Germany–Soviet Union relations

The MP Yevgeny Fyodorov submitted to the State Duma a draft law on the annulment of the resolution of the State Council of the USSR "on the recognition of the independence of Lithuania". The explanation states that the decision is illegal because it was made by an unconstitutional body in violation of the requirements of several articles of the Constitution of the USSR.

The visit will witness tripartite talks held by the defense ministers of the three countries who will discuss military relations & other issues of common interest

China is not planning on creating a united front with Russia against NATO, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced. Its spokesperson stressed that military ties between the two powers served as a basis for a strategic partnership. However, the sides are sticking to the principle of non-participation in the alliances and do not want any confrontation.

A 94-year-old sailing ship named Kruzenshtern, known as the second-largest sailing training ship in the world, passed through the Bosphorus Strait and sailed to the Black Sea on April 19.

The 24-sail Alexander Humboldt II barque transits the Corinth Canal on Friday. The German tall ship provides training in traditional seamanship in the Baltic, North and Mediterranean seas.

NATO expansion was a key issue as the US, Western European and Soviet leaders negotiated the reunification of Germany. Sputnik is reporting this on Wednesday.

The European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Nazism and Stalinism is marked today, August 23, with this year’s commemoration and events that are taking place in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn being marred by the controversial decision by Greece to not attend the events, after

Former German Chancellor and statesman Helmut Kohl, the longest-serving postwar Western leader, died at the age of 87 on June 16.

General Andrei Kartapolov announced on Tuesday that Russia carried out surprise military drills to assess the readiness of troops in the Kaliningrad region between December 5 and 10.

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