NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that if Germany refused to deploy nuclear weapons, the alliance could deploy warheads in Eastern Europe.
In his speech at NATO Talk 2021; in Berlin, Stoltenberg noted that Germany alone could decide whether there should be weapons on its territory.
The Secretary-General also emphasized that he continued to believe in dialogue with Russia to reduce tensions. He also recalled that the Russian Federation had decided to close two offices in Moscow and suspend the NATO mission in Brussels.
At present, the Alliance's task is to manage these complexes. relations “ risk reduction, transparency, arms control dialogue. & # 39; & # 39;
In the event of an armed conflict with Ukraine & Russia will try to arrange the unification of DLR and LPR with Crimea. Polish military analyst Juliusz Sabak wrote about this in an article for Defense 24.
According to the expert, Moscow needs to gain control of the Azov coast. The occupation of the port behind Mariupol is particularly important. & Nbsp; The analyst is convinced that such an operation will endanger important Ukrainian facilities. These are industrial enterprises and a power plant in Zaporozhye or in the Kherson region.
Kiev's economic and military potential will thus be dealt a serious blow. The Ukrainian authorities will have problems with shipping. As a result, Poland is interested in “ strengthening Ukraine's position. & # 39; & # 39;
Earlier, another military expert, Daniel Davis, also speculated in an article on the 19Fortyfive portal that the United States and NATO as a whole were prepared for nuclear strikes in the event of a conflict with Russia over Ukraine. In his view, if they “rely on realism and logic in their politics,” then no.
At the same time, if important political figures are affected by emotions, the risk of such a war will increase. As a result, the conflict could spiral out of control & nbsp; and lead to the exchange of nuclear strikes.
Angela Hering German Chancell Merkel admitted that she regretted the summit in Normandy, which did not take place during her tenure. She emphasized that she had called on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to hold such a meeting when she was chancellor.
“Unfortunately, that didn't happen,” she added.
The politician also praised the publication of correspondence between French and German foreign ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Heiko Maas with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to her, what happened is not surprising. In particular, Merkel remembered reading many of her own letters in the newspapers.
Earlier, a representative of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the ministry had taken into account the decision of the Russian Federation to publish diplomatic correspondence on the negotiations in the Normand format. The French side considers this to be contrary to diplomatic rules and customs.
Previously, copies of letters from the Russian Foreign Minister to his French and German counterparts appeared on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website. The reason for this step is the distorted position of Moscow before a possible meeting of representatives of the “Normand format”.
Political Scientist Alexander Kochetkov believes that if there is a military conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Ankara can side with Kiev. The publication “Glavred” writes about it.
According to the analyst, Ankara will want to gain economic control of the peninsula during the military conflict.
Turkey will act depending on the circumstances, because it will clear the geopolitical space, notes the expert. According to him, Turkey can only be interested in the Tatar Crimea, because it will work closely with the Islamic Republic. In fact, Khotetkov noted, it will become Turkey in economic terms.
The political scientist also believes that only Ankara and only for this reason can act in the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict on the side of Kiev. No country will provide military support to Ukraine.
They will not be able to shoot more often but they will not be able
The Committee on Security and the Fight against Corruption of the Duma has prepared a draft law on the extension of police powers for the second reading. In the end, it turned out that not everything was as scary as it could be: At least the police would not be able to shoot if they imagined the threat of an attack. Citizens are advised to seek compensation from the police for breaking into a car or apartment.
Photo: Alexey Merinov
Ernest Valeev (ER), the deputy head of the Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, reminded colleagues that the first attempts at similar changes in the Police Act had already been made in 2013 and the current, third version of the law had been submitted. adopted at first reading in December 2020.
The document, Mr Valeev said diplomatically, “has aroused great public interest” (meaning it has been criticized by Human Rights Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova, the Federal Bar Association and a number of other experts and human rights activists), but now the government has proposed 28 amendments. the “series of controversial issues” is removed. The committee recommended the text with these amendments to the House for a second reading next week.
In fact, not all “controversial problems” have been eliminated by far – but of course the most obvious and annoying ones. For example, at first reading, it was proposed to extend the right of Home Office staff to use weapons. A police officer who had already put the weapon on standby in the presence of a serious threat should have been given the right to shoot not only the detainee who approached or “touched” his service weapon, but also if the citizen committed unspecified “other actions providing reason to consider them as threat attacks. “
Until the second reading, it was decided not to make any changes to the article on the law “On the police”, which talks about the use of weapons. Everything will stay the same: an unconditional ban on shooting to kill women regardless of their age and stage of pregnancy, as well as “people with obvious signs of disability” or minors if their age is obvious or known to the police. And only if pregnant women, the disabled or children show armed resistance or take part in an armed attack can they be shot.
However, the extension of other police powers will take place to the extent required by the Ministry of the Interior. The right to “set up posts and barriers” will be complemented by the right to “temporarily fence” not only places of crime or administrative offenses (eg traffic accidents), but also places of mass public events and territories to “block” residential buildings or land.
