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OFF TRUMP: Russia furiously HITS BACK at USA over ban on Putin's
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RUSSIA
has hit back at America's decision to ban military flights over its
airspace - demanding Donald Trump reconsider the action.
28
September, 2017
The
Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday told the United States to step
back from a confrontation over military observation flights before
the two countries became embroiled in another round of tit-for-tat
retaliatory measures.
Russia
V USA: US 'to restrict' Russian military flights over America as
tensions soar
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/859895/russia-news-us-american-russian-military-flights-tensions
Washington
has accused Russia of flouting the so-called Open Skies Treaty, an
agreement designed to build confidence between the two countries'
militaries, and said it plans to take measures against Moscow.
The
Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Tuesday the action would
include restricting Russian military flights over American territory.
This
was in response to claims Moscow prevented US observation flights
over its heavily militarised Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
Russian
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on
Thursday that Moscow would respond to any new US restrictions.
Ms
Zakharova said: “Nobody has cancelled the principle of reciprocity
in international relations.”
Tensions
have been high between the two nations since August when a Russian
plane flew over Donald Trump's holiday destination.
But
US officials said there were other violations of the Open Skies
Treaty by Vladimir Putin's army.
A
US Department of State Official said Washington would take
"reasonable and comparable measures" to deal with Russia's
alleged non-compliance with the treaty.
He
said: ”We have long had concerns about Russia's implementation of
the Open Skies Treaty. After repeated, unsuccessful attempts to
engage Moscow diplomatically, we have elected to take some reasonable
and comparable steps in response to Russia's non-compliance.
“We
hope this will change Russia’s calculus and encourage Russia to
engage with us about our concerns more constructively.
“We’re
ready to reverse these measures at any time, should Russia come back
into compliance with its Open Skies Treaty obligations.”
THE
prospect of World War three between the US and North Korea is now a
"real possibility" and Britain would have to act
immediately, experts have warned.
Turns
out Kim Jong-un wasn't joking around when he said the DPRK would
"tame [US President Donald Trump] with fire" last week.
According
to Rodong Sinmun, a North Korean outlet, an estimated 4.7 million
students and workers indicated they would volunteer to join or
re-enlist in the Korean People's Army in the hopes of countering US
forces.
Included
in the estimates are some 1.22 million women, the outlet reported
Thursday
Zakharova: NATO flights hindered the work of Kaliningrad airport
Vesti - translated
by Inessa
Sinchougova
28
September, 2017
Moscow
has decided to limit the range of NATO observation flights over the
Kaliningrad region, as they interfered with the operation of the
local airport, said spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry
Maria Zakharova.
Zakharova
stressed that the US accuses Russia of illegitimizing the range of
observation flights in this region, and the countries of the North
Atlantic alliance suspect Russia of trying to hide some military
objects on the territory of the Kaliningrad region.
The
Russian diplomat said that the matter is different - some Western
partners, having the right to make observation flights for a range
of up to 5 thousand 500 kilometers, used most of the time to study
the Kaliningrad region.
"Crossing
it along and across, thereby creating problems for using the
limited airspace of the region and for the operation of the
international airport," Zakharova said.
She
noted that, by virtue of this, the Russian authorities were forced
to limit the flights of foreign military aircraft in its
westernmost region to 500 kilometers, which does not contradict the
Open Skies Treaty.
The
representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian
Federation recalled that the distance of 500 kilometers allows you
to observe the most distant point of observation over the
Kaliningrad region.
She
spoke about another Washington's claim to Moscow - the refusal to
observe flights along the border of Georgia with Abkhazia and South
Ossetia.
According
to Zakharova, the agreement states that the observation aircraft
route can not pass more than 10 kilometers to the border of states
that are not parties to the agreement.
"For
us, as well as for a number of other states, Abkhazia and South
Ossetia are not Georgian regions, but independent states, to which
the cited situation is fully applicable," the representative
of the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Earlier
it was reported that the US authorities are preparing to announce
the imposition of restrictions on the flights of Russian military
aircraft over the US territory under the Treaty on Open Skies.
The
Treaty on the Open Skies was concluded on March 24, 1992 in
Helsinki. Its purpose is to promote confidence-building between
states through the improvement of mechanisms for monitoring
military activities and compliance with existing arms control
treaties. The purpose to provide an opportunity for the
participants to fly to each other's territories.
In
2017 34 states are parties to the Treaty. Russia ratified the
treaty on May 26, 2001
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