The most deadly weapon used against the Russian military in Afghanistan was the Stinger missile made by America. The shoulder-launched missile, supplied by the CIA to the Mujahideen, was responsible for the downing of scores of Russian aircraft and crippled the Russian military’s ability to use airpower to fight the…
As winter approaches, the temperature has gotten exponentially hotter on the Crimean Peninsula and Ukraine’s border with Russia. It is as if both Moscow and Kiev can see the writing on the wall, that a final solution is about to be imposed to the smoldering contest for dominance in Ukraine’s…
A week prior to an EU-Ukraine summit on Nov 24th of this year, EU representatives have agreed to visa-free travel for Ukrainians on short visits. However, the agreement is pending implementation of an emergency mechanism to suspend the visa-free travel in a crisis. Implementation, however, will take time as further…
Alexey Kudrin, former Russian finance minister and confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says the arrest of a high level economic minister is a sea change in Russian politics. “Bringing on charges with bribery against a person in the rank of a minister is a dramatic event for Russia that…
We have been writing for some time that we expect Iran, with its new-found billions courtesy of the Obama administration, to embark on an arms-buying spree from Russia. RIA reports in Moscow on Monday that Russia and Iran are discussing the delivery of T-90 tanks, artillery, planes and helicopters. Viktor…
The atmosphere in Moscow has been euphoric since Donald Trump’s stunning electoral triumph Tuesday. The prevailing wisdom in the Russian capital is that Mr. Trump will bring peace with Russia for the long term, a goal that most everyone in both countries badly desires. But that belief rests on a…
Russia, as with other nations from France to America, has struggled with the concept of maintaining their national identity, as waves of migration threaten the way of life of different peoples everywhere in the Western and historically ‘white’ world. It seems the Kremlin has decided a law declaring a ‘national…
The export of Russian weapons has been critical to Russia’s economy since the imposition of Western economic sanctions for Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and the collapse of crude oil prices on global markets. China has become Russia’s largest customer of armaments, as Russia attempts to replace lost hydrocarbon…