Russian Air Force puts out 84 wildfires in two days
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US pulls out of Reagan-era arms treaty
A historic arms-control treaty signed three decades ago by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was scrapped after President Trump decided to withdraw Friday. The move to scrap the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty comes amid the administration’s assessment that Russia was in “material breach of the treaty” and made no effort to “come back into compliance” with the…
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Russia has declared a state of emergency over Siberian wildfires
A view of a wildfire seen from an amphibious aircraft – TASS via Getty Russia has declared a state of emergency in five regions in Siberia after a million people signed petitions demanding that the government does something about the unprecedented wildfires. Three million hectares of forest are burning and 12 million have already been…
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What the Protests in Russia Mean for President Putin
Over last weekend, the decision by Russian electoral authorities to bar independent and opposition candidates from running in Moscow City Council elections prompted protests that turned violent as Moscow police cracked down hard on those that turned out, leading to the arrests of nearly 1,400. Meanwhile, the opposition figure and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny—who had…
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Russia and Turkey are Becoming Allies, Overshadowing Israel
Components of Russia’s S-400 missile-defense system are unloaded near Ankara on July 12. An emerging Russia-Turkey alliance in defense and energy will have long-term effects on the Middle East and Israel. This comes in the wake of Turkey acquiring Russia’s S-400 air defense system and the development of the TurkStream pipeline, which stretches across the…
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Russian forces tested NATO’s ‘resolve’ during recent Black Sea exercises, says Canadian commander
Russian aircraft and ships closely shadowed NATO vessels, says Commodore Josée Kurtz Commodore Josée Kurtz speaks to reporters during a tour of HMCS Halifax in April 2009 at the HMC dockyards in Halifax, N.S., when she was the commander of the frigate – the first woman in the Canadian military to command a warship. (Mike Dembeck/The…
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Russia interfering with US elections: FBI
Washington: Russia is determined to interfere in US elections despite sanctions and other efforts to deter such actions before the next presidential election in 2020, FBI Director Christopher Wray says. “The Russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our elections,” Wray said during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. Christopher Wray, director of…
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In Major Threat To Dollar’s Reserve Status, Russia Offers To Join European SWIFT-Bypass
Three weeks after a meeting between the countries who signed the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was ditched by US, French, British and German officials said the trade mechanism which was proposed last summer – designed to circumvent both SWIFT as well as US sanctions banning trade with…
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Nato chief calls on Russia to save INF nuclear missile treaty
Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC time is running out to save the key missile treaty -AFP/GETTY Time is running out to save a key nuclear missile treaty with Russia, Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has told the BBC. Mr. Stoltenberg pledged a “measured, defensive” response if Russia did not come back into compliance with…
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A mind of its own: Russia unveils terrifying new AI ‘superweapon’
Avangard testing has already taken place. Photo / Supplied, Russian Ministry of Defence The race to incorporate artificial intelligence in modern weapons threatens to outstrip the technology’s capabilities — and the world’s ability to control them. The Commander-in-Chief of Russia’s air force, Viktor Bondarev, has told a gathering at the MAKS-2017 international airshow his aircraft…
