Turkey wants to “avoid being on Russia’s target list later” The authoritarian, Islamist leader of the Republic of Turkey delivered a shot in the arm to embattled Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin this week, by threatening to block the accession of … Read More
Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama on Tuesday said the United States could be “poking the bear” too much with its support of Ukraine and suggested doing so risks escalating America’s involvement in Russia’s war. Tuberville made the comments during … Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to undergo cancer surgery and is said to be handing over control of the country to Nikolai Patrushev, head of the Russian federal police’s Security Council, according to media reports. Putin is understood to … Read More
The war in Ukraine may only come to an end with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s death, a top military spy for Ukraine said Monday. Speaking during an interview on The New Voice of Ukraine, Ukrainian military spy Kyrylo Budanov said … Read More
Russian-affiliated hackers were positioning themselves for cyberattacks against Ukraine as early as March 2021, according to researchers at Microsoft Corp. A handful of hacking groups secured access to Ukrainian organizations — including defense, IT and energy networks — for strategic … Read More
Frederick Kagan argued that Putin operates within a ‘fictional universe’ Russian President Vladimir Putin would only consider nuclear weapons in the event he feels an “existential threat” to his country or regime, according to foreign policy experts. “They could be … Read More
How Much Are Sanctions Hurting Russia? – On Wednesday, the United States issued a slew of new sanctions against Russian banks and elites, which included a ban on Americans investing in Russia. The new sanctions specifically targeted Russia’s Sberbank, which … Read More
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned of a “direct clash” between Moscow and NATO forces if peacekeepers from the military alliance are deployed to Ukraine. Lavrov made the remarks on Wednesday while speaking to students and staff at the … Read More
WASHINGTON/KYIV — Russia looms large in world energy markets. It supplies 40 per cent of the gas consumed in the European Union, and this is a particularly important economic issue for Germany, Italy, and Austria. But Russia’s global energy footprint … Read More
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Russian military forces are not pulling back from Kyiv and other cities, as announced by the Kremlin, Reuters reported. “According to our intelligence, Russian units are not withdrawing but repositioning. Russia is trying to regroup, … Read More