Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, while delivering a lecture in Moscow, said the Kremlin wants to avoid an arms race and will shift its focus to conventional, precision guided, munitions. The reference to an arms race seems to be referring to President-elect Donald Trump’s earlier comments that the U.S. would…
A second, successful cyber attack was conducted against the Ukrainian power grid in December by hackers linked to the Russian government, causing power outages in the capital city of Kyiv. The attacks targeted critical infrastructure and were meant to sow confusion, rather than cripple the country. The incident came a…
I had a Top Secret Special Compartmental Intelligence Clearance. I’ve read a lot of intelligence reports over the years. This garbage that CNN and Buzz Feed released is not written by a spook. It was written by a political consultant. It is opposition research. Actually, it’s not even research. It’s…
Mikhail Popkov was convicted in January of 2015 of raping and murdering 22 women in southeastern Siberia during the late 1990s. He has now been charged with another 47 murders. Previously he was sentenced to life in prison. It seems the killer has been bragging to cell mates about all…
Moscow To Cut Oil Supplies To Belarus In Payment Dispute.
The Russian Orthodox Christmas is approaching on January 7th. It seems Mother Nature will make it a cold holiday whether you are a believer or not. Meteorologists are expecting frigid temperatures as low as minus 31 degrees Celsius, reports the Moscow Times. “According to the Fobos meteorological center, a weather…
Russia has been very active over the last several years attempting to return former Soviet republics to Moscow’s fold. Moldova is center stage in this effort. The newly elected, pro-Russian president of Moldova has stripped the recently granted Moldovan citizenship from ex-Romanian president Basescu. Moldova was formerly part of Romania…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s internet guru, German Klimenko, said recently that the Russian Federation could be cut off from the internet at some point in the future if the Kremlin decides it is in its best interests. He was apparently referencing a new law being passed to guard against cyber…
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that the total number of Russian nationals forced to leave the United States within 72 hours will be 96, including school aged children and family. The Obama administration declared 35 diplomats persona non grata due to espionage activities. “On December 29,…