With everyone from Google to Elon Musk warning about artificial intelligence or AI, this story is especially timely. A Russian robot learning to promote a company’s products and ‘automatic movement profiles’ escaped from its testing grounds in Perm, Russia, near the Ural mountains. The machine made it to a busy…
The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania still have fresh memories of being part of the Soviet Union and the oppression that entailed. They see with wide open eyes what is happening in Ukraine, Georgia, and other former Soviet territories and are scared Russia would like to take a…
A Russian submarine was intercepted by the Royal Navy as it neared the English Channel. The Stary Oskol, a Kilo-class submarine capable of carrying cruise missiles and torpedoes, was first detected in the North Sea, where Nato forces are monitoring the waters. The Ministry of Defence said it would continue…
Originally posted at the Washington Times… The Obama administration pushed sanctions against Russia for its illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine in 2014 and for the Kremlin’s backing of separatists in eastern Ukraine that continues to this day. The goal was to punish Russia for its actions, and…
Originally Posted at Washington Times… At a time when our air force is reduced to a shell of its former self, USAF commanders are worried over the rising threat from Russian and Chinese aircraft around the world. The threat to the U.S. homeland is especially worrisome. The Obama administration’s decision…
Originally posted at TASS.ru/en Due to US work on reconciliation of warring sides in Syria, 138 armed units have joined the regime of cessation of hostilities, says Russian Defense Minister Russia has begun to coordinate with the United States efforts on delivering joint strikes on terrorists in Syria, Russian Defense…
Up to one million people world wide will participate in the Immortal Regiment march in May which celebrates the lives of those killed fighting Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War, as Russians call World War II. The event will coincide with the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in…
Putin, Trump Play The Unpredictability Card. When Donald Trump talks dealmaking, he is talking about the use of strategy, negotiating positions and unpredictability to secure one’s best interests and agenda. When President Obama and his aides talk diplomacy, they mean appeasement, predictability and giving the other side everything it wants,…
Russia is not happy about the U.S. and NATO decision to rotate American armored brigades into Eastern Europe on a permanent basis as a response to preceived Russian aggression against the Baltics and former Soviet nations. “We are not passive observers, we consistently take all the military measures we consider…
Of the five Caspian states, Azerbaijan is the country most vulnerable to the collapse in the price of crude oil as the country lacks the minerals and other natural wealth of others in the region. After spending much of its foreign currency reserves last year to support a peg to…