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No one in Russia believes the official explanation for Boris Nemtsov's murder
The Russian media is raising awkward questions for the Kremlin surrounding the murder of prominent opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.Russians have become familiar with the so-called "Chechnya trace"...
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Here are various ways Russia could further invade Ukraine
Russia's current military position in Ukraine is very exposed and has come at a great cost relative to its limited political gains. The strategic bastion of Crimea is defensible as an island but is...
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Russian military flights near Europe are heightening the risk of an aviation...
Russian military aircraft over Europe are increasingly flying without their transponders turned on, Bloomberg reports.Transponders are devices that allow for aircraft to communicate their position to...
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Putin shows that the democratic world still doesn't understand how...
It's remarkable that over a half century after the fall of Nazism and the worst of Soviet oppression and Maoism, we still don’t understand dictatorships. We think we do.We create typologies, as Juan...
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UK official: We could always publish the financial secrets of the Putin's...
Britain may broadcast the financial secrets of Russia’s ruling elite as part of the information war against the Putin regime, the Foreign Secretary has indicated.Philip Hammond said he was interested...
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Startfor predicts loose nukes in Russia will be 'the greatest crisis of the...
The most alarming prediction in the Decade Forecast from private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, involves a Russian collapse leading to a nuclear crisis.The firm believes the...
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7 Russian taboos you should know before doing business there
In Madagascar, children cannot say their father's name or refer to any of his body parts. In Taiwan, it is inconceivable to write messages in red ink. All countries seem to have a baffling number of...
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The US says Russia is still sending tanks to Ukraine despite the ceasefire
The United States says Russia has transferred more weapons to separatists in recent days despite an ongoing cease-fire."We can confirm new transfers of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, heavy artillery,...
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The Russian lawmaker kicked out of the country speaks out about Putin,...
In President Vladimir Putin's quest to amass more power, the Russian government has become increasingly corrupt and ever more dangerous for critics and political activists.Case in point — the...
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The complete destruction of Donetsk airport shows just how bad it's gotten in...
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists have been fighting battles across Ukraine for almost a year, killing upwards of 6000 soldiers and civilians in the process. It's been a bloody war, one...
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The threat of nuclear war is higher than at any time in the past 25 years
Despite optimistic attempts to rid the world of nuclear weapons, the threat they pose to peace is growing.IN JANUARY 2007 Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn — two Republican...
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Britain may broadcast Putin's financial secrets to Russia
Britain may broadcast the financial secrets of Russia’s ruling elite as part of the information war against the Putin regime, the Foreign Secretary has indicated.Philip Hammond said he was interested...
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NATO: Russia is still arming Ukraine rebels
MONS, Belgium (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Russia was continuing to arm and train rebel forces in eastern Ukraine and he called on Moscow to respect a...
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Russia: We'll put nukes on Crimea if we want
Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday, adding he knew of no plans...
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Superb videos of Russian Mig-29 operations aboard an aircraft carrier
In 2013, Russian Mig-29K fighter jets performed testing aboard Indian Navy aircraft carrier INS “Vikramaditya”.The “new” aircraft carrier dates back to 1987, when it operated under the name of Baku in...
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The US is asking Vietnam to stop helping Russian bomber flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has asked Vietnam to stop letting Russia use a former US base to refuel nuclear-capable bombers engaged in shows of strength over the Asia-Pacific region,...
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Expert: Putin is engaged in 'an existential struggle' with the West
Vladimir Putin sees Russia and the West as being locked in "an existential struggle,"reports USNI News, citing an expert at a Heritage Foundation event on Tuesday. Eugene Rumer, the director of the...
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There's a rumor that Putin is dead
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been seen in public since March 5.And with little further information to go by — his press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said simply that there is "no reason to...
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The US Navy's combat dolphins are serious military assets
Canines aren't the only animals who can land jobs in the military.The US has trained bottlenose dolphins to carry out a range of military tasks, from locating underwater mines to flagging the presence...
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These are the last press photos of Putin before his longest absence in years
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been seen in public for over a week and rumors are already flying over the possibly deteriorating health of the statesman. Putin has not been in public since...
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