US military officials believe Russia aircraft, operating out of Syria in June, purposefully bombed a secret US facility in Syrian territory near the Jordanian border. The Wall Street Journal reports that Russia took the action against the base, that sometimes housed secret American and British forces, in order to pressure…
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There are now more Russian spies trying to gather intelligence in Britain than at the height of the Cold War, a former GCHQ official warned last night. Foreign intelligence agents are trying to intercept secret communications between arms companies making deadly weapons, members of the Armed Forces and the Ministry…
One person was killed as an armed group stormed the headquarters of the police in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, local media reported on early Sunday. The local police chief, Valery Osipyan, was held hostage according to local news sources. Security troops were dispatched to the headquarter, and the head…
Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday it would punish dozens of new agents who celebrated graduating from the agency’s training academy by ostentatiously driving through Moscow in a luxury convoy allowing themselves to be photographed. Millions of Russians have watched footage of the incident, with many, including veteran spies,…
Originally posted at WhatDoesItMean.com…you decide… The Investigative Committee (SLEDCOM) is reporting today that Valentina Matviyenko, Chairperson of the Federation Council, has initiated a legal inquiry as to placing on the Federal Security Service (FSB) “Unified List of Organizations, Including Foreign and International Organizations That Have Been Recognized As Terrorist [Groups]…
In a bid to match U.S. naval power projection capability, Russia is sending the accident prone aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, to the Mediterranean to allow combat operations in the Syrian theater. This would be the first time that a Russian aircraft carrier would be engaged in combat. The ship has…
It seems that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Turkish President Erdogan more under his thumb than previously thought. After apologizing to Russia for shooting down a Russian jet who entered Turkish airspace, Erdogan is bending over backwards to please his new Russian Godfather. Turkey now says that Russia can use…
If there is one thing that bothers the Kremlin, it is additional Nordic countries joining the NATO alliance. Any movement in that direction always engenders a response from Moscow and not it a good way. Russian State News Agency TASS reported on recent comments from Putin no the subject. Russian…
Moscow Becomes One Big Free Fitness Club…a very avant garde city…