28 March 2024 - Russia Special Weapons News

Putin Says Russia Does Not Intend To Attack NATO, But Air Bases Hosting F-16s Would Be 'Legitimate Target' RFE/RL 28 Mar 2024 -- Russia has no plans to attack any NATO country, President Vladimir Putin said on March 28, but he warned that Moscow's forces could target NATO bases if they host F-16 fighter jets flying combat sorties in Ukraine.

Pacific Fleet's detachment passes through the Bab al-Mandab Strait and enters the Red Sea Russia MoD 28 Mar 2024 -- A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet made up of the missile cruiser Guards Order of Nakhimov Varyag and frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov has passed the Bab al-Mandab Strait and entered the Red Sea.
Russian Deputy Defence Minister Aleksandr Fomin holds talks with Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Russia MoD 28 Mar 2024 -- On 28 March 2024, in Naypyidaw, the Republic of Myanmar, the Russian delegation headed by Deputy Russian Defence Minister Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin, held talks with Chairman of the State Administrative Council / Prime Minister / Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services of the Republic of the Union Myanmar, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Briefing on ARMY 2024 Forum for foreign military attaches takes place in Patriot Congress Centre Russia MoD 28 Mar 2024 -- The Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre held a briefing for representatives of the military-diplomatic corps of foreign states on the 10th Jubilee ARMY 2024 International Military and Technical Forum.

Security Council Fails to Extend Mandate for Expert Panel Assisting Sanctions Committee on Democratic People's Republic of Korea UN Security Council 28 Mar 2024 -- The Security Council today failed to adopt a resolution that would have extended until 30 April 2025 the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea due to a veto cast by the Russian Federation — a permanent member of the Council — while numerous speakers underscored that Moscow's veto fuels suspicion and weakens the global non-proliferation architecture.
Russia Uses Veto to Shut Down UN Sanctions Monitors on North Korea VOA 28 Mar 2024 -- Russia used its U.N. Security Council veto Thursday to end monitoring of U.N. sanctions against North Korea, after the monitors reported on Moscow's violations.
Joint Statement following Russia's veto of the mandate renewal of the UN Security Council's 1718 Committee Panel of Experts UK FCDO 28 Mar 2024 -- Joint Statement on behalf of the United States, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom.
Russia's veto is about its breaching of sanctions in pursuit of weapons to use against Ukraine: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 28 Mar 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on nuclear non-non-proliferation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's telephone conversation with Tanzanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation January Makamba Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Mar 2024

Telephone conversation with President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa President of Russia 28 Mar 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa.

Latvian Broker Arrested for Allegedly Smuggling Advanced U.S. Aircraft Technology to Russia US Dept. of Justice 28 Mar 2024 -- In a superseding indictment returned by a grand jury, a citizen of the Republic of Latvia is charged with crimes related to a years-long conspiracy to sell sophisticated avionics equipment to Russian companies, in violation of U.S. export laws. The defendant is the third to be arrested and charged in connection with the conspiracy led by a Kansas company and two U.S. nationals.

Russia: Rights experts condemn continued imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich UN News 28 Mar 2024 -- Russia must immediately release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained without evidence for a year, two UN human rights experts said on Thursday.

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Bafel Talabani Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Mar 2024

White House Reveals Urgency of Warning Russians of Potential Terror Attack VOA 28 Mar 2024 -- Duty to warn. It is the obligation that the United States says it takes upon itself if the intelligence community is able to identify an impending threat to a particular country.
What A Missed Terror Warning Says About U.S.-Russian Ties And Putin's Thinking RFE/RL 28 Mar 2024 -- In December 2017, just a few weeks before millions of Russians were to begin celebrating New Year's - one of the country's most beloved holidays - Russia's main intelligence agency announced it had foiled an Islamic State plot to kill revelers as they visited prominent attractions in the country's second largest city, St. Petersburg.
U.S. Again Dismisses Russian Assertion Of Ukrainian Link To Concert Hall Attackers RFE/RL 28 Mar 2024 -- The White House has again dismissed Russia's allegation that Ukraine was involved in the attack on the Crocus City concert hall and said that the United States had passed clear and detailed information to Russian security services about an extremist attack in Moscow in advance of the attack.
Tajik Man Detained In St. Petersburg Amid Migrant Crackdown RFE/RL 28 Mar 2024 -- A 26-year-old Tajik national has been detained in St. Petersburg on a charge of justifying terrorism, the Investigative Committee said on March 28.

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