Wednesday, 19 November 2014 An extraordinary bright orange flash has lit up the sky in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region in the Urals. While locals captured the massive ‘blast’ on numerous cameras, both scientists and emergency services still struggle to explain the… Read More ›
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Enemies Stand Helpless Against BrahMos Missile – BrahMos Aerospace Chief / 3x faster than the Tomahawk cruise missile
“export the BrahMos only to friendly nations, determined by the governments of India and Russia” Enemies Stand Helpless Against BrahMos Missile – BrahMos Aerospace Chief MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) – A supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, developed jointly by… Read More ›
Russia Forces US Submarine Out of Boundary Waters
Russian Anti-Submarine Destroyer “Vice-Admiral Kulakov” © Photo Press office of Russian Northern Fleet 17:37 09/08/2014 MOSCOW, August 9 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Northern Fleet’s anti-submarine forces have detected and forced out a US submarine from Russian boundary waters, a… Read More ›
People Fall for NYTimes’ Fake Hacking Story of 1.2B Stolen Passwords
Friday, 08 August 2014 On August 5th, the NY Times published a story titled “Russian Hackers Amass Over a Billion Internet Passwords ” which was, in fact, a “Native Advertising” venture between this once respected newspaper and a relatively new… Read More ›
FACTBOX: Russia’s Imports from Countries that Imposed Sanctions
MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday, banning for a year imports of agricultural and food products from countries that imposed sanctions on Russia. The government is expected to announce the complete “black… Read More ›
Report: Was Putin’s plane the real Target that brought down Malaysian Airliner?
Friday, 18 July 2014 Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane was travelling almost the same route as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s jet shortly before the crash that killed 295, Interfax news agency reports citing sources. “I can say that Putin’s plane… Read More ›
BRICS sets up own Bank to counter IMF
Tuesday, 15 July 2014 The group of emerging economies signed the long-anticipated document to create the $100 bn BRICS Development Bank and a reserve currency pool worth over another $100 bn. Both will counter the influence of US based… Read More ›
Ukraine shells Russian town killing 1 and injuring 2
Moscow sees ‘consequences’ after Ukrainian shell kills 1, injures 2 Sunday, 13 July 2014 An artillery shell from Ukraine has hit a private house in the Rostov region of Russia, killing a citizen and leaving two more injured. The Russian… Read More ›
Russian Air Force Boosts Presence in Arctic
Russian Air Force Boosts Presence in Arctic | Defense | RIA Novosti Tu-95MS strategic bomber © RIA Novosti. Iliya Pitalev 16:37 10/07/2014 MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russian long-range aviation bases are increasing their presence in the Arctic, the… Read More ›
North Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 17 June, 2014, 10:35am North Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns | South China Morning Post Agence France-Presse in Seoul North Korea appears to have acquired a sea-based copy of a Russian cruise missile, the… Read More ›
Russian nuclear-capable bombers intercepted off California coast
Published time: June 12, 2014 18:57 A spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) confirmed this week that a fleet of Russian bombers set off alarms in the United States after coming within 50 miles of California’s Pacific… Read More ›
Russia May Sign Agreement to Build 8 Reactors in Iran
Bushehr nuclear power plant © RIA Novosti. Valery Melnikov 18:09 22/05/2014 Tags: nuclear energy, Iran, Russia ST. PETERSBURG, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow may sign an intergovernmental agreement with Teheran this year to build eight new reactors… Read More ›
NATO Appears Toothless in Ukraine Crisis
Unprotected in the East By SPIEGEL Staff If Russia were to engage in military aggression in the Baltics, NATO would be unable to defend the region using conventional means. An internal report highlights weaknesses in the alliance. They were big… Read More ›
Russia to oust USA from International Space Station
Tuesday, 13 May 2014 Russia is to deny the US use of the International Space Station beyond 2020 and will also bar its rocket engines from launching US military satellites as it hits back at American sanctions imposed over the… Read More ›
Donetsk republic to get down to resolving its social, economic, defense problems – Military bases either change sides or be considered occupation troops
May 13, 7:34 UTC+4 “We are planning an appeal to the UN for declaring us a sovereign state but we don’t hope to get a positive answer”, co-chairman of the DPR Denis Pushilin say © ИТАР-ТАСС/ Константин Сазончик MOSCOW, May… Read More ›
Russia to Begin Moon Colonization in 2030 – Report
© RIA Novosti. Iliya Pitalev 12:20 08/05/2014 MOSCOW, May 8 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has drafted a program for colonization of the moon, and plans to send the first expeditions to build a permanent lunar base in 2030, the Russian… Read More ›
Ukraine slides towards war
Both sides bury dead as Ukraine slides towards war Source: Reuters – Tue, 6 May 2014 02:51 PM Author: Reuters * Several days of fighting in east * Rebels hold out in Slaviansk * Violence in Odessa spreads unrest… Read More ›
As Ukraine tumbles into all-out ‘war,’ Russia escalates rhetoric
Kremlin likens violence in contested areas to WWII-era atrocities AFP-JIJI, AP, Reuters, Bloomberg May 4, 2014 MOSCOW/KIEV/UNITED NATIONS – Russian official rhetoric has increasingly compared events in Ukraine to the darkest crimes of Nazi Germany as the anniversary of Soviet… Read More ›
Report: F35 fighters unable to evade Russian and Chinese radars
