Day: December 4, 2021

State Duma deputy Kalashnikov: if the laws are observed, the lease of the island by Denmark will pass without risks Danish energy company Copenhagen Offshore Partners plans lease of the Russian island of Shumshu, which belongs to the northern group of the Kuril Islands. Leonid Kalashnikov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, assessed the risks for Russia in the transfer of the island, his words are quoted by “Sekret Firmy”. According to the deputy, the Danish company will have to comply with a number of laws, including those related to land lease. In this case, the transfer of the island will take place without risks for Russia. “There is another risk here. The risk that this land will be harmed in some way, roughly speaking, will pump everything out of there and leave. But this should also be monitored by the relevant authorities, “the parliamentarian added. Earlier,

Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev outplayed Dominik Kepfer in the Davis Cup semifinals Davis Cup match. This was reported by the Lenta.ru correspondent. The 24-year-old Russian defeated his opponent with a score of 6: 4, 6: 0. The meeting lasted 49 minutes. Rublev's victory allowed the Russian team to take the lead in the confrontation with Germany (1: 0). Another Davis Cup semi-final match will begin at 17:00 Moscow time. In it, Russian Daniil Medvedev will meet on the court with Jan-Lennard Struff. Earlier, the Croatian national team reached the final of the tournament. Croatian tennis players were stronger than the Serbian team. The Davis Cup matches are hosted by Madrid.

Bild: Russia plans to invade Ukraine in late January or early February , and drew up a map of the offensive on several fronts. The map was published by The Washington Post. According to intelligence documents, Moscow plans to involve 100 battalion tactical groups of up to 175,000 troops in the offensive. As a spokesman for the US administration clarified, speaking on condition of anonymity, the scale of the forces “is twice that which we saw last spring during Russia's operational exercises near the borders of Ukraine.” It is also allegedly planned to use armored vehicles and artillery. Materials on the topic00:01 – April 16 “We have nowhere to retreat” Ukraine 17:26 – 23 November DPR and Ukraine declare mutual shelling and are preparing for war. Why are Russia accused of aggravating the situation in Donbass? p>Sources in NATO and security services told the German newspaper Bild that the attack

Fox News: US drone strikes one of al-Qaeda leaders in Syria US strikes one by one from the leaders of Al-Qaeda ( the group is recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation ) in Syria. This is reported by the Fox News channel with reference to the official representative of the command of the US Armed Forces, Bill Urban. According to the information received by the TV channel, the attack on the leader of the group was carried out using a drone near Idlib in the north-west of the country. According to Urban, the initial analysis shows the possibility of civilian casualties. An investigation into the consequences of the strike is underway. The channel also noted that it had sent a request to the White House to comment on the information, but did not receive a response. On September 20, it became known that the US military had

Analyst Snegovaya: Ukraine lost Crimea in 2014 due to its desire to enter the EU Ukraine lost Crimea in 2014 due to active aspiration to get into the European Union. This connection was highlighted in her article for the National Interest magazine by a researcher at the Atlantic Council, Maria Snegovaya. She is convinced that the “red line” drawn by Russia seven years ago has nothing to do with the possible accession of Kiev to NATO. “There is hardly an option suggesting the independent existence of Ukraine, which would satisfy the Kremlin,” Snegovaya admitted. The analyst also notes in his article that “the Kremlin's appetites will grow” over time. On the eve of the ex-adviser to the US Congress Ariel Cohen said that Ukraine voluntarily gave up Crimea and the Black Sea Fleet to Russia in 2014. According to him, corruption and incompetence prevent the country from “stopping its dependence