Day: December 5, 2018

Military commentator Alexander Golts: no INF Treaty we are somewhere on the eve of the Cuban missile crisis Without an Agreement on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range nuclear forces (INF) “by itself” dies and the Contract on reduction of strategic offensive arms (start). Without them we find ourselves in a situation similar to the Cuban missile crisis. This opinion 4 Dec broadcast RTVI stated military commentator Alexander Golts. Upstairs According to experts, if the U.S. withdraws from the INF Treaty, the consequences will be very severe. “First of all, under attack is the main thing Russian-the American agreement in the field of arms control start Treaty,” — said Goltz. He recalled that the contract on reduction of strategic offensive arms already expires in 2021, but the leadership of the United States and Russia are conducting negotiations over a new contract. Browser said: the chances that the contract simply ends,

The state Department urged the EU to abandon the “Nord stream — 2” WASHINGTON, 5 Dec — RIA Novosti. A senior official of the US state Department said that the incident with the detention of military ships of Ukraine in the Kerch Strait at the border violation of the Russian Federation should force the EU to abandon the “Nord stream-2”. Earlier, the German foreign Minister has stated that the incident in the Black sea did not change the relationship of Berlin to the construction of this pipeline. Upstairs “The incident in Kerch should be a reminder to all European allies that “Nord stream-2” is a bad idea. And this incident provides more clarity in this. I would say that the incident in Kerch — the reminder that the more gas you have the infrastructure to bypass Ukraine thanks to the “Nord stream-2″, the weaker the deterrent and deter Russian military

NATO condemns Azov Relations between Russia and Ukraine is back in the spotlight of the Alliance. Upstairs “Destabilizing behavior of Russia” has once again become a Central theme of the Ministerial meeting of NATO. The foreign Ministers of the Alliance adopted a statement in which he accused Russia of violating the agreements it has with the United States in 1987 Treaty on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF). According to Secretary of state Mike Pompeo, Moscow given 60 days to respond to the allegations. The Ministers discussed the recent incident in the Kerch Strait. We will remind, shortly before it the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko urged to send in the Black and Azov sea NATO ships and in General to strengthen the support of Kiev. Being in the headquarters of NATO, the correspondent of “Kommersant” Pavel Tarasenko caught every word in the speech of the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, who

“Ball” is irrelevant here Azerbaijan will not be able to buy coastal missile system because of the position of the Russian military. Upstairs As found “Kommersant”, the delivery of the armed forces of Azerbaijan coastal missile complex (BRC) “Bal-e” fell through because of the position of the defense Ministry. The Russian military considered that even an export modification of the missile of the complex can be a potential threat to the ships of the Caspian flotilla of the Russian Federation, located in Russian territorial waters. The refusal to supply one product for Russia is not critical: in recent years, Azerbaijan has purchased Russian weapons and equipment in the aggregate of $5 billion. The first information about the readiness of the Azerbaijani military to purchase the divisions of type “Ball” in the export version appeared in 2014, when the manufacturer of the complex — the Corporation “Tactical missiles” (tactical missiles Corporation)

US senators confident of the involvement of the Prince to the murder Khashoggi The crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman has to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, he “ordered the killing and supervised the murder” of the journalist, said the head of the international relations Committee, Republican Senator Robert Corker after a private briefing by the head of the CIA Gina has Haspel in the U.S. Senate. He added that the Prince planned the attack. Upstairs “If Mohammed bin Salman appeared before the Grand jury, he would be convicted of murder for about half an hour,” said Mr. Coker (quote via CNN). The Republican Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham called for the introduction against the Prince of sanctions. He stated that he assumed that the Prince can be involved in the murder. After the briefing, he said, he had no doubt that his “assumption is