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Russia puts Estonia prime minister on wanted list for destroying Soviet monuments

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

By Filipp Lebedev and Andrius Sytas MOSCOW/VILNIUS (Reuters) -Russian police have put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Lithuania’s culture minister, and members of the previous Latvian parliament on a wanted list for destroying Soviet-era monuments, according to the Russian interior ministry’s database. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kallas was wanted for the “desecration of historical …

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Exclusive-Trump adviser proposes new tiered system for NATO members who don’t pay up

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A leading national security adviser to Donald Trump told Reuters on Tuesday that he would push for changes to NATO if the former president returns to power that could result in some member nations losing protection against an outside attack. Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general and onetime chief …

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Russia preparing for military confrontation with West, says Estonia

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Russia is preparing for a military confrontation with the West within the next decade and could be deterred by a counter build-up of armed forces, Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service said on Tuesday. A growing number of Western officials have warned of a military threat from Russia to countries along …

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Russian air attack damages Dnipro power plant, Ukraine says

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

(Reuters) – Russia attacked the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro with missiles and drones on Tuesday, damaging a power plant and forcing authorities to close schools and evacuate a hospital, Ukrainian officials and media said. The city of just under one million people came under attack from a missile and four groups of drones approaching …

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Russian court toughens sentence for sociologist, hands him 5 years in prison

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian appeal court has significantly toughened the sentence for sociologist and activist Boris Kagarlitsky, replacing a fine with a five-year prison term, Russian media reported from the courtroom. Kagarlitsky, 64, who has repeatedly spoken out against Russia’s war against Ukraine, was accused by Russian authorities of “justifying terrorism”. Kagarlitsky denies the …

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Italy’s defence minister hospitalised with suspected pericarditis

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

ROME (Reuters) -Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto was hospitalised with suspected pericarditis in Rome overnight, his ministry said on Tuesday. Crosetto, 60, was “in very good shape and could be discharged later in the day, but health checks are still ongoing”, a ministry source added. He suffered severe chest pains and walked on his own …

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Russia warns the West: we will be very tough if you ‘steal’ our assets

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia warned the West on Tuesday that Moscow would be very tough if the United States and European Union seized hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Russian assets. After President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, the United States and its allies prohibited transactions with Russia’s central bank and …

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Turkey arrests Russian at nuclear plant in Islamic State probe, sources say

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish counter-terrorism police investigating the militant group Islamic State have detained a Russian citizen working at a nuclear power plant under construction on Turkey’s southern coast, security sources said on Tuesday. The suspect was caught working under a fake identity at the $20-billion Akkuyu nuclear plant, which is being built by Russian …

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Head of French farmers union says protests could resume

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

PARIS (Reuters) – The head of France’s biggest farming union – the FNSEA – said on Tuesday that protests that hit the sector last month could resume if the government does not do more to meet their demands for better pay and working conditions. The government is in talks with farmers over getting them higher …

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Ukraine says Russia buying Starlink terminals in ‘Arab countries’

13 Feb 2024 13 Feb 2024

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces are buying Starlink satellite internet terminals in “Arab countries” for use on the battlefield, Ukraine’s military spy agency said on Tuesday. The Elon Musk-owned service has been vital to Kyiv’s battlefield communications, but Ukrainian officials have said Russian forces are also increasingly relying on it during their nearly two-year-old invasion. The …

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