RUSSIA TO PUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN BELARUS

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NUKES ON THE MOVE

Quartz: Russia said it'll put nuclear weapons in Belarus. The planned placement of the short-range weapons comes after the UK provided uranium-based ammunition to Ukraine.

Ukraine's government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to "counter the Kremlin's nuclear blackmail" after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. One Ukrainian official said that Russia "took Belarus as a nuclear hostage."

Putin argued that by deploying its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russia was following the lead of the United States. He noted that Washington has nuclear weapons based in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post7688314

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Russia Detains a Wall Street Journal Reporter, Accusing Him of Espionage

The Russian security service said that the American journalist Evan Gershkovich had been detained in Yekaterinburg, a city about 900 miles east of Moscow.

New York Times: The Russian authorities said on Thursday that they had detained an American journalist for The Wall Street Journal and accused him of espionage, marking a new escalation in Moscow’s tensions with the United States and with foreign media organizations since its invasion of Ukraine. The journalist, Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent based in Moscow, is believed to be the first American reporter to be held as an accused spy in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. His detention comes as relations between Russia and the United States continue to deteriorate, with Washington leading a coalition of nations supporting Ukraine’s military defense and pushing for Moscow’s further diplomatic and economic isolation. The Russian Federal Security Service, or F.S.B., said in a statement that Mr. Gershkovich “is suspected of spying in the interests of the American government” and had been detained in Yekaterinburg, a city about 900 miles east of Moscow in the Ural Mountains. Hours later, the Kremlin endorsed Mr. Gershkovich’s arrest.

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New York Times: Finland Deals a Blow to Putin as It Enters NATO

The Nordic country officially became NATO’s 31st member today, expanding the alliance in a strategic setback for Putin.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04...cae9dcdf5d3458

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And while they're at it – replace the codeword "Foxtrot" with "Finland"



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