Russian sources are reporting this morning that Turkey is in the exploratory stages of negotiations to purchase the Russian S-400 surface to air missile system. Similar negotiations have been held in 2009 and 2015 without a positive outcome. While stressing that Turkey, a NATO member, is looking at other options,…
Deputy director of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mikhail Bogdanov informed the Russian media agency Interfax on Thursday that he and his colleagues have already initiated contacts with members of president-elect Trump’s transition team with regards to the current events in the Syrian conflict. He expressed hope for open…
Citing sources in the Republican Party, the notable Russian newspaper Izvestya is claiming that president-elect Donald Trump will pay a visit to his counterpart Vladimir Putin shortly after his inauguration. The paper further notes that a meeting prior to Trump’s assuming office, while desirable, is not possible as it may…
Russian media is reporting this morning on an assessment by Aleksey Pushkov, Chairman of the Commission on Informational Politics in the Russian Duma, and by various military experts of the future relationships between the Russian Federation and the US under the Trump administration. They assess that Trump will at least…