Crisis Oekraïne - Rusland #174 Explosie in Donetsk

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Op zondag 8 februari 2015 23:47 schreef Houtenbeen het volgende:

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NewsOnTheMin twitterde op zondag 08-02-2015 om 23:45:01 BREAKING: Rebels claim that Ukrainian shell hit the Ministry of Defense's Chemical Factory in Donetsk. @yurybarmin reageer retweet

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Op maandag 9 februari 2015 00:11 schreef mig72 het volgende:

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2005? Obama was in 2005 een no-name onbekende. Zeker dat dat jaargetal klopt?

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Op maandag 9 februari 2015 00:15 schreef TweeGrolsch het volgende:

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En nu mogen wij met soldaten Cyprus binnenvallen toch? En een mooi referendum houden dat ze voortaan Nederlands grondgebied zijn.

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Op maandag 9 februari 2015 00:16 schreef J0kkebr0k het volgende:

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Op maandag 9 februari 2015 00:34 schreef mig72 het volgende:

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Leuk maar op welke bron of artikel baseert deze persoon dit? Of is het zelf een journalist?

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elisaschreuder twitterde op maandag 09-02-2015 om 00:29:29 @vpk RT @JesusFromMars Is #Kaliningrad air space closed? Accord. to FlightRadar all planes avoid that area now. #NATO #Baltics #Sweden reageer retweet

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JesusFromMars twitterde op maandag 09-02-2015 om 00:48:07 flightradar24.com < They usually go almost over the borderline but now there is a flight restricted buffer? #Lugansk #Donetsk #Ukraine reageer retweet

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JesusFromMars twitterde op maandag 09-02-2015 om 00:46:39 It is not only #Kaliningrad air space area, go see #Lugansk border, they are keeping a over 100k distance? #NATO #Ukraine #Russia #Donetsk reageer retweet

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Putin set for landmark visit to Egypt

Cairo, Moscow seek to revive Soviet-era alliance
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"Egypt seeks to revive its Soviet-era cooperation with Russia in order to ease the frequent pressure from the West, especially the US, on its human rights record,” Salah Al Hadi, a political expert, said. “For its part, Moscow looks forward to new allies after the recent strains in its ties with the West over Ukraine,” he added. “Russia, the heir of the Soviet Union, wants to restore its weight in the Arab world, taking advantage of West’s confusing political stances on the region’s problems. Stronger relations with Egypt can open the door for Russia to achieve this.”

Egypt and the Soviet Union shared close links in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1970s, their relations were strained after the then Egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat scrapped military cooperation pacts with the Soviets and made a dramatic shift towards the US.

Despite repeated denials from Egyptian officials, Cairo’s growing cooperation with Moscow is seen as a reaction to strains in Egypt’s ties with the US since Mursi’s removal.

Washington has since criticised Egypt’s inexorable crackdown on Islamist and secular dissidents.

Russia, meanwhile, seeks to open up new markets for its goods to ease the impact of the Western economic sanctions imposed on it over the Ukranian crisis.

Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country, can be a potentially big market for Russian products, observers say. Egypt, the world’s top wheat importer, is eager to secure more Russian wheat.

Egyptian and Russian officials are to meet in Cairo on the sidelines of Putin’s visit to discuss the possibility of removing duties recently levied by Moscow on wheat exports, Egyptian Minister of Industry Munir Fakhari Abdul Nur said last week. Egyptian media reported that the country wants to increase trade with Russia, which reached 3 billion dollars last year.

The talks between Putin and Al Sissi are also expected to discuss Russia’s help in establishing a long-shelved nuclear plant and revamping a dozen of industrial installations built by the former Soviet Union in Egypt.

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In his first remarks after taking over his portfolio, Kammenos said military salaries will be increased, new funds will be found to develop the military, new investments will be channeled to the defense industry and Greece’s security policy will be expanded with new pacts outside of NATO.

Pro-Russia and China views of the new government and its declared need for another alliance to balance NATO could well provide China and Russia with the entry they need to increase their effectiveness in the Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean.

To predict how these developments will affect the Middle East, one has to look at the map. Greece’s geographical position allows it considerable leeway in controlling the Aegean Sea, which is the Black Sea’s access to warm seas and to the eastern Mediterranean, which is increasingly important because of the civil war in Syria and prospects for natural energy resources in the region.

Greece’s role in controlling access to the eastern Mediterranean can be amplified if it can develop warm relations with Egypt, which means many will be watching what relations the new Greek government will develop with the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo. If Greece and Egypt can agree on closer ties with Russia, one could easily forecast difficult days for NATO, the United States and Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean.

http://www.al-monitor.com(...).html##ixzz3RClaShXr

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Op maandag 9 februari 2015 01:55 schreef LelijKnap het volgende:

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Maar wat zijn dan de reacties op dat kiezen daarvan? Dat krijg je dan weer niet mee. Je leest ''Cyprus maakt deal x met Rusland'' maar wat veranderd er vanuit kamp Europa tov Cyrpus bv?

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Greek minister leaves wreath at Aegean hotspot, sparking confrontation with Turkey

Greece’s new defense minister has started his term by reportedly leaving a wreath off the waters of the Aegean islets that led Ankara and Athens nearly to the point of war in the past.

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos went to the disputed Aegean islets of Imia/Kardak in a military helicopter on Jan. 30, according to Greek media. Meanwhile, seven Greek coastguard boats faced three Turkish ones off the islets, as Greek and Turkish fighter jets harassed each other.

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Op maandag 9 februari 2015 02:23 schreef LelijKnap het volgende:

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En Cyprus heeft die kans later niet gekregen of weigerde dat? En als ze dat weigerde was dat omdat Turkije er in kwam/zat?

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Op maandag 9 februari 2015 02:20 schreef LelijKnap het volgende:

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Whehe, ja het is wel vrij komisch hoe hoopvol moslims over het algemeen zijn tov ''de opkomst'' van Rusland en China.

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UN sanctions relief—the road towards S-400 and Iran joining an Eurasian military alliance?

Iran is currently seeking quick relief from United Nations sanctions in the latest round of nuclear talks, possibly paving the road towards formal membership in the China-Russia dominated Eurasian security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The SCO has been dubbed an “Asian NATO”, consisting of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, with observers including Iran, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Mongolia. Russia currently chairs the rotating presidency, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said SCO is ready to admit Iran this year if UN sanctions are lifted. SCO charter bars membership if candidate states are under UN sanctions.

The new demand by Iran for UN sanctions relief coincides with its 20 January military agreement with Russia for joint military exercise, counter-terrorism, naval use of the other’s seaports, and possible supply of S-300 and S-400 missile defense systems to Tehran. Russian Colonel General Leonid Ivashov said “we will probably deliver them,” especially if lifting UN sanctions clears the way for Iran to join the SCO and allow for full-fledge military cooperation between Russia, Iran and China. The tripartite powers are all under western sanctions and arms embargo over Crimea, nuclear program, and Tiananmen Square crackdown, thus SCO provides a buffer against unilateral US or EU sanctions not approved by the UN.

SCO is also emerging as a regional security provider across Eurasia, in face of ISIS and other terrorist threats plaguing the Middle East, AfPak, Central Asia, Russia’s Chechnya and China’s Xinjiang. As NATO withdraws from Afghanistan and US rebalances to Asia, Russia, China and Iran are asserting their regional influence.

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