RUSSIA TO SHOOT DOWN AIRCRAFTS OF NEW NATO ALLIES NEAR ITS BORDERS?
MOSCOW - Former commander of Russian Air Force, general Anatoly Kornukov calls Russian authorities to be tough in dealing with NATO aircrafts which would appear near Russian borders after Baltic countries" joining the alliance.
NATO gained seven new allies new Russian borders. "Because of NATO expanding we should apply tough policy, including tough measures to NATO aircrafts. If an aircraft violated the state border, it must be shoot down. International law allows this", said general Kornukov who is currently Co-Chairman of the Expert Council on the Issues of Air and Space Defense, Interfax reported.
"To begin with, the Baltic states should be reminded that good-neighbor relations have nothing to do with military aircrafts barraging along the neighboring country borders. They are flying not just for pleasure, they are likely to be well-armed".
Meanwhile, Russian State Duma scheduled special meeting of the Security Council of Russia with the situation on Russian borders after the NATO expansion on the agenda, said Head of Duma Committee on International Relations Konstanin Kosachev.
He said that NATO had started "undertaking unfriendly step towards Russia".
"If the actions of this sort continue, and deployment of big number of NATO troops takes place near Russian borders, Russia should consider the opportunity of taking the measures of response to preserve the current balance of force in the region", Mr. Kosachev said.
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ESTONIA ACCUSES RUSSIA OF AIR SPACE VIOLATION
/gazeta.ru/
NATO newcomer Estonia accused Russia on Tuesday of violating its airspace last week, deepening a rift between the two countries after Tallinn expelled two Russians for spying and Moscow retaliated in a tit-for-tat move.
Estonian Defence Forces said a Russian military twin-engine turboprop aircraft had entered into Estonian air space on March 19 for a few minutes over the island Vaindloo en route to the Russian Baltic Sea enclave Kaliningrad.
"This is the second incident in six months when a Russian military aircraft has penetrated Estonian air space without authorisation," spokesman Peeter Tali said.
Estonia's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday it had expelled two Russian diplomats and Russia immediately retaliated by ordering out two Estonian diplomats.
Estonia and Baltic neighbours Latvia and Lithuania are due to join NATO next Monday and the European Union on May 1 after more than a decade of post-Soviet reforms.
But relations between the three ex-Soviet republics and Moscow have remained problematic, especially with Estonia and Latvia, where Russia accuses authorities of discriminating against the large Russian minorities which settled there in Soviet times.
The two Baltic states complain about Russian interference and attempts at intimidation. Last month, Lithuania threw out three Russian diplomats for spying, but there has been no sign so far of any Russian retaliation.
Russia warned earlier on Tuesday it would respond to NATO warplanes patrolling on its frontiers once the Baltics join NATO, although it did not say what that response would be.
"If the alliance thinks the region needs such defences, Russia has a right to draw its own conclusions and will be forced to respond accordingly," Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko told a news conference in Moscow.
NATO sources have said four Danish fighters will patrol the alliance's newly extended frontiers in the skies over the Baltics, which have very limited air forces of their own. //Reuters
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NATO newcomer Estonia accused Russia on Tuesday of violating its airspace last week, deepening a rift between the two countries after Tallinn expelled two Russians for spying and Moscow retaliated in a tit-for-tat move.
Estonian Defence Forces said a Russian military twin-engine turboprop aircraft had entered into Estonian air space on March 19 for a few minutes over the island Vaindloo en route to the Russian Baltic Sea enclave Kaliningrad.
"This is the second incident in six months when a Russian military aircraft has penetrated Estonian air space without authorisation," spokesman Peeter Tali said.
Estonia's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday it had expelled two Russian diplomats and Russia immediately retaliated by ordering out two Estonian diplomats.
Estonia and Baltic neighbours Latvia and Lithuania are due to join NATO next Monday and the European Union on May 1 after more than a decade of post-Soviet reforms.
But relations between the three ex-Soviet republics and Moscow have remained problematic, especially with Estonia and Latvia, where Russia accuses authorities of discriminating against the large Russian minorities which settled there in Soviet times.
The two Baltic states complain about Russian interference and attempts at intimidation. Last month, Lithuania threw out three Russian diplomats for spying, but there has been no sign so far of any Russian retaliation.
Russia warned earlier on Tuesday it would respond to NATO warplanes patrolling on its frontiers once the Baltics join NATO, although it did not say what that response would be.
"If the alliance thinks the region needs such defences, Russia has a right to draw its own conclusions and will be forced to respond accordingly," Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko told a news conference in Moscow.
NATO sources have said four Danish fighters will patrol the alliance's newly extended frontiers in the skies over the Baltics, which have very limited air forces of their own. //Reuters