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    Russian Aircraft Intercepted By Four RAF Typhoons As Part Of Nato Policing Of Baltic Airspace
    The Huffington Post UK | By Paul Vale
    Posted: 18/06/2014 15:58 BST


    British fighter planes were scrambled on Tuesday to intercept "multiple Russian aircraft" as part of Nato's on-going mission to police the airspace of the Baltic States, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

    The RAF Typhoon fighters from 3 Squadron were scrambled after four groups of aircraft, subsequently identified as a Russian Tupolev Tu22 Backfire bomber, four Sukhoi Su27 Flanker fighters, one Beriev A50 Mainstay early-warning aircraft and an Antonov An26 Curl transport aircraft, were detected by Nato air defences in international airspace over the Baltic.

    According to the MoD, the Russian aircraft, which appeared to be on a routine training mission, were monitored by the Typhoons and escorted on their way.

    On Wednesday, Wing Commander Ian Townsend said: "We regularly intercept Russian and civilian aircraft from UK Quick Reaction Alert and so this type of mission is core business for us and exactly what we were sent to the Baltic region by Nato to do. It was a thoroughly successful operation with both my ground crew and aircrew performing to the exacting professional high standards I have come to expect."

    In April, a pair of Russian surveillance planes flew close to UK airspace, forcing the RAF to scramble jet fighters. The Russian planes, reported to be Tupolev 95s, were detected flying off the coast of Scotland and turned away from Britain after the RAF dispatched the jets from Leuchars airbase, near Dundee.

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    Four Typhoons - which are now stationed at the Siauliai air base in Lithuania - were deployed to the region last month in a show of support by Nato against the backdrop of the crisis in the Ukraine. Russia's backing for armed separatists in the Ukraine had increased nervousness in the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia which do not have their own air defence fighters and rely upon Nato.

    In the past week, Nato aircraft have been scrambled 13 times due to unidentified aircraft operating around the Baltic region. Tuesday's interception was the sixth to have been carried carried out by the British aircraft since their arrival from their home base in at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, in support of the Polish-led Nato detachment in Lithuania.

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    Vladimir Putin delivers annual state of the nation address
    Putin says West using sanctions to undermine Russia, Crimea 'sacred'

    Agence France-Presse (AFP) ~ Alexei Nikolsky ~ 1 hrs ago


    President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of exploiting the Ukraine crisis to undermine Russia and said in a key speech that Crimea had "sacred" significance for Russia.

    Addressing hundreds of dignitaries, lawmakers and officials in his annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin, Putin said however that Russia would not sever ties with the West despite raging confrontation with Brussels and Washington over the Ukraine conflict.

    "Every time someone believes Russia has become too strong, independent, these instruments get applied immediately," Putin said, referring to sanctions.

    The West "would have thought up some other excuse to contain Russia's growing possibilities", failing the current tension over Crimea and Ukraine, Putin said.

    But the Russian strongman dismissed Russia's mounting economic troubles as the economy slides into recession under the pressure of Western sanctions and falling oil prices.

    "We are ready to take upon any challenge and win."

    Employing extremely yemotional language, Putin said that Crimea, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in March, had a "sacred" signficance for Russia, comparing it to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

    "That is how we will treat this," Putin said.

    "From now and forever."

    He said Russia would not scale back its ties with the West despite bitter confrontation over the Ukraine crisis which saw Brussels and Washington slap several rounds of sanctions against Moscow this year.

    "Under no circumstances are we going to scale back our ties with Europe, America, at the same time we will revive and expand traditional ties with the south of the American continent, will continue cooperation with Africa, with countries in the Middle East," he said.

    He added that Russia would not get sucked into a new arms race but insisted that the country's army was ready to deflect any attack.

    Putin calls for He announced a number of economic measures aimed at improving conditions for business and demanded officials take action to halt the ruble collapse.


    "I ask the Bank of Russia and the government to carry out tough coordinated actions to discourage the so-called speculators from trading on the fluctuations of the Russian currency," he said.

    On Monday, the beleaguered ruble suffered its biggest one-day fall since the 1998 financial meltdown after oil prices sank further.

    The ruble has declined by 60 percent against the dollar since the start of the year, and is down by some 45 percent against the euro.

    Many analysts increasingly fret over the country's economic outlook and the authorities' apparent reluctance to change tack over the Ukraine crisis as the economy heads into recession.

