A Cloud Over Trump’s Presidency Is Lifted
President Trump returned to the White House from his Florida resort after Attorney General William P. Barr delivered a summary of the findings in the Russia investigation. Credit Samuel Corum for The New York Times WASHINGTON — For President Trump, … Read More
Russian Su-27 fighter jets shadowed US nuclear-capable bombers twice in last 24hrs – MoD
Russian Su-27 fighters have been scrambled to shadow US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress nuclear-capable strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea twice in the last 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The bombers were detected by the Russian Airspace Control … Read More
Analysis Trump’s Golan Declaration: Blessing for Netanyahu, Message to Russia
The international response is likely to be weak, and returning the Golan isn’t something most Israelis support. The significance is mostly political, and the timing unsurprising. U.S. President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hug after speaking at … Read More
Naval Muscle: Russia’s Northern Fleet Is Getting Some Seriously Dangerous Submarines
The Northern Fleet is now taking a major step to modernize its submarine force with a new hardware shipment slated for later this year. From the Petr Velikiy battlecruiser to the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, Russia’s Northern Fleet is home to some of the … Read More
Russia develops new frigates capable of carrying nearly 50 cruise missiles – source
The frigates will have a displacement of up to 7,000 tonnes Kalibr cruise missile – Department of Press Service and Information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. The Northern design bureau has started … Read More
U.S., Russia Remain World’s Top Arms Exporters
WASHINGTON — The United States remained far and above the rest of the world as the globe’s leading arms exporter, with Russia a distant second, a leading research group says. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a March … Read More
Russia wants to unplug its internet from the rest of the world. Is that even possible?
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting during a visit to the Interior Ministry in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 28. (Alexei Nikolsky / Associated Press) Russian lawmakers want to tighten the screws on Russia’s internet access by creating an “sovereign” … Read More
Russia is going to test an internet ‘kill switch,’ and its citizens will suffer
It’s cool — all the creepy totalitarian countries are doing it. Illustration by Koren Shadmi Russia is planning to disconnect itself from the global internet in a test sometime between now and April. The country says it is implementing an internal internet (intranet) and … Read More