Speaking in Warsaw on Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that he intends to implement additional sanctions against Russia “this week.” The announcement came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he is suspending the New START nuclear treaty between Moscow and Washington.
Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, made his second call in three days to U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, on Sunday. The subject of the call was a bizarre accusation from Putin claiming that the Ukrainian military is preparing to provoke Russia by detonating a radioactive “dirty bomb.” Shoigu made similar calls to other Western countries including Britain, France, and Turkey. Lloyd purportedly told Shoigu that he “rejected any pretext for Russian escalation.”
The Russian federal government has issued wartime mobilization guidelines to schools across the Russian Federation. A pamphlet detailing the process and procedures was leaked to the press in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made wartime mobilization and preparations for nuclear war a priority. “Local officials…
Image by Kremlin.ru Russia and Venezuela signed a ten year debt restructuring agreement which would essentially kick the can down the road for the socialist Latin American country to repay its debts to the Kremlin. Venezuela is on the brink of societal and financial collapse as the policies of President…
Today, Friday, October 6th