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The United States next week, as part of negotiations with Russia in Geneva, intends to discuss the malicious actions of the Russian Federation, in particular, the violation of the arms control regime, the White House reported on Wednesday.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said that his position on the country's membership in NATO has not changed. He noted that many interpretations of the New Year's speech were voiced both inside and outside the country, in which he spoke about the possibility of Finland to apply for membership in the alliance.

Washington has not yet specified which Russian proposals are unacceptable to it, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation noted

Russia is counting on a fairly quick result at the January talks with Washington and NATO on security guarantees, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that in connection with the appeal of the President of Kazakhstan, he decided to send the collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO to the republic in order to stabilize and normalize the situation.

Kazakhstan, in an appeal to the CSTO for help, called what is happening in the country an invasion of militants trained abroad, the CSTO press service reported.

U.S. Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and British Ben Wallace confirmed during a telephone conversation that they support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the Pentagon said.

The US Secretary of State and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi discussed issues related to Ukraine's sovereignty and the DPRK's latest missile launch during a telephone conversation, the US State Department said.

Crews of warships will work out inspection actions of suspicious vessels

The Arctic grouping of the Northern Fleet will hold joint exercises with the ships of the FSB of Russia to protect the Northern Sea Route this year. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the Northern Fleet.

The Algerian Army has carried out a massive modernization of the Russian-made BTR-80 in service.

Wheeled combat vehicles as additional weapons received one of the world's most powerful anti-tank missile systems "Kornet", capable of destroying all available foreign tanks.

To stabilize the situation in Kazakhstan, collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO have been sent to this country for a limited period of time, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the organization's secretariat.

The Tajik Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the republic is ready to take part in the CSTO peacekeeping operation to assist Kazakhstan.

Sending units of the armed forces of the CSTO countries to Kazakhstan and, in particular, Russian paratroopers, is not interference in the internal affairs of Kazakhstan, former commander of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Federation, retired Colonel-General Georgy Shpak, told Interfax.

The press service of the Northern Fleet reported that this year the Arctic group of the SF, created on the basis of the ships of the Kola Flotilla of heterogeneous forces, will ensure the safety of civil navigation and maritime economic activity of Russia along the Northern Sea Route during the next campaign.

Belarus is ready to provide assistance to the friendly people of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus said on Thursday.

All the heads of the Baikonur city administration, as well as branches of Roscosmos enterprises, returned to the city. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the state corporation.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regards what is happening in Kazakhstan as an externally inspired attempt to undermine the security and integrity of the Central Asian state.

North Korea is raising the stakes amid rumors of a possible continuation of negotiations with the United States and its allies. On January 6, the Yonhap news agency reported that North Korea had launched a new ballistic missile at the Sea of Japan.

Estonian President Alar Karis views Russia's proposals on security guarantees as an ultimatum and does not see them as a basis for negotiations with the West.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that it is impossible to give Kazakhstan, it will be a gift to the West, comparable to Ukraine.

A peacekeeping company of the 103rd Airborne Vitebsk Brigade of special operations forces has been sent to Kazakhstan, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Thursday.