    Putin, who enjoys sky-high ratings triggered by the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine despite economic trouble, has so far brushed off concerns, saying the economic damage from the falling ruble was "not fatal".

    In a fresh blow to Putin's pledges to root out a bloody insurgency in the volatile North Caucasus, heavily-armed gunmen in Chechnya killed several police and stormed several buildings including a school in the capital Grozny in the small hours of Thursday, just hours before Putin's address.

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    Ron Paul: ‘US provoking war with Russia, could result in total destruction’

    Former congressman Ron Paul has lashed out at the resolution the House passed against Russia, branding it “one of the worst pieces of legislation ever.” It could even pave the way for a potential war with Russia, as it was with Iraq, he warns.

    Resolution 758 strongly condemns the actions of Russia under Vladimir Putin, for what it describes as a policy of “aggression against neighboring countries,” in a motion that describes Moscow’s political and economic domination in the region.

    However, Ron Paul says the bill was nothing but “16 pages of war propaganda that should have made even neocons blush.”

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    Most worryingly for the once-presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party is the statement that “military intervention” by Russia in Ukraine “poses a threat to international peace and security.” In his Facebook blog, Paul says it is not an accident that such wording was used as it will allow more aggressive resolutions to follow and this is merely sowing the seeds for this.

    “If we accept that Russia is posing a ‘threat’ to international peace, how can such a thing be ignored? These are the slippery slopes that lead to war,” Paul says.

    READ MORE: House of Representatives passes resolution against Russia

    Paragraph 45 of the resolution gives the green light to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to restart Kiev’s military campaign against anti-government militias in the southeast of the country, which would be contradicting the Minsk Agreement signed in Belarus on September 5 to end hostilities in Ukraine, Paul said.



    He believes this will potentially lead to the deaths of thousands more civilians, while the bill also calls on President Barack Obama to “provide the government of Ukraine with lethal and non-lethal defense articles, services, and training required to effectively defend its territory and sovereignty.” The 79-year-old politician questions the sanity of putting US weapons in the hands of US-trained troops, who would be “engaged in a hot war on Russia’s border.”

    On September 18, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made a speech to the US Congress, saying that Kiev needed lethal aid to help them overcome anti-government forces in the east.

    "Blankets and night-vision goggles are important, but one cannot win the war with blankets. You cannot keep the peace with a blanket," the Ukrainian president told lawmakers, adding that Ukraine urgently needs "more military equipment, both lethal and non-lethal," which drew a round of applause from those assembled.

    According to Paul, the US resolution is littered with hypocritical statements. It accuses Russia of violating Ukraine’s sovereignty, despite not being able to provide any proof despite Washington having numerous high powered satellites that can read number plates from space. The House also overlooks the role the US played in overthrowing a democratically elected government in February, Paul points out.

    READ MORE: Obama: Putin ‘scares heck out of neighbors’ with ‘nationalist, backward-looking’ policy

    “We have all heard the tapes of State Department officials plotting with the US Ambassador in Ukraine to overthrow the government. We heard US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland bragging that the US spent $5 billion on regime change in Ukraine. Why is that OK?”


    The United States has for decades championed the rights of self-determination for peoples around the globe, but Paul believes this is only when it suits Washington. He cites the example of the people in the east of Ukraine holding what the US stated where “illegal” and “fraudulent” elections. “Aren’t the people of eastern Ukraine allowed self-determination? Isn’t that a basic human right?” he said.

    READ MORE: Russia won't get involved in geopolitical intrigues and conflicts - Putin

    Paragraph 16 condemns Russia for selling weapons to the Assad government, however Paul points out that at least these arms were used to fight Islamic State, rather than the US who armed the Syrian rebels, but then saw the weapons supplied end up in the hands of Islamic State. Equally, paragraph 17 which hits out at Russia for the US believes are economic sanctions imposed on Ukraine, completely ignoring the fact that the US has “repeatedly hit Russia with economic sanctions and is even considering more.”

    To put the final nail into the coffin, Paul was astounded that so few members of the House of Representatives voted against the resolution.

    “This dangerous legislation passed today, December 4, with only 10 (!) votes against! Only 10 legislators are concerned over the use of blatant propaganda and falsehoods to push such reckless saber-rattling toward Russia,” Paul said.

    http://rt.com/usa/211799-paul-congress-russia-war/

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