Kazakhstan introduces arrest for misdemeanors with no detention homes in place
Kazakhstan has changed its legislature to huminize the justice system by differentiating between crimincal misdemeanor and criminal offence. The first is supposed to be punished by arrest but there are no detention homes in Kazakhstan. Even more, the courts will gain the right to order arrest for misdemeanors only starting January 1, 2017. That is, two years from now.
NATO reports more Russian flights, intercepts
NATO reported more Russian military flights and interceptsover the Baltics, North Sea and Atlantic, just days after it picked up "an unusual level" of activity over European airspace.
EU, Russia, Ukraine seal breakthrough gas accord
Russia agreed to resume gas deliveries to war-torn Ukraine through the winter in an EU-brokered, multi-billion dollar deal signed by the three parties in Brussels.