After pulling out of the last conventional arms control treaty in Europe, and after rearming and redeploying forces to enable Russia to be a threat to the West if they desire, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is open to new conventional arms control on the continent. The opening comes…
A Russian military ships and submarines were seen again near the Latvian border, the country’s National Armed Forces (NAF) said on Sunday. “In the Latvian exclusive economic zone 1o miles off the NAF territory waters, today (on September 3), were identified Russian Navy’s submarines of the Kilo and Finik classes,”…
With the multi-year reductions in the U.S. military budget and the refusal of much of the NATO alliance to contribute the agreed upon percentage of GDP for their own defense, NATO finds itself pathetically unable to handle two geopolitical situations at the same time. Russia has been aggressively probing NATO…
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It seems that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Turkish President Erdogan more under his thumb than previously thought. After apologizing to Russia for shooting down a Russian jet who entered Turkish airspace, Erdogan is bending over backwards to please his new Russian Godfather. Turkey now says that Russia can use…
If there is one thing that bothers the Kremlin, it is additional Nordic countries joining the NATO alliance. Any movement in that direction always engenders a response from Moscow and not it a good way. Russian State News Agency TASS reported on recent comments from Putin no the subject. Russian…
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…