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Why one of the world's leading cyber-espionage firms won't touch Russia
The head of a leading security-software firm is friends with high-level Russian spies, according to a report from Bloomberg.The company's connections to the Kremlin have long been known and reported...
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More proof that a Russian BUK missile shot down passenger plane MH17
A metal fragment from the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 matches a Russian surface-to-air BUK rocket, reports Dutch broadcaster RTLNieuws on Thursday. Despite a mountain of...
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The Russian army loves Coca-Cola (but don’t tell the Kremlin)
Anti-Western sentiment in Russia sometimes extends to American products, from McDonald’s burgers to Apple computers.Russian officials also have a propaganda campaign against Coca-Cola. But it doesn’t...
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Cameron revives Cold War-era free market fund to annoy Putin
David Cameron announced plans on Thursday for the UK to spend £20 million to help former Soviet states develop market economies and counter Russian influence in the region.Around £5 million has already...
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Russia says sanctions rhetoric is 'destructive' and it will do what it wants...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia described "sanctions rhetoric" as destructive on Friday and said it would do what is in its national interests after European Union leaders kept economic sanctions in place...
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Russia's new Eurasian Economic Union could get its own single currency
After his mysterious recent absence from public view, Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Friday for a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union.The organisation is a new...
View ArticleRussian State tv anchor: 'Propaganda is journalism'
Andrei Kondrashov is one of 300 media professionals awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin for their "objective" coverage of events in Crimea. Speaking to RFE/RL in Moscow, Russian state...
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Putin admits that he's causing problems for Russia
Earlier this week Vladimir Putin acknowledged the mountain of criticism and economic sanctions placed on his country after the Russian president's decision to annex the Ukrainian peninsula of...
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An unholy alliance is rattling the Kremlin
A high-profile alliance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader of the Chechnya region of Russia is starting to fray. And outspoken Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was mysteriously...
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This map shows where the world's three biggest arms exporters are sending...
The US, Russia, and China are the world's largest arms exporters. They took the largest slices of a growing pie: The global arms trade was 16% larger in 2010-2014 than it was in 2005-2009, according to...
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This map shows the massive scale of Russia's planned fortification of the Arctic
The Arctic ice is slowly melting, and Russia is positioning itself to take advantage of new shipping routes along with natural resources available beneath the Arctic seabed.In order to capitalize on a...
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Crimea wants to launch its own airline to encourage tourism
Moscow (AFP) - Authorities in Crimea said they plan to set up an airline to facilitate connections with Russia and encourage tourism in the picturesque Black Sea peninsula, a year after the Ukrainian...
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Europe might prevent the US from following through on its threats of further...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will struggle to follow through on threats to impose deeper sanctions on the Russian energy sector, as European fears over collateral economic damage leave...
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Top NATO commander: The West is losing the information war
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO's supreme commander says the West must do more to counter Russia by employing a rapid-reaction approach to internet communications that counteracts Russia's "false narratives"...
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US commander: The Russian cruise missile threat is growing
Russia is developing a long-range cruise missile that poses a new threat to the United States, the commander of the US Northern Command warned this week.“Russia is progressing toward its goal of...
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Putin fires 2 senior Kremlin officials amid speculation of turf wars
President Vladimir Putin dismissed two senior officials on Monday in a surprise move that followed recent rumors of feuding at the heart of the Kremlin.The twin sackings come less than a month after...
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The Russian auto industry is a catastrophe
Volkswagen is one of the world's largest car makers. A like the globe's other big players, it once looked longingly toward Russia when the auto industry began a robust recovery about five years ago.But...
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Russia is holding a $3 billion sword over Ukraine's neck
Ukraine could be set for yet another showdown with Russia over a $3 billion debt bill.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is assuming that $3 billion of debt owed by Ukraine to Russia this year will...
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Russia controls this vital strategic exclave in the heart of NATO-allied...
The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is a political and geographic anomaly. Separated from Russia and situated on the Baltic Sea, the region is surrounded by NATO-member states Poland and Lithuania. It's...
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A detailed look at how Russia annexed Crimea
A year ago, the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea was "reunified" with Russia by way of well equipped, organized, and trained "self defense units" who were actually Russian special forces.The operation to...
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