Here Are 2 Ways Russia's Provocative Stunts Could Lead To War
Since March, Russia has launched approximately 40 provocative military demonstrations against the West and NATO. These actions include a Russian fighter jet making 12 close passes at an American...
View ArticleRussia And Serbia Conducted A Spectacular Military Drill Today, Just Miles...
Russia and Serbia together ran an hour-long military drill today in the village of Nikinci, west of Belgrade.Billed as an anti-terrorist exercise and held just 30 miles from Serbia's border with...
View ArticlePutin Unloads On The Sanctions Wrecking Russia's Economy
Ongoing sanctions against Russia by the US and the eurozone are harming both sides and go against international law, Russian President Vladimir Putin told TASS in an interview on Friday.These sanctions...
View ArticleAfter Two Decades Of Cooperation, Russia May Pull The Plug On Nuclear...
In the years following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia's former American rival has spent billions helping Moscow secure a sprawling network of nuclear infrastructure, in the...
View ArticleEurope Puts Putin On Notice
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) - The Ukraine crisis overshadowed talks on global economic growth at a G20 leaders meeting on Saturday, with Europe calling on Russia to stop the flow of weapons and troops...
View ArticleApple Is Now Worth More Than The Entire Russian Stock Market
With Apple at record highs, its market capitalization is now bigger than Russia's entire stock market (the 20th largest market in the world). What's more, as Bloomberg notes, there would be enough...
View Article30 Crazy Things You Didn't Know About Russia
Back in 1939, Winston Churchill famously remarked that Russia was "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."For most people, his words ring true to this day.Although Russia is the largest...
View ArticleHISTORIAN: Obama Is In Way Over His Head
If George W. Bush's foreign policy was a testament to the perils of overreaction, Barack Obama's foreign policy is becoming, to many experts, a testament to the dangers of underreaction.On the matter...
View ArticleWhy Russia May Not Be Able To Save The Ruble
Every central banker knows the importance of trust. In a world of fiat currencies--bank notes backed by nothing other than more bank notes--shoppers and firms must have confidence that cash will retain...
View ArticleA Russian Oil Giant's Dispossessed Are Hunting For $50 Billion
JAWS dropped in July when a group of Yukos shareholders won a $50 billion arbitration award--20 times the previous record--against Russia for expropriating the oil company in 2004. The Kremlin had...
View ArticlePUTIN: There's A Plus Side To The Economic Sanctions Making Russians Miserable
As it turns out, the on-going sanctions against Russia by the US and the eurozone might actually be good for the economy, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the German TV news station ARD."True,...
View ArticleUkraine Warns It Is Ready For 'Total War' Against Russian Troops Pouring Over...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said his country is "prepared for total war," as fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists continues around the rebel-held city of...
View ArticleRussia And China Outmaneuvered Obama In Asia
President Obama brought a climate agreement back from his trip to Beijing last week, and Democrats and the media advertise it as a triumphant step in the U.S.-China relationship. At the weekend, he was...
View ArticlePutin: Russia 'Will Not Allow' Ukraine To Defeat Moscow-Backed Rebels
Vladimir Putin said Russia will not allow separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine be defeated by Kiev forces, adding that he nevertheless believes peace in the country is still possible.In an interview...
View ArticleVideo Shows The MH17 Crash Site Right After The Plane Went Down
A new video published by the Associated Press over the weekend shows billowing black smoke, fire, and confused residents in the immediate aftermath of the MH17 crash over eastern Ukraine.The witness...
View ArticleRussia Will Lose $130 Billion As Capital Flees The Country
About $130 billion in capital is likely to leave Russia by the end of 2014, Bloomberg reports, citing Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.If confirmed, the figure would mark the second-worst year for the...
View ArticleNATO Just Intercepted Another Russian Jet Over The Baltics ...
In a continuation of provocative stunts, NATO F-16s were scrambled to intercept a Russian Su-27 fighter jet over the Baltic Sea on Monday. The Russian fighter plane was intercepted by NATO Baltic Air...
View ArticleThe Era Of Nuclear Cooperation Between Russia And The US Is Drawing To A Close
An era of unprecedented nuclear cooperation between the Cold War rivals is drawing to a close. Early this month Sergey Kirienko, who runs Russia’s state nuclear company, announced that in 2015 no new...
View ArticleNATO Leader Sees 'Serious Military Buildup' Of Russian Troops In And Around...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg denounced on Tuesday what he called a serious Russian military buildup both inside Ukraine and on the Russian side of the border and urged Moscow to pull back...
View ArticleRussia Is Tumbling Toward Its Economic Catastrophe Scenario
Last Friday, Bloomberg reported that “President Vladimir Putin said Russia's economy, battered by sanctions and a collapsing currency, faces a potential ‘catastrophic’ slump in oil prices.”...
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