Baltops 2020 exercises: World War III scenarios during the pandemic era Pandemics despite Initially, the 49th military games of the NATO armies Baltic Operations 2020 were supposed to take place in the spring, but the coronavirus made its own adjustments, and the exercises were held from June 7 to 16. 23.06.2020
‘No place for Lenin?’ Monument to Russian revolutionary erected in German town despite vehement opposition from city authorities A small German party has installed a monument to the first Soviet leader, Vladimir Lenin, in the western city of Gelsenkirchen. 22.06.2020
De-Coupling India’s Economy from China: Brouhaha or New Roadmap? India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while announcing a $266 billion economic stimulus package on 12 May in the wake of COVID-19, has called for a self-reliant economy. 21.06.2020
Germany says Gazprom has found a way around the US sanctions against SP-2 Russian Gazprom has found a way to complete the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline without falling under US sanctions. 20.06.2020
Trump saw Venezuela as ‘really part of the US,’ thought invasion was ‘cool’ – but backtracked because of Putin, Bolton claims US President Donald Trump thought it would be “cool” to invade Venezuela but was persuaded not to by “Soviet-style propaganda” from Moscow, claims former national security adviser John Bolton in book excerpts leaked to the press. 18.06.2020
North Korea to resume wargames in demilitarized border area after BLOWING UP intra-Korean liaison office Pyongyang has vowed to send troops back into previously disarmed areas and renew military drills near the border, amid an ongoing spat with Seoul over defectors, inflamed further by the recent demolition of a negotiations outpost. 17.06.2020
2 Indian soldiers and 1 officer killed in clashes on Chinese border – New Delhi Three Indian soldiers have died in a skirmish along the border with China, New Delhi has said. 16.06.2020
Confrontation of the USA and China in Europe When talking about the growing confrontation between the United States and China, they usually mean the so-called trade wars. 15.06.2020
‘We’ll PLEASANTLY SURPRISE them’: Russia will be able to counter hypersonic weapons once other states develop them, Putin pledges Moscow knows other nations are hastily designing their own hypersonic weapons – but by the time they are acquired, the Russian military will have learned how to shield the country from them, President Vladimir Putin has said. 14.06.2020
‘Optimism faded into dark nightmare’, Pyongyang says 2 years after Trump-Kim summit Pyongyang has received no substantive concessions from the US in the two years since the Singapore peace summit, so Donald Trump will not be given anymore free diplomatic wins, the North Korean foreign minister says. 13.06.2020
The Chinese are coming: NATO chief Stoltenberg warns Beijing nearing West in multiple ways NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said the West “cannot ignore” either the military or economic rise of China, and admitted that the world is “facing a shift in the global balance of power. 11.06.2020
‘It’s their war, not ours’: Russian space agency boss says not upset by manned SpaceX launch, but BOEING should be The US finally getting a crewed spaceship in no way means the end of Russia’s space program, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said, insisting that the Soyuz still remains the most cost-efficient way to get people to the ISS. 10.06.2020
North Korea vows to sever ALL communications with Seoul Pyongyang will cut off inter-Korean hotlines with Seoul, the government has threatened, insisting the South should stop defectors from sending leaflets and other material across the DMZ, North Korean media reported. 09.06.2020
Moscow to end self-isolation rules from Tuesday, summer cafes to open on June 16 – mayor Moscow’s ten-week long strict lockdown will begin to loosen from Tuesday. 08.06.2020
Trump orders National Guard to withdraw from DC as ‘everything is under perfect control’ With the situation in the capital “under perfect control,” Donald Trump has announced the withdrawal of the National Guard from Washington DC, but warned that the troops may be redeployed if the riots resume. 07.06.2020
On the strengths of the Baltic armies: how Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will defend themselves The attitude to the armed forces of the Baltic states in Russia is traditionally skeptical. 06.06.2020
‘Dishonorable and unworthy’ move: Moscow vows ‘adequate response’ to diplomats’ expulsion from Czech Republic over ‘poison plot’ The expulsion of two Russian diplomats over the imaginary Prague poisoning plot is a very hostile move, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said, warning the scandal is set to affect relations between the two countries. 05.06.2020
Iranian, Chinese Hackers Attempted to Break Into Trump, Biden Email Accounts, Google Claims The hacks are said to have targeted Trump and Biden's presidential campaigns. 04.06.2020
