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Russian PM: We're Not Scared Of Western Sanctions
Moscow (AFP) - Russia will retaliate against a new round of Western sanctions over Ukraine and may block flights through its airspace, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on...
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Russia May Boost Sanctioned Rosneft With $40 Billion As Debt Piles Up
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the state oil champion Rosneft, in need of funds to service its huge debt, may receive 1.5 trillion roubles ($40.6 billion) from state coffers over...
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Ukraine, Russia, And The West: The Long Game
In his undeclared, unprovoked, grisly war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin enjoys several telling advantages. Unlike the bickering Western leaders who have failed to deter him, he is answerable only to...
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Putin's Plan For Ukraine, In One Sentence
“The Putin goal is federalization in some way creating an autonomous region inside Ukraine that would influence the whole of Ukraine, in a political way, military way, economic way, binding it with...
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Why Putin's Dream Of Russian Revival Could Never Truly Succeed
Russian President Vladimir Putin must answer this: How can his country, with an economy the size Italy’s, restore the glory it once enjoyed as the Soviet empire?The answer is that it cannot, which...
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Russian Strategic Bombers Practiced Cruise Missile Strikes On The US During...
Two Russian strategic bombers conducted practice cruise missile attacks on the United States during a training mission last week that defense officials say appeared timed to the NATO summit in...
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The Most Damning Evidence Yet That Russia Is Responsible For The MH17 Tragedy
New evidence has been found that shows the Buk missile system that was used to shoot down MH17 on July 17 came from Russia and was most likely operated by Russian soldiers. Using videos posted by...
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Russia's Top Crude Producer Is Getting Slammed By Sanctions
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin's prized oil firm Rosneft is cutting staff and production and selling stakes in Siberian fields in the strongest evidence to date that Western sanctions are...
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Top Russian Diplomat Urges Negotiations On Eastern Ukraine's Status Amid...
Russia said on Tuesday it hoped that talks on the status of eastern Ukraine would start shortly between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels."We are hoping that the talks will start quickly," Russian foreign...
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Putin Has Opted For The More Devious Course In Ukraine
Ukraine's last cease-fire collapsed quickly. This one may last — because it's in Russian President Vladimir Putin's interests.Putin's goal of keeping Ukraine in Russia's orbit remains the same. But...
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1 In 3 German Companies Expect Business With Russia To Decline Sharply This Year
One in three German companies expect business with Russia to decline sharply this year as a result of economic sanctions imposed due to theUkraine crisis, a German business lobby group said on...
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Here's How Vladimir Putin Is Revolutionizing Information Warfare
At the NATO summit in Wales last week, General Philip Breedlove, the military alliance’s top commander, made a bold declaration. Russia, he said, is waging “the most amazing information warfare...
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Poroshenko: The Ceasefire Is Working
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that the situation in the war-torn east had changed dramatically since a truce was signed last week.But he again vowed that the separatist eastern...
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Russia Successfully Tested A Nuclear Missile And Has Two More Tests Planned
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia carried out a successful test of its new Bulava intercontinental nuclear missile on Wednesday and will perform two more test launches in October and November, the head of its...
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Here's A Rundown Of The Ukraine Ceasefire And What Comes Next
On Friday September 5, a ceasefire between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatist rebels in the east of the country (mainly Donestk and Luhansk oblasts) went into effect, following the...
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China And Russia Reportedly Plan To Build One Of The Largest Seaports In...
Beijing (AFP) - China and Russia will build one of the largest ports in northeast Asia on Russia's Sea of Japan coast, reports said, in a further sign of the powerhouses' growing alliance.The seaport...
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The West Is About To Cut Off Russian Oil Exploration In The Arctic
The United States and European Union have made plans to halt oil exploration in Russia by some of the world's biggest oil majors, according to Reuters sources. New sanctions are expected to be...
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Gazprom's Profits Down 41% In First Quarter Over Ukraine
Russian gas giant Gazprom on Thursday posted a 41-percent year-on-year plunge in net profit in the first quarter of 2014 partly due to Ukraine's gas debt, the company said.The company's net profit...
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Putin Orders Combat Readiness Drills For Troops In Russia's East
President Vladimir Putin has ordered snap checks of troops' combat readiness in Russia's far east, the latest in a series of military drills this year as tensions have mounted over the crisis in...
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ROBERT SHILLER: Beware The Psychological Impacts Of Russian Sanctions (DIA,...
Don't dismiss the psychological impact of poor economic growth and increasingly weighty economic sanctions. Yale professor Robert Shiller is out with a new essay at Project Syndicate called "Parallels...
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