30 April 2014 The US’s newly developed radar-evading F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not be able to escape Russian radars. “The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter… is not, in fact, stealthy in the eyes of a growing number of… Read More ›
Here’s how the US could stumble into war in Ukraine
Jean MacKenzie April 25, 2014 15:48 Given Washington’s mishandling of the crisis so far, it is not out of the question. The skeptics were right. Just one week ago, as top diplomats in Geneva heralded an agreement on Ukraine… Read More ›
Ukraine FM says ready to fight Russia
Friday, 25 April 2014 In the wake of an attack on the protest city of Slovyansk, Ukrainian interim Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia suggested that not only was Ukraine not being deterred by the threat of Russian intervention to protect the… Read More ›
Transdniestria Asks Russia to Initiate Independence Recognition Procedure
Thursday, 17 April 2014 The parliament of Transdniestria, a de-facto independent former autonomous republic of Moldova, passed on Wednesday an address to the parliament and president of the Russian Federation to initiate the procedure for the recognition of the republic’s… Read More ›
NATO Plan Backfires: Ukrainian Troops switch side, Tanks wave Russian Flags
Wednesday, 16 April 2014 Separatists flew the Russian flag on armored vehicles taken from the Ukrainian army on Wednesday, humiliating a Kiev government operation to recapture eastern towns controlled by pro-Moscow partisans.
Russia wants permanent Moon base
Sunday, 13 April 2014 While the West is busy staging coups around the world, Moscow today set out plans to conquer and colonise space, including a permanent manned moon base. Deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin said: ‘We are coming to… Read More ›
Russia urges Ukraine to halt military preparations to avert civil war
“the operation involves some 150 American mercenaries from a private company Greystone Ltd” April 08, 0:49 UTC+4 MOSCOW “Units of the Interior troops and national guards as well as militants from the illegal armed formation ‘The Right Sector’ are being… Read More ›
Eastern Ukraine in Crisis: Clashes erupt as Kharkov protesters declare independence
By Russia Today Global Research, April 07, 2014 RT Region: Russia and FSU In-depth Report: UKRAINE REPORT – Police have clashed with anti-coup protesters in Kharkov, in an effort to push the crowd back from the administration building. Earlier, activists… Read More ›
China stands to benefit as Russia clashes with West over Ukraine
” the 2005 Anti-Secession Law permits the use of military force against Taiwan, should it declare independence through a referendum or some other official mechanism.” PUBLISHED : Sunday, 06 April, 2014, 6:01am Whenever Russia and Western powers face… Read More ›
Russian envoys outline plan to ‘take over world’ in unauthenticated tape of leaked conversation
EEV: No current validation, two video sources posted in case one goes down…. Crimea is just the start, warn ambassadors, in unauthenticated tape of leaked conversation PUBLISHED : Saturday, 05 April, 2014, 1:34am The Guardian in Moscow A recording has… Read More ›
Putin defies Obama in Syria as arms flow fuels Assad resurgence
A Syrian woman reacts following an air strike by Syrian government forces in the al-Sakhour district of the northern city of Aleppo on April 2. Photo: AFP Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin, condemned by NATO for annexing Crimea, is now… Read More ›
NATO voices ‘grave concern’ over Russian troop buildup
Members of the newly founded Ukraine National Guard take part in military exercises at a shooting range near Kiev on Monday. | AFP-JIJI Apr 3, 2014 KIEV – NATO warned on Wednesday that Russia’s military presence on the flash point… Read More ›
Why CIA, NSA can’t spy on Putin?
Tuesday, 01 April 2014 Earlier this month, as Russia began its move in Crimea, U.S. spy agencies reportedly found a worrying silence in the spot where they were listening most attentively — the digital space around Russian President Vladimir Putin… Read More ›
Russia Moves to Scrap Black Sea Fleet Agreements with Ukraine
– Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said last Friday that Moscow would seek a reimbursement of the $11 billion Russia Moves to Scrap Black Sea Fleet Agreements with Ukraine © RIA Novosti. Vasily Batanov 17:20 28/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 28 (RIA Novosti)… Read More ›
Tens of Thousands Sign Petition to Reunite Alaska With Russia
Tens of Thousands Sign Petition to Reunite Alaska With Russia © Tony Campbell 18:43 25/03/2014 – MOSCOW, March 25 (RIA Novosti) – Over 22,000 people have signed a petition calling for the secession of Alaska from the United States to… Read More ›
Why a militarily powerful Russia is good for the world
EEV: May be an Important perspective change by the Russian Government (no longer propaganda). March 25, 2014 Ajay Kamalakaran, RBTH – What the situation in Ukraine has proved beyond the shadow of a doubt is that America and its NATO… Read More ›
US Defense Secretary says Russia should guarantee will not invade Ukraine / Russia deploying its Army units along its Western border
March 26, 21:56 UTC+4 WASHINGTON Chuck Hagel recalled his conversation last week with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, whom he asked why Russia deploying its Army units along its Western border AP Photo/Charles Dharapak WASHINGTON, March 26, /ITAR-TASS/. Russia should… Read More ›
How Russia could strangle the US space program
If you use a cellphone, have a GPS system in your car, or get cash from ATMs, you should be worried. Jean MacKenzieMarch 25, 2014 02:34 Subscribe to Jean MacKenzie on Facebook The New Horizons spacecraft atop an Atlas… Read More ›
Time to grab guns and kill damn Russians – Tymoshenko in leaked tape
Published time: March 24, 2014 16:06 Edited time: March 25, 2014 00:01 Yulia Tymoshenko (Reuters/Cathal McNaughton) Ukrainians must take up arms against Russians so that not even scorched earth will be left where Russia stands; an example of former Ukrainian… Read More ›
If Russia Gets Crimea, Should Germany Get Kaliningrad?
