NATO is preparing its allies for a confrontation with Russia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow said on Thursday, citing as an example plans for the modernization of the Mykhailo Kogelnicanu air base in Konstanz County. “The expansion of the Romanian airbase is another proof that the North Atlantic bloc continues the unlimited militarization of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement to the RIA news agency.

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07:57 A right-wing French city councilor has been suspended and risks being expelled from his political party after he traveled to Russia as an “observer” in the presidential election, the town hall of Burgundy (centre-east) has announced. Monday France).

Talant Commune Mayor Fabian Ruine “decided as a preventive measure to remove Cyril Gaucher from the position of territorial planning advisor” after learning “from the press” about his presence in Russia during the presidential election, which was won by Vladimir Putin. (AFP)

07:18Russia is concerned about the modernization of the Mykhailo Kogelnichyan air base: “Proof that NATO continues the unlimited militarization of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region”

NATO’s activities in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region are aimed at preparing the allies for a possible clash with Russia, RIA Novosti said in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow, citing as an example plans for the modernization of the Mykhailo Kogelnicanu base in Romania.

06:19Latvia expels a Russian diplomat for discrediting state institutions and inciting enmity. At the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the diplomat must leave Latvia by April 10

01:32Putin tells Russian pilots: F-16s can carry nuclear weapons, but it won’t change the situation in Ukraine

A brief summary of recent events:

• Russia has increased its imports of gasoline from Belarus in response to the risk of domestic supply shortages due to unscheduled repairs at Russian refineries following Ukrainian drone attacks.
• Zelenskyy again calls on the West to speed up the supply of F-16 and Patriot: “Strengthening the air defense of Ukraine and speeding up the supply of F-16 to Ukraine are vital tasks.”
• “They understood that the danger of secondary sanctions is real”: Russia has problems moving oil money through banks in China, Turkey and the Emirates. Russian oil companies face delays in payments for crude oil and fuel of up to several months.
• The American general told how the Ukrainians detect the Shahed drones: “They took 8 thousand mobile phones and put them on two-meter poles.”
• Putin’s allies do not actually believe that Ukraine was involved in the attack in Moscow and are shocked by the failure of the security services, according to Bloomberg sources close to the Kremlin.
• A group of 39 Nobel laureates, including Romanian-born author Herta Muller, published an open letter condemning Putin’s regime, which they say poses a “direct and clear threat to all humanity” and demanding more support for Ukraine.
• Perhaps Russia used a “new guided bomb” to attack the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. “It’s a cross between the guided aerial bomb they (the Russians) recently used and a missile. It is, so to speak, a flying bomb,” said a local official.
• Ambassadors of the EU countries are discussing the introduction of limits on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products after some countries declared the need for new restrictions to stabilize the agricultural market in the EU bloc.
• Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill said on Wednesday that foreign countries and peoples should not be afraid of Russian nationalism, because it does not exist.
• Russian lawmaker Leonid Kalashnikov, chairman of the Russian parliament’s foreign relations committee, was interrupted by a TV talk show host after he began saying on air that Russia supports ISIS.
• Peter Sijarto invites Russian tourists to come to Hungary with Schengen visas. In an interview with the Russian news agency TASS, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary stated that his country does not create any obstacles for Russian citizens in terms of issuing Schengen visas.

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