Category: Russia

TikTok is now being used as an unlikely source of vital information about Russian military movements along the Ukrainian-Russian border.

SOFREP breaks with the mainstream media narrative that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is “imminent” for various reasons you can read here

Russia has sent some 2,500 troops into Kazakhstan during a civil revolt. We don’t think it has anything to do with Putin wanting to take over the country. We think it’s all about the International Space Station.

The new year always brings the promise of new things being just on the horizon. The world is a volatile place today, with shifting economies, the continued presence of Islamist terrorism around the world, and the Great Game of competition between nations seeking diplomatic, strategic, and economic advantages around the globe. Everyone is a prognosticator […]

From Russia to China and even TikTok subverting law and order in public schools, this is the SOFREP week in review.

In a seeming de-escalation of the security crisis along the Russian-Ukrainian border, Moscow has withdrawn ten-thousand of the estimated 110,000 troops it has positioned near the border. Moscow did this even as it reasserted its demand of a legal guarantee that Ukraine will never be admitted to NATO, that the U.S. cease selling arms to Ukraine and that it act as mediator in negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and European countries.

Russian President for life, Vladamir Putin has lived most of his life shrouded in mystery. He may be worth more than sixty billion dollars with equity stakes in some of Europe’s largest energy companies while sitting at the head of one of the most powerful countries in the world. What makes him tick? And what does the future hold for Europe with Putin in the Kremlin?

President Biden has threatened Russia with economic sanctions but President Putin has more to gain by invading Ukraine than the sanctions would cost his country. If the administration was serious about defending Ukraine from invasion, these are the weapons systems the U.S. should be providing them with for self-defense.

The agreement details cooperation between types and branches of troops, as well as issues of supply and development of weapons and military equipment.

Putin said Russia needed “legal guarantees” that Moscow’s security concerns in the region will be respected.

“Any escalatory actions by Russia would be a great concern to the United States… and would trigger serious consequences,” Anthony Blinken said.

The admiral’s allegations contradict the official Russian account of the fate of the Kursk.