Moscow expressed skepticism toward Washington’s recent allegations that Iran was behind the deaths over 600 U.S. troops in Iraq and warned against launching any new wars in the Middle East. During a Tuesday press briefing at the State Department, Brian … Read More
Editor’s Note: Kang Jie is an assistant research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies. The article reflects the author’s opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN. A week ago, two Russian military transport aircraft transported 100 troops and … Read More
Studies show that Russians believe that a state free of high-level corruption cannot exist. Corruption sure is an interesting thing. In Russia, while most people usually condemn it, polls show that people are also convinced of its indestructibility. Russians love … Read More
Russian Su-27 fighters have been scrambled to shadow US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress nuclear-capable strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea twice in the last 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The bombers were detected by the Russian Airspace Control … Read More
The Northern Fleet is now taking a major step to modernize its submarine force with a new hardware shipment slated for later this year. From the Petr Velikiy battlecruiser to the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, Russia’s Northern Fleet is home to some of the … Read More
The frigates will have a displacement of up to 7,000 tonnes Kalibr cruise missile – Department of Press Service and Information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. The Northern design bureau has started … Read More
WASHINGTON — The United States remained far and above the rest of the world as the globe’s leading arms exporter, with Russia a distant second, a leading research group says. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a March … Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting during a visit to the Interior Ministry in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 28. (Alexei Nikolsky / Associated Press) Russian lawmakers want to tighten the screws on Russia’s internet access by creating an “sovereign” … Read More
It’s cool — all the creepy totalitarian countries are doing it. Illustration by Koren Shadmi Russia is planning to disconnect itself from the global internet in a test sometime between now and April. The country says it is implementing an internal internet (intranet) and … Read More
US ARMY / Reuters Russia and Syria issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on U.S. forces to leave Syria and to allow people inside a refugee camp in the southeast of the country to be evacuated by Russian and … Read More