The first week of August in Moscow was cold, with an average air temperature of only 13°C. That is 5 degrees below the norm and corresponds more to the last days of the month. How does that compare with other Augusts … Read More
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will not deploy new missiles as long as the United States shows similar restraint in Europe and Asia, Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday, after Washington’s withdrawal from a Soviet-era arms pact. The United … Read More
And there is a problem: A reactor that powers one of these weapons might have created “possibly one of the worst nuclear accidents in the region since Chernobyl.” A mysterious explosion at Russia’s Nenoksa Missile Test Site on Aug. 8, … Read More
President Trump weighed in on a suspected failed missile explosion in northern Russia, noting U.S. technology is far superior to the “failed” weapon. The suspected nuclear explosion occurred Thursday off the coast of Russia’s Nenoska Missile Test Site, an installation … Read More
The United States and five European countries have issued a joint statement regarding 11th anniversary of the Georgian-Russian August with an appeal to Moscow to implement agreements reached in 2008 to withdraw its military forces to positions held before hostilities … Read More
A historic arms-control treaty signed three decades ago by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was scrapped after President Trump decided to withdraw Friday. The move to scrap the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty comes amid the administration’s assessment that Russia was in “material … Read More
A view of a wildfire seen from an amphibious aircraft – TASS via Getty Russia has declared a state of emergency in five regions in Siberia after a million people signed petitions demanding that the government does something about the … Read More
Over last weekend, the decision by Russian electoral authorities to bar independent and opposition candidates from running in Moscow City Council elections prompted protests that turned violent as Moscow police cracked down hard on those that turned out, leading to … Read More
Components of Russia’s S-400 missile-defense system are unloaded near Ankara on July 12. An emerging Russia-Turkey alliance in defense and energy will have long-term effects on the Middle East and Israel. This comes in the wake of Turkey acquiring Russia’s … Read More