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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 9:57:25 GMT
Reports Say Six Russian Troops, Six Militants Killed In Chechnya FightingRussian news agencies say six Russian national guard troops and six assailants have been killed in an attack on a military unit in Chechnya. The reports said a group of militants attempted to gain access to the unit in a thick fog at 2:30 a.m. local time on March 24. Six servicemen were killed in the ensuing battle, and there are wounded," the state-run TASS agency quoted an unnamed representative of the national guard forces as saying. The representative said that six attackers were killed and that the assailants did not manage to get into the military unit. It was the largest death toll in fighting in Chechnya in some time. www.rferl.org/a/russia-troops-militants-killed-chechnya-fighting/28388034.html
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 9:58:44 GMT
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 10:06:43 GMT
Belarus MIA: Minsk armed Police appeared in connection with the "troubled situation"Today in the capital seen men in black uniforms, armed with modern rifles of German manufacture. Two people with guns were seen on October Square in Minsk, two were in the subway. They are armed with the German MP5, which recently entered service of the Belarusian secret services. www.svaboda.org/a/28388081.html
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 11:35:51 GMT
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 11:41:03 GMT
Belarus arrests authors, publishers and journalists in crackdown Human rights organisations have called on Belarusian authorities to drop all charges immediately against writers, publishers and journalists who have been arrested following a wave of nationwide protests. The Committee to Protect Journalists said security forces had detained or otherwise obstructed at least 32 people in recent weeks. The detainees include the writer and historian Vladimir Orlov, as well bookseller Ales Jaudaha, who were arrested by six masked officers at the entrance of a literature festival in Minsk. The CPJ said security forces in the southwestern Belarusian city of Pinsk had detained Viktor Yaroshuk, a freelance journalist working with the independent satellite television station Belsat. Belsat TV freelancers Lyubov Luneva and Olga Davydova were held for about an hour on Wednesday as they interviewed wives of jailed activists outside a prison in the capital Minsk. Their interviewees were also detained. Police searched the phones of the journalists and released them without charge, Belsat reported. www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/23/belarus-arrests-authors-publishers-and-journalists-minsk-literature-festival?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 11:45:39 GMT
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 12:16:24 GMT
Dozens of Russian tanks deployed close to Ukrainian border
A Reuters witness saw dozens of modern tanks arriving at a railroad station in Pokrovskoye in the country's southern Rostov region.
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 14:39:26 GMT
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 14:42:16 GMT
Drone footage of the fire at the arms depot in Ukraine
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 15:36:54 GMT
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 17:43:37 GMT
South Ossetia to Hold Referendum on Joining Russia After April 9 ElectionSouth Ossetia could hold a referendum seeking to join Russia following elections in the republic next month, South Ossetian parliamentary speaker Anatoly Bibilov said Friday. "The will of the people of South Ossetia to join Russia is not a secret. There is an agreement with the president of the republic [Leonid Tibilov] that the referendum must be held after the elections in 2017," Bibilov told reporters. The Parliament of South Ossetia announced that the presidential election would take place on April 9. sputniknews.com/politics/201703241051918796-south-ossetia-russia-referendum/
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