by tool | Sep 13, 2017 | Russia Monitor, Special Reports
NEWS Date: 13 September 2017 ZAPAD-2017 Q&A Download Report in PDF WHAT IS THE ZAPAD-2017 MILITARY EXERCISE? The Zapad-2017 military drills fulfill two functions at the same time. On one hand, they constitute a traditional joint Russian-Belarusian exercise within...
by tool | Sep 13, 2017 | Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 13 September 2017 Zapad-2017. When predictions become reality The Zapad-2017 military exercise has started in nine proving grounds of Belarus. And, according to some experts (also those of Russia Monitor), it may be noticed that the scope of the...
by tool | Sep 11, 2017 | Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 11 September 2017 Zapad-2017. The third myth Officially, Zapad-2017 war games will involve stopping, isolating and driving out the “extremist groups” that invaded Belarus from the territory of a hypothetical state of Veishnoria. The actual enemy,...
by tool | Sep 11, 2017 | Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 11 September 2017 Zapad-17. Myth Number Two Russian Defence Minister has rebuked his German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen for falsely claiming that more than 100,000 troops will participate in the upcoming Zapad-2017 military drills. According...
by tool | Sep 10, 2017 | Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 10 September 2017 Zapad-17. The first myth One of the main theses in the Russian information offensive accompanying the Zapad-2017 exercises is a statement that they do not jeopardise the security and stability of the region, because they are...
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