Sweden Calls Off Hunt For Mysterious Vessel In Waters Near Stockholm
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish authorities called off their weeklong search for a suspected submarine in the Stockholm archipelago Friday, saying the presumed intruder had probably escaped into the Baltic...
View ArticlePutin: 'So-Called' Cold War Victors Want To Reshape The World
LAURA Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized on Friday what he called the United States' "unilateral diktat" in global affairs and said the "so-called" winners of the Cold War...
View ArticleRussia And China Are Sprinting To Catch Up With The US's Advanced Submarine...
US national security officials are concerned about the pace and intensity of Russian submarine development, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jon Greenert said Thursday."There are competitors that are...
View ArticlePutin: The US Is The One Damaging World Order
Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of endangering global security by imposing a "unilateral diktat" on the rest of the world and shifted blame for the Ukraine crisis onto the West.In a...
View ArticlePutin: Europe Can't Stop Buying Russian Gas
As the crisis in Ukraine continues to grind along and casualties continue to mount, despite the existence of a ceasefire, Russia holds a trump card.Winter is coming and Europe will have little option...
View ArticleThe Ukrainian Government May Be Using Banned Munitions Against...
"The earth shook, the window panes rattled like they would fall out. I thought the whole building would collapse." Sitting in the shared kitchen of a bleak five-story Soviet-era housing block where she...
View ArticleSweden's Epic Hunt For A 'Russian' Sub Shows Europe Is Terrified Of Putin
The Great Swedish Sub Hunt is over.Nearly a week after a potential Russian submarine was spotted in the Stockholm Archipelago, the Swedish authorities are calling off their search, ending a saga in...
View ArticleUkraine Expected To Elect New Pro-Western Parliament
Ukrainians voted in parliamentary elections Sunday that could sharpen divisions in the war-torn country, while strengthening President Petro Poroshenko's bid to set the ex-Soviet republic on an...
View ArticleRussia Today Tells The 'Untold Story' Of MH-17 — But Other Kremlin Propaganda...
The Russian government's English news outlet, Russia Today, released a 26-minute documentary about the "untold story" of the MH-17 tragedy.The film's major thesis is that a BUK missile did not — and...
View ArticleRussia Will Be Plunged Into A Recession If Oil Prices Fall Further
Russia will struggle to avoid falling into a recession if oil prices are allowed to drop to $80 a barrel — and could face calamity if prices fall below that level.Brent crude oil prices have fallen...
View ArticleThe West Appears To Be Winning In Ukraine
Pro-European centrist parties look to have swept Ukraine’s first parliamentary vote since a revolution toppled Viktor Yanukovych’s government in February.While the election leaves President Petro...
View ArticleRussian Lawmakers Just Passed A Delusional Budget Based On An 'Alternative...
A draft Russian budget for 2015-2017 passed its first reading in the Duma, the country's parliament, Friday despite the finance minister warning that it was based on an "alternative economic...
View ArticleCzech Secret Service: There Is An 'Extremely High' Number Of Russian Spies In...
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Russia deployed an "extremely high" number of intelligence officers at its Czech embassy last year, the NATO member country's secret service said in an annual report released on...
View ArticlePutin Used A Classic Cold War-Era Tactic By Possibly Sending A Submarine To...
The Cold War came roaring back last week, albeit briefly. To recap: On October 16th the Swedish military intercepted a distress signal being transmitted to the Russian city of Kaliningrad.Sweden...
View ArticleIran And Russia Are Forming A New Espionage Alliance Aimed At The US And Israel
Given the difficult, indeed parlous, relationship between many Western states and both Russia and Iran, any collaboration between Moscow and Tehran is an important factor for Western capitals to...
View ArticleRussian Ruble Hits An All-Time Low Against The Euro
The ruble on Tuesday hit its lowest exchange rate against the euro since the creation of the European single currency in 1999.Russia's currency crossed 54 rubles to the euro in early trading, the first...
View ArticleBP Is Feeling The Pain From Russian Sanctions
LONDON (Reuters) - BP's <bp.l> third-quarter results took a hit from declining oil prices and a sharp drop in income from Russia as Western sanctions on Moscow led to a slump in earnings from the...
View ArticleRussia Is Moving Aircraft To The Arctic In A Pivot To The North Pole
Russia is moving fighters and bombers towards the North Pole.Although the production of the Mig-31 ended in the early 1990s, the Foxhound interceptor is being upgraded to extend its operative life up...
View ArticleThis Amazing Animation Shows An Erupting Volcano From Space
Good timing and a little luck is all it takes to capture an amazing video of one of nature's most fearsome events: a volcanic eruption.The Kuril Islands, found off Russia's Pacific coast, are a...
View ArticleThe German Air Force Just Intercepted Seven Russian Jets Over The Baltic Sea
NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission is quite busy these days.According to the Latvian military, on Oct. 28, German Air Force Eurofighter jets on Quick Reaction Alert at Šiauliai, Lithuania, were...
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