with $4.75bn Patriot missile defence deal with US ( PoliticalLore.com )
Poland's government has signed a significant deal with the US on buying the Patriot missile defence system for $4.75bn. The central European country shares a border with Russia's Kaliningrad enclave and sees the missile system as a step toward strengthening the NATO's eastern flank, Reuters ... |
| 03/28/2018 18:55 | With NATO, EU sets out plan to enable faster troop movement across Europe (Daily Sabah)
EU works on 'military Schengen' plan with NATO to ease troop movement to counter Russia threat - Daily Sabah |
| 03/28/2018 18:00 | Who are the allies of Vladmir Putin and Russia in Germany? ( Deutsche Welle )
... Russian President Vladimir Putin have pursued one of the most conspicuous bromances of the past 20 years of European politics. They've spent Christmas together in Moscow, shared laughs on the beach in Sochi and laid a wreath at the grave of German philosopher Immanuel Kant in Kaliningrad. |
| 03/28/2018 18:00 | Poland buys US Patriot anti-missile system for US$4.8b ( New Straits Times Online )
... a US$4.75 billion (âŹ3.8-billion) contract to purchase a US-made Patriot anti-missile system, a move that is likely to irk Russia as East-West tensions ... Poland's neighbour and NATO ally Lithuania accused Russia of permanently deploying nuclear-capable Iskander ballistic missiles to its Kaliningrad ... |
| 03/28/2018 17:05 | Poland Signs $4.75 Billion Patriot Missile Deal With US ( Bloomberg )
Warsaw is concerned about Russia's expansive policy toward eastern Europe, whose countries shrugged off the Kremlin's Soviet-era domination before most of them joined the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Poland, which shares a border with Russia's Kaliningrad enclave, ... |
| 03/28/2018 15:50 | With NATO, EU sets out plan to enable faster troop movement across Europe ( Thomson Reuters Foundation )
Following a pilot programme last year to identify weak spots along North Sea-Baltic routes, where Russia regularly conducts military drills and has built up its air defences in Kaliningrad, the European Commission will next year outline the best routes across Europe for military transport. The Commission ... |
| 03/28/2018 14:50 | Poland buys US Patriot anti-missile system for $4.8 bn ( Daily Mail )
Moscow was reported to have deployed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles for exercises in its Kaliningrad exclave in 2016, rattling nearby NATO members ... Russia has complained about the prospect of the deployment of Patriot anti-missile systems in Poland and Romania, which it says violates a 1987 ... |
| 03/26/2018 19:45 | The Promise of Putingrad ( The National Discourse )
In the weeks leading up to the Russian elections, Putin spoke with regret about the fall of the Soviet Union. When speaking at a forum in Kaliningrad Putin suggested he could âreverse the collapse of the Soviet Union if he could.â If Putin's pronouncement suggests that he lacks the capability, his national ... |
| 03/25/2018 18:50 | Russia-US Security Dialogue Looming: Time to Address a Broader Security Agenda ( Center for Research on Globalization )
One does not have to be a military expert to realize that the JASSM-ER's prime mission is to knock out Russian Iskander short-range missiles deployed in the Kaliningrad region in a first strike. The small Polish town of Powidz is to become a NATO hub for the Baltics and Northern Europe. Construction is ... |
| 03/25/2018 13:05 | Judge rules blood sample can be taken from Sergei Skripal and daughter ( Theafricom )
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, whose former Soviet state shares a border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, offered her full backing to Britain and said she was weighing whether to expel Russian diplomats from her country over the Salisbury attack. Both father and daughter are in critical ... |
| 03/24/2018 12:55 | Judge rules blood sample can be taken from Sergei Skripal and daughter ( ĐnsŃdĐľr CĐ°r NĐľws )
"This is about us standing together to uphold our values against the Russian threat", she said. Former Soviet state Lithuania shares a border with Russia's western Kaliningrad exclave. Speaking before the press conference, the Russian embassy said its consular services had been "seriously affected" ... |
