The head of Poland’s Law and Justice Party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, declared he intends to reprimand German Chancellor Angela Merkel for what he sees as the spurious comments towards Poland in the German media. As the conservative leadership in Poland has challenged EU policy, the German media has made their displeasure…
Russia has announced it will upgrade its facilities in Syria to handle increased naval and air traffic as well as make them permanent Russian facilities as it cements its hold on the Middle Eastern country it supported in its civil war. The naval base at Tartus, long a Soviet, and…
During her speech at the Gaidar Forum, the head of the Account Chambers of Russia, Tatyana Golikova, bemoaned that the effectiveness of public investment in Russia has dramatically decreased. “It seems that during the crisis periods 2014, 2015, 2016 the state would allocate funds for investment, but what is…
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, while delivering a lecture in Moscow, said the Kremlin wants to avoid an arms race and will shift its focus to conventional, precision guided, munitions. The reference to an arms race seems to be referring to President-elect Donald Trump’s earlier comments that the U.S. would…