August 6, 2014 Regarding the new phase of sectoral sanctions on key sectors of the Russian economy, one of the key sensitive issues that remain is Paris’s intention to deliver two strategic Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia. Our...
GRU Sponsored Terrorist Act in Gori and Sabotage Acts in Shida Kartli Region •In 2004-2005, under the cover of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces deployed in the Georgian- Ossetian conflict zone, the Russian special services gathered...
Ukraine has suspended any cooperation with Russia in the defense sector and is asking Europe to do the same, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a press briefing, August 8, following a closed meeting of the government, reports...
By Mykhailo Samus By selling Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to Russia France would violate the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, devalue the European export control system, and damage its own international reputation...
The Kremlin’s claims of a possible war in Europe in the near future are not schizophrenia, as many thought, nor an intimidation of Europe, and even not another one of Rogozin’s unskillful bluffs. These are the Kremlin’s...
By Guil Sho After the tragedy of Malaysia Airlines, it is becoming clearer and clearer to the international community that Russia is taking an active role in the war against Ukraine and is supporting terrorism. Despite this, France is not...
Since the tragedy of the MH17 plane shot down by Russia-armed terrorists in Eastern Ukraine, world politicians have been more frequently voicing their concern for the Mistral deal. However, France has been advised not to sell warships...
Around the French national holiday of Bastille Day, civic activists worldwide protested against France’s Mistral deal with Putin’s Russia. On 14 July 1789, the people of Paris stormed and captured the fortress Bastille....
On Monday July 14, Bastille Day, the Ukrainian community of London held a demonstration at the French embassy in London to denounce the decision by France to sell two Mistral class warships to Russia, fearful that Russia will use the ships...
France’s selling warships to Russia – the first arms deal between a NATO member state and Russia – has alarmed Ukraine and its supporters. Ukraine has seen Russia seize Crimea and escalate violence in eastern...
First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poor Some Europeans viewed Ukraine as extremely poor. Many Ukrainian refugees were surprised to learn that. “They perceived us almost like we are cave people who do not know and have not seen...
