Sweden Restores Conscription Amid Russia Fears
March 03, 2017
IMAGE: Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven comments at a press conference at Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden May 9, 2016 TT News Agency/Jessica Gow/via REUTERS
IMAGE: Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven comments at a press conference at Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden May 9, 2016 TT News Agency/Jessica Gow/via REUTERS
IMAGE: Pedestrians cross the street behind a billboard showing a pictures of US president-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Danilovgrad, Montenegro, November 16. 2016. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic
IMAGE: Newly named National Security Adviser Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster listens as U.S. President Donald Trump makes the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida U.S. February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
IMAGE: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin makes his annual New Year address to the nation in Moscow, Russia, December 31, 2016. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS
IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a gala game of the Night Ice Hockey League in Sochi, Russia, May 10, 2016. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters
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