Albania is
leading this Wednesday one of the most important sessions in the United Nations
Security Council. It is the head of the Albanian government, Edi Rama, who is
the Chief Executive at the Security Council’s table where the focus are the
consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Sept 16,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that he had offered to
Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia to hold a top-level four-party meeting on the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
On September 8, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that
the Russian Federation announced the so-called elections to the local
occupation administrations in the temporarily occupied parts of the territories
of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions of Ukraine, as well as
the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, to be held on
September 8-10.
September 13, 2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Reports are
surfacing that a KILO class submarine under the command of the Russian Navy has
potentially been targeted by Ukraine in Sevastopol, as asserted by submarine
expert H I Sutton in a tweet, although confirmation remains pending at this
juncture.
Sept 12, 2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
While visiting Russia, Kim is scheduled to hold a meeting with Russian
President Vladimir Putin, who was most recently in the eastern port city of
Vladivostok, located on the Pacific coast.
Sept 12, 2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Trading in organs is common practice in Ukraine and the country’s law only
encourages it, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily
Nebenzya said on Tuesday.
Russia will put Armenia’s decision to host a joint military exercise with
the United States rather than with the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) under a microscope, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Friday called
"unacceptable" attempts to incite enmity between Russia and Armenia.
September 5, 23. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Yesterday in Sochi Russian President Vladimir Putin presented his Turkish
counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a documentary about the Turkish leader’s
life and political career shot by TASS First Deputy Director General Mikhail
Gusman, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov told TASS on Monday.
August 31, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Russia said on Thursday that it is ready to increase its gas
supplies to Türkiye and implement agreements between the two
countries on setting up a gas hub for sales to other countries.
August 31,
2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
by Paul R.
Pillar*
Arecent article by Michael Crowley in the New York Times highlights divisions within the community of peace activists over U.S. support for the Ukrainian war effort.
August
30, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
A transit freight train from Russia with 36
containers has passed through the Iranian transport corridor to Saudi Arabia,
according to Miad Salehi, the head of Iran Railways. The train arrived on
Sunday (August 27).
The
Ukrainian Air Force lost two Su-25 attack jets and an Mi-8 helicopter in
intensified clashes with Russian forces, according to a report from the Russian
Defence Ministry on August 27.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to travel to Russia soon and meet
President Vladimir Putin, which could mean progress in bringing Russia back to
the Black Sea grain deal, Türkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK
Party) spokesperson Ömer Çelik said Monday.
Moscow
Investigators of the Russian Federal Security Service have completed
investigating a criminal case against a serviceman of the country’s Baltic
Fleet, charging him with committing high treason, a representative of law
enforcement agencies told TASS.
Maria Zakharova warned Kyiv about the dangerous consequences of using
cluster munitions, which could turn Ukraine into a country unsuitable for
living.
