{"id":149360,"date":"2022-01-12T01:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T01:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=149360"},"modified":"2022-01-12T01:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T01:21:08","slug":"riot-police-march-through-kazakhstan-after-crushing-protestors-with-the-help-of-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/riot-police-march-through-kazakhstan-after-crushing-protestors-with-the-help-of-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot police march through Kazakhstan after crushing protestors with the help of Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIOT police march in Almaty, Kazakhstan, after they quelled widespread protests \u2014 aided by Russian troops.<\/p>\n

It came as new \u00a33.2billion Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales prepared to set sail to help Nato protect Ukraine from a possible Moscow invasion.<\/p>\n


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Capt Steve Higham said his crew were braced for the threat from President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

He added. \u201cWe understand the threat from Russia and we are ready to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said yesterday the West \u201cmust prepare for the worst\u201d.<\/p>\n

More than 100,000 Russian troops have massed on Ukraine\u2019s borders and President Putin has demanded Nato stop admitting new members.<\/p>\n

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Moscow\u2019s demands were \u201cnon-starters\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not allow anyone to close Nato\u2019s open-door policy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s military chief Lt Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi, 48, said his forces would defend their country \u201cuntil the last drop of blood\u201d.<\/p>\n

HMS Prince of Wales will sail without any F-35 jets on board \u2013 relying instead on Merlin sub-hunting choppers and drones to challenge Russia in the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n

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