Israel sees a serious threat to the region if Egypt buys 500 T-90 tanks from Russia

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TEL AVIV, (BM) – Egypt’s readiness to assemble Russian T-90MS tanks is seen in Israel as a “very alarming step,” the Israel Defense resource reported June 29, citing sources in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Read more: Hundreds of Russian T-90 tanks … Read More

NATO Looks to Counter Russia’s Growing Nuclear Capabilities

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NATO Secretary Gen. Jens Stoltenberg speaks at a June 17, 2020, press briefing in Brussels, Belgium. NATO photo. NATO defense ministers on June 17 agreed on three measures aimed at countering Russia’s “extensive and growing arsenal of nuclear-capable missiles” during … Read More

Putin probes Trump’s defense posture as Russian planes breach U.S. air defense zone

U.S. military intercepted Russian aircraft during 8th such incident this year. PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 Raptors, supported by KC-135 Stratotankers and an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, successfully completed two intercepts … Read More

Russia’s coronavirus cases top 300,000 but deaths suspiciously low: ‘We conceal nothing,’ Kremlin says

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KEY POINTS Russia’s coronavirus cases surpassed 300,000 on Wednesday. It has the second-highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world after the U.S. There are increasing questions over the country’s low death toll, of under 3,000. Russia has insisted … Read More

Susan Rice makes claim Russians could be behind violent George Floyd demonstrations

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Former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice bizarrely suggested in a televised interview Sunday that the Russians could be behind the violent nationwide demonstrations following the in-custody death of George Floyd, although she offered no evidence for the incendiary claim. Rice’s … Read More

Russia Coronavirus Cases Surge Past 400K as Infections Increase Again

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Russia is now the third most-affected country in terms of infections.         Kirill Zykov / Moskva News Agency Russia confirmed 9,268 new coronavirus infections Sunday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 405,843. One hundred and thirty-eight people have … Read More

Time running out on the last US-Russia nuclear arms treaty

In this June 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to participate in a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (Susan Walsh/AP) WASHINGTON — Time is running out on an arms … Read More

Trump to pull U.S. out of Open Skies treaty, leaves New START in limbo

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Illustration: Rebecca Zisser / Axios The U.S. is moving to withdraw from Open Skies, a 1992 treaty that allows NATO countries and Russia to surveil one another from the air to prevent the risk of military conflict. Why it matters: This … Read More

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