Russia has put forth an alternative narrative on the chemical weapons attack in Idlib, Syria which killed and injured scores of civilians, including children. The Kremlin stated the airstrike from a Syrian air force jet hit a chemical weapons plant operated by opposition forces. Russia reiterated it is standing by…
After White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, announced the United States would offer assistance to Russia in the recent bombing on the St. Petersburg subway, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, informed the press that U.S. President Donald Trump had called Russian President Vladimir Putin to offer condolences to the families. “In a…
Moldova’s Prime Minister left no doubt recently that a closure integration with Europe is the only path he sees for the former Soviet Republic. Pavel Filip made the comments while on in Brussels this week for talks on reforms Moldova agreed to implement as part of a trade and political…
The recent protests against Russian Prime Minister Medvedev’s alleged corruption, exposed by Putin critic, Alexei Navalny, caused Moscow to further tighten controls on freedom of information and dissemination methods by social media of anti-government activities. The measures seem to have worked as a follow-on protest in Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow…
The port city of Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov in Ukraine, has been at the forefront of the conflict in the Donbass region between government troops and pro-Russian separatists since the conflict began in 2014. The historic area was controlled by the rebels for some time and then retaken…
The Defense Ministry of Ukraine and Canada plan to sign a cooperation agreement next week. The agreement aims to give the Ukrainian side access to the Canadian arms market, Ukrinform news agency reported citing representatives of the defense departments of the two countries. Earlier, Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada…
Russia has been long known to use mercenaries in conflict where ‘plausible deniability’ is desired. The Syrian Civil War has been no different. The Wagner Group, a shadowy, private security company run out of Russia by Dmitri Utkin, a Russian reserve field-grade officer, has been front and center in the…
Hungary built and opened a small military base on its southern border with Serbia, specifically to help the military patrolling to stop migrants from entering the country illegally. “Defense Minister Istvan Simicsko said that base built with the assistance of Austrian soldiers would provide “worthy” conditions for the 150 troops…
As fighting rages in Donetsk between government troops and pro-Russian rebels, a chemical nightmare awaits release. Stored in tanks of industrial sites in the Donbass region are large amounts of Chlorine gas, used in production processes and water treatment. Over 5,000 industrial facilities exist in Donbass, mostly controlled by rebel…
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! This has been the Democratic mantra for the entire 2016 campaign and the reality of the Trump administration. The problem is, at least according to the FBI, there is no evidence. The federal cops looked specifically looked into ties between the Trump…