Image by Ministerie van Defensie An international investigative group has labeled a senior Russian general as a ‘person of interest’ in the downing of Malaysian flight MH17 over East Ukraine by pro-Russian separatists. MH17 was shot down over the conflict zone in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on July 17, 2014, killing…
Russia’s Reform Will Have To Wait For Putin’s Exit.
EU Takes Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic To Court To Push Acceptance Of Hundreds Of Thousands Of Islamic ‘Refugees’.
Image by premier.gov.ru Ukraine is obviously a very unstable place. Corruption there is still ubiquitous. Car bombings are becoming frequent again. War simmers in the East. Strongmen control the strings of power. Criminal Investigations and stings, legitimate and corrupt, escalate in all directions. Ukraine has even impacted the United States…
The failure of the Soyuz 2-1b rocket launch recently has continued a depressing trend for the Kremlin, with 10 failed launches during the tenure of Dmitry Rogozin, the deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry. In a recent Kremlin meeting on the subject, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev…
An attempted arrest by Ukrainian security services of the former mayor of Odessa, and former Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, turned into a tense circus today which saw Saakashvili threatening to jump off the roof of his house. He was detained and placed in a van however the vehicle was immediately…
Saakashvili Calls For New Maidan Protest Camp.
Image by Kremlin.ru Russian President Vladimir Putin made the first appearance ever for a Russian President to the Russian Orthodox Church Congress of top clerics in a drive for even tighter relations with the Orthodox Church. The convention occurs every four years. This year the gathering is taking place in…
Hungary Completes Intelligence Report On Soros.