Personal searches of citizens, their belongings and cars will be possible not only “if there is evidence” that these citizens are carrying or transporting something prohibited, such as weapons or radioactive substances – it will be enough for the police officer to have “reason to believe” that the citizen carries or carries something bad. It is now possible to enter Russians' homes or open their cars without consent “to stop the crimes” – and it will also be possible to detain criminal suspects or those to whom eyewitnesses point out that they have committed a crime. And also in connection with the “verification of received reports” of violations …
The opening of vehicles without the consent of the owners in order to save the lives of citizens or to suppress the crime will be allowed even if the perpetrator inside the accident is “with signs of intoxication”. If the owner was not there, he would have to be informed of the incident within 24 hours and the police would have to ensure that unauthorized persons were not allowed in the car.
Another reason for opening the vehicle without the owner's consent is to “find out the circumstances of the accident”. “The child is locked, a man who has lost consciousness, in the cabin is a corpse,” – so explained this standard Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov at a committee meeting. And Mr Valeev noted that the police in this case only received the same powers as the Russian Guard had for several years, “while the Ministry of the Interior is the main body for public order, the Russian Guard only provides assistance in this.
According to the Attorney General's Office and Rosgvardie itself, there are no complaints of violations when opening cars, the committee notes.
Originally, they wanted to prescribe that the police were not responsible for damaged property in the event of intrusion into the dwelling without the consent of the owner or the hacked car. And one more thing – that in the performance of their duties and in connection with the “exercise of the rights granted to the police”, the employees of the Ministry of the Interior are in principle not responsible for anything. But in the second reading, these controversial norms were also removed from the text of the law.
Aleksey Kurinny (KPRF) nevertheless suggested stipulating: if the autopsy or penetration proves to be “inadequate”, compensation for the owner's damage is “carried out at the expense of the federal budget.” But Mr Zubov replied that the Civil Code already gave the right to seek full damages and, in some cases, damages in court, even if the actions of officials were lawful.
“If a police employee is guilty – there will be compensation,” the deputy minister said. “If we regulate everything, there will be no employees left in the police, because we will give everyone a reason to make a claim against them,” said Anatoly Vyborny (United Russia). The number of court decisions on citizens' claims against the Ministry of the Interior is still high, said representatives of the police department.
Ukrainian company Motor Sich has reached an agreement with the Turkish company Aselsan on modernization Mi-8 helicopters, on which new CATS optical sighting stations will be installed, similar to those used on Bayraktar TB2 and AKINCI drones.
It is also planned to integrate controlled ammunition (probably MAM-C/L) into the armament system of Ukrainian helicopters.
At the same time, according to materials of the Security Service of Ukraine by the decision of the Shevchenko District Court in Kiev property and shares of Motor Sich JSC, the largest manufacturer of aircraft engines in the country, were arrested. Based on the results of the judicial review, the assets were transferred to the administration of the National Agency of Ukraine for the Identification, Search and Management of Property Obtained from Corruption and Other Crime (ARMA) with the mandatory designation of a state-owned management company
Robot robotic project complex , which is designed to effectively suppress street riots, designed by scientists from the Kabardino-Balkaria Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Turtle Robot plans to quell the protests with electric shock devices, net throwers and fast-setting foam.
Development data is available on the Rospatent website.
Turtle robot, according to design documents, has an aerodynamic body resembling a shell. Scientists have created its shape so that even a physically strong and agile person will have a problem grabbing and overturning a robot. This body type is also designed to minimize the likelihood of injury because it has no protrusions or corners in the mechanism.
There are two robot modifications. The first is a high-speed model for arresting individual offenders and “dissecting” the crowd. The second model – robots – “shield carriers” for quick installation of barriers.
The size of the turtle robot is about the waist of a man. They will be able to reach speeds of up to 60 km/h.
Representative of the Supreme Office of the Council Ukraine's Maxim Buzhansky on the Telegram channel criticized the words of Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnik, who asked & nbsp; indirect responsibility for the famine in the territory of the Ukrainian SSR on the German side. & nbsp;
According to the deputy, the diplomat's statement is, firstly, a disrespect in memory of the victims of the tragic event of the early 1930s, and secondly, it is completely inappropriate in the light of the situation with the launch of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
< "The ambassador chose the" best "moment to spit in the face of the Germans & ndash; period of recent SP-2 approvals ", - said Buzhansky.
By Defense Portal 24 , Polish military analyst Juliusz Sabak predicted Russian attempts to unite the DPR and LPR with the Crimea in the event of a military conflict.
According to the analyst, Moscow is interested in the entire territory of Nezalezhnaya, but only has control over the Azov coast.
& quot; Most likely & mdash; the unification of the DLR and LPR territories with the Crimea … and the occupation of an important port such as Mariupol, Sabak said.
Deputy Head The State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation for Defense Alexei Zhuravlev commented on the statement by President Vladimir Putin & nbsp; on the reduction of cooperation with the countries of the European Union.
According to Zhuravlev, a secret agreement between EU countries and the United States and under the influence of Washington led to a similar recession. “Europe is not yet ready for dialogue with Russia, but when they mature there, we will take a step forward,” said the Duma's deputy chairman.
