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White House Denounces 'Chilling' Reports Of Jews Being Ordered To Register In...
The White House on Thursday strongly denounced reports of pro-Russian forces handing out fliers aimed at rounding up Jews in eastern Ukraine, with a top adviser to President Barack Obama calling them...
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NATO COMMANDER: Ukraine 'Activists' Are Clearly A Professional Military Force...
It’s hard to fathom that groups of armed men in masks suddenly sprang forward from the population in eastern Ukraine and systematically began to occupy government facilities. It’s hard to fathom...
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Reagan Adviser: US Needs To Counter Russia With ‘Strength and Leadership’
Former Ronald Reagan National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane on Thursday called for an awakening of the West in a stirring speech about the Ukraine crisis.McFarlane, adviser to Reagan from 1983 to...
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Pro-Russian Separatists Ignore Ukraine Peace Deal, Refuse To Leave Public...
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The self-declared leader of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, on Friday said that he did not consider his men to be bound by an agreement between...
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9 Incredibly Useful Russian Words With No English Equivalent
In many languages, a single word describes a concept that might require an entire phrase in English. Like Japanese, Russian uses a different alphabet (Cyrillic) than English and has lots of words that...
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EDWARD SNOWDEN: Here's Why I Asked Putin A Question Yesterday
On Thursday, I questioned Russia's involvement in mass surveillance on live television. I asked Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, a question that cannot credibly be answered in the negative by any...
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BREMMER: Russia Wants This Deal To 'Weaken The Ukrainian Government To The...
Russia is aiming to weaken the interim Ukrainian government — "perhaps to the point of collapse"— with a new de-escalation deal that has already run into major problems, said Eurasia Group president...
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How The US Made Its Putin Problem Worse
In September 2001, as the U.S. reeled from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Vladimir Putin supported Washington's imminent invasion of Afghanistan in ways that would...
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Charlemagne: Russia's Friends In Black
Why Europe's populists and radicals admire Vladimir Putin.If Europe's far-right parties do as well as many expect in May's European election, no world leader will be happier than Vladimir Putin. For a...
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Crazy Video Footage Shows Possible Meteor Flying Over Russia
A possible meteor exploded over the Russian city of Murmansk early Saturday morning, around 2:10 a.m. local time. The bluish flash was captured by several drivers with dashcams. In the video below, you...
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This Chart Shows How The Rest Of The World Doesn't Even Come Close To US...
Earlier this week, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released a Fact Sheet identifying global, regional, and national trends in military expenditures. According to the...
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Ukraine Rebels Call For Russian Intervention After Deadly Gunfight
Pro-Kremlin rebels in east Ukraine appealed Sunday for Russian "peacekeepers" to sweep in after a deadly gunfight killed at least two of their militants, shattering an Easter truce and sparking...
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Why Russia Sold Alaska To The United States
In 1867, Russia sold the territory of Alaska to the U.S. for $7.2 million. A mere 50 years later, the Americans had earned that amount back 100 times over. How could the imperial officials have given...
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Russian Foreign Minister: Ukraine Is 'Crudely Violating' Geneva Deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine on Monday of violating an accord reached in Geneva last week aimed at averting a wider conflict between the two...
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Three Dead In Eastern Ukraine Gunfight That Could Shake Fragile Geneva Deal
SLAVIANSK/YENAKIEVO, Ukraine (Reuters) - At least three people were killed in a gunfight in the early hours of Sunday near a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, shaking an already...
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Putin Is Playing The Long Game In Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's decision last week to sign a peace accord on Ukraine does not mean that the Kremlin is backing down, rather that President Vladimir Putin is prepared to be patient in...
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GOP SENATOR: 'The Wisest Thing Assad Did Really Was To Kill 1,200 People With...
Both Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin are following a similar procedure that allows them to stretch the boundaries of legality without worrying about consequences...
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Here's Why Putin's Surveillance Denial Was Clearly Wrong
Russia president Vladimir Putin gave a false answer about his surveillance when questioned last week, according to security expert James Andrew Lewis.Putin answered the following question from rogue...
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Russian Prime Minister: We're Ready For More Western Sanctions
Russia is ready to face a new round of Western sanctions over Ukraine, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday."I am sure we will be able to minimize their consequences," he said in a televised...
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BIDEN: Russia Is Making 'Humiliating Threats' To Ukraine
Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Russia must withdraw its troops from the Ukrainian border, pledging support for Ukraine in the face of what he called "humiliating threats" from Russia.Biden...
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