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber Mar. 20 2014 21:29 Vladimir Filonov / MTA view of the Gothic-style Konigsberg Cathedral in Kaliningrad, Russia. In the tug-of-war between Russia and the West, some states are apparently more equal than others when it comes to correcting “mistakes” of the… Read More ›
EU Bans European Council President from visitng Moscow
Wednesday, 19 March 2014 Russia on Wednesday mocked a European Council decision to bar its president from visiting Moscow. President Herman Van Rompuy requested an urgent visit to Russia on Monday to hear the Russian opinion about the crisis… Read More ›
Russian Navy to Deploy Conventional Deterrence Force
© RIA Novosti. Igor Zarembo 21:02 19/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) – The naval component of Russia’s future strategic non-nuclear deterrence force will consist of warships and submarines armed with high-precision weapons, navy commander Adm. Viktor Chirkov said Wednesday…. Read More ›
Crimean Tatars Will Have to Vacate Land – Official
Crimean tatars © RIA Novosti. Taras Litvinenko 05:40 19/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 18 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s breakaway region of Crimea will ask Tatars to vacate part of the land where they now live in exchange for new territory elsewhere in… Read More ›
Defence Ministry Allows Ukrainian Military Use Weapons In Crimea
(20:22, Tuesday, March 18, 2014) Ukrainian News Agency The Defence Ministry has allowed Ukrainian military to use weapons in Crimea, reads a statement made by the Ministry press service. “Since the death of Ukrainian serviceman warrant officer Kakurin S.V. during… Read More ›
Russia TV host: Russia could turn USA into radioactive ashes
Published on Mar 17, 2014 Subscribe to ITN News: http://bit.ly/1bmWO8h A Russian TV host has threatened the United States with a nuclear strike in his news broadcast. The remarks made by Dmitry Kiselyov were broadcast at the same time as the polls… Read More ›
Ukraine (cyber) war in full swing
2014-03-17 07:29 Kiev – With cyber attacks already launched against Crimean separatists, the Kremlin and Nato, the ground war may not have started in Ukraine but computer warfare is already raging. In recent days – and with increasing intensity on… Read More ›
Right Sector leader: Kiev should be ready to sabotage Russian pipelines in Ukraine
Edited time: March 16, 2014 16:03 Dmytro Yarosh.(Reuters / David Mdzinarishvili) The leader of ultranationalist group Right Sector, Dmitry Yarosh, has threatened to destroy Russian pipelines on Ukrainian territory if a diplomatic solution is not reached with Moscow. In a… Read More ›
Tensions rise as Ukraine’s military hardware pulls up to eastern border with Russia
Published time: March 16, 2014 21:30 Ukrainian tanks take part in a military exercise near Kharkiv March 14, 2014 (Reuters / Stringer) Ukrainian heavy military equipment, including armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles are heading towards the Russian… Read More ›
Russian troops seize Kherson gas plant ( Mixed reports coming in )
Published on Mar 16, 2014 Russian troops have stormed six miles over Crimea’s geographical border with mainland Ukraine and seized a natural gas plant. The 120-strong Russian forces, backed by helicopter gunships and armoured vehicles, took control of the village of… Read More ›
Statement of the MFA of Ukraine with respect to assault landing of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kherson region on March 15
Yesterday, 17:31 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong and categorical protest against the landing on March 15, 2014 near the village Strilkove, Kherson region of troops of the Russian Federation Armed Forces in a number of 80… Read More ›
Ukrainian Military Press Back Russian Assault From Township Strilkove, Kherson Region
(17:03, Saturday, March 15, 2014) Ukrainian News Agency Ukrainian military have pressed back Russian assault from the township Strilkove, Kherson Region, reads a statement made by the press service of the Defence Ministry of Ukraine. “Today,… Read More ›
Crimea crisis stirs dispute over Russian-held islands off Hokkaido
A high school student prays at the grave of a Japanese resident of Etorofu, off Hokkaido, during a rare visit to the Russian-held island in 2007. |AFP-JIJI Mar 15, 2014 Scenes of apparent Russian troops in southern Ukraine are stirring… Read More ›
