Russia

High-level PLA officers say that China will increase cooperation with the Syrian military and conduct military exchanges and training.

Russians warplanes have conducted missions over Syria from an airbase in Iran — the first time a major power has done so since the Islamic Revolution there in 1979. Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and Su-34 tactical bombers took off from Hamedan airbase in western Iran Tuesday, and hit targets belonging to ISIS and the Jabhat al-Nusra […]

Such payments, if true, cast Manafort as a shady individual with heavy Russian interests and ties. He is now a giant distraction for a campaign that prides itself in it’s ability to freely attack Hillary Clinton on issues related to Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Nevertheless, everyone locally involved was destined to perform a series of events that may very well launch an extremely bloody war.

In yet another troubling sign for America’s tense relations with Russia, U.S. intelligence officials say Putin has began construction on new nuclear-proof underground bunkers. Russia began building ‘dozens’ of underground bunkers across the country several years ago, the Washington Free Beacon reported citing US officials. The U.S. and Russia have been working together to get rid […]

Russian Tupolev-22M3 bombers and Sukhoi-34 fighter bombers used Iran’s Hamadan air base to strike a range of targets in Syria. Russia is teaming up with Iran in an effort to defeat ISIS.  It is believed to be the first time Iran has allowed a foreign nation to use its territory as a base of military […]

Putin plans to lift the sanctions bit by bit while resuming trade talks involving a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline. While the West has cringed from the actions of Erdogan during the aftermath of the Turkish military coup, Russia has stayed silent on the issues of crushing dissenters and demanding extradition of clerics.

One thing is for sure: Americans are terrified of the refugee crisis. With some good reason when we dissect and look at the actors in the Syrian war. When it comes to Syrians, it’s hard to decipher who is who.

Seizing Crimea seemed a good idea in 2014, and it was achieved with remarkable ease. As the Russian writer Leonid Kaganov put it, however, it was a bit like stealing an expensive phone without its charger.

The Russian occupying authorities suspended, for unknown reasons, the handling of citizens and vehicles crossing the administrative border with Crimea.

While Russia races to catch up to the United States in one particular aspect of orbital reconnaissance—that is, imagery detail—the United States is plotting a sort of technological sidestep that could actually extend its lead over its rivals in space-based espionage.

America does not dip its flag, even at the Olympics – a rich tradition that dates back to 1936 where American athletes did not dip the flag to Nazi Germany.