UK spy agency also ‘green spying’ on world’s biggest polluters and drawing on the inspiration of James Bond. Richard Moore, 57, is the 17th “C” in the 112 years of the Secret Intelligence Service — MI6’s actual name. He is … Read More
Service members of the Russian airborne forces line up before boarding Ilyushin Il-76 transport planes during drills at a military aerodrome in the Azov Sea port of Taganrog, Russia April 22, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Stringer Service members … Read More
Alexei Navalny was jailed in February – Getty images The US has warned Russia there will be “consequences” if the opposition activist Alexei Navalny dies in jail. The UK, France, Germany, and the European Union have also expressed their concern … Read More
Russian Armed Force is reportedly deploying its Iskander (NATO Reporting name: SS-26 Stone) missile systems with R-500 extended-range ground-launched cruise missiles in areas near Voronezh, which’s 250 kilometers away from the border with Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Luhansk regions. Open-source intelligence … Read More
Ukrainian servicemen take up positions on the front line with Russia-backed separatists in the eastern Donetsk region last month. The United States is expressing concern about what it called ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine amid reports of a buildup of … Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in June 2019 that relations between Moscow and Washington were going downhill and getting worse. Experts believe that Putin’s gloomy assessment is now coming true, and Spain’s media El Mundo said it’s the worst moment … Read More
The past week has marked a watershed moment in Russia’s relations with the West — and the US in particular. In two dramatic, televised moments, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have changed the dynamics between their … Read More
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he and U.S. President Joe Biden should hold live online talks in coming days after Biden said he thought the Russian leader was a killer and diplomatic ties sank to … Read More
Reminder: Internet censorship can have unintended consequences. Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images Russian internet users began noticing something strange on Wednesday: a number of websites, including the Kremlin’s own Kremlin.ru, were down. Just hours earlier, Roskomnadzor, the Russian government body overseeing communications … Read More
More than 12,000 protesters were detained during mass nationwide rallies in support of Navalny in January and February. Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP / TASS Russia is revoking residence permits and deporting, often informally and without written notice, foreign nationals for … Read More