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

“It’s like in Harry Potter, where Voldemort is the name that is never said aloud. It’s a taboo subject,” a former Wagner Group mercenary told BBC.

Russian intelligence and business interests in Europe suffered a significant blow from an unlikely country.

Why doing away with the 2001 AUMF and limiting drone strike capabilities is a distraction from the real issues facing national security.

In Russia, the an opposition movement led by Alexei Navalny is growing in strength, rallying a younger generation looking for a change.

In a break from Trump-era policy, Biden has sanctioned seven Russian leaders for the Novichok poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Weapons smuggling off the Somali coast is common, but last week the U.S. Navy seized thousands of Russian-made AK-47s, RPGs and machine guns.

“Putin has outplayed us. He has played the great game better than anyone on the world stage,” McRaven said, calling the Russian president “dangerous.”

This week on SOFREP: Biden’s military agenda, China’s saber rattling, and a first-hand account of the secret CIA mission to find bin Laden.

Russia has successfully test-fired the weapon from a warship three times, but each test involved only one missile.

In a tale right out of a spy novel, Alexei Navalny single-handedly — and cleverly — sussed out the method Russian agents used silence him.

The Russian Navy is slated to train with several NATO countries despite the alliance’s cutting of ties over the illegal annexation of Crimea.