Belarusian, Russian air force units to begin joint standby alert at Belarusian airfield in summer
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MINSK, 15 April (BelTA) – Belarusian and Russian army units will be deployed at a Belarusian airfield in summer in order to carry out air defense duties together. Chief of the Air Force and Air Defense Command of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Major-General Igor Golub made the statement within the framework of the CIS Air Defense Coordinating Committee, TASS reports.
Igor Golub remarked that in late 2020 the Belarusian and Russian defense ministers authorized an action plan of air defense duty forces of the Belarusian-Russian joint regional air defense system.
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Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) military intelligence center has focused on security policy and military developments in Russia in its yearbook, which published Tuesday.
The EDF finds a deepening trend whereby Russia s attitude in international relations has become increasingly revisionist, emphasizing the concept of a multi-polar world, BNS reports.
This is an attempt to revise the existing, functioning system which is accepted by the international community, via foreign policy (and, if necessary, military) efforts. Unforeseen factors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic have only temporarily limited this, the yearbook says.
Constitutional amendments established the legal bases of the duration of the state s regime. This has dispersed domestic political risks concerning the key issue of the state, namely how to resolve the continuation of Vladimir Putin s presidency and/or regime.
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WHO experts swap out 2 flu A strains for next Northern Hemisphere vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that its influenza vaccine strain selection committee has made its recommendations for the Northern Hemisphere s 2021-22 flu season, which swaps out the two influenza A strains for both the egg-based and cell-based or recombinant vaccines.
For the egg-based vaccines, they recommend replacing the current 2009 H1N1 vaccine strain (A/Guangdong-Maonan/SWL1536/2019) with A/Victoria/2570/2019 and replacing the current H3N2 component (A/Hong Kong/2671/2019) with A/Cambodia/e0926360/2020.
For cell-based or recombinant versions, they recommend replacing the H1N1 current vaccine strain (A/Hawaii/70/2019) with A/Wisconsin/588/2019 and the current H3N2 component (A/Hong Kong/45/2019) with the same one as the egg-based strain: A/Cambodia/e0826360/2020.