After a video alleging vast corruption by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was released by Kremlin opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, a poll conducted by the Russian polling group Levada found that 45% of the Russian population thinks that Medvedev should resign. The Prime Minister’s popularity has steadily fallen over the…
Russia will not supply electrical power to the Donbass region of East Ukraine, an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels, which they call Novorossiya, or ‘New Russia.’ Ukraine cut off the electric grid in recent days to the area due to millions in unpaid bills. The Kremlin reacted negatively to the…
During and after World War I, Ottoman Turks carried out one of the most horrific mass exterminations of a religious, and ethnic minority ever conducted, second only to the Jews under Hitler. 1.5 million Armenian Orthodox Christians were murdered by Muslim captors. The able bodied men were simply murdered while…
Electricity Supply Cut Off to Luhansk In Donbass.
The U.S. commanding general in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis by his side, gave a briefing in-country where they accused Russia of providing weapons to the Taliban to attack American-backed, Afgan forces in the country. Associated Press reported, “Earlier Monday, a senior U.S. military official told…
With U.S. distracted, Russia Warms To Opportunities In ‘Frozen Conflicts’.
Russian Soldier Killed By Knife Attack In Armenia.
The Kremlin increased military spending in 2016 to become the 3rd largest spender, despite a lagging economy due to Western sanctions and the collapse of the price of crude oil on global markets. Military expeditures rose for the second consecutive year to over $69 billion. The Stockholm International Peace Research…
Hungarian President Janos Ader signed into law a bill that detractors accuse of targeting Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, established by Leftist billionaire George Soros after the fall of the Iron Curtain in the 1990s. The bill forces any education institution to close if it does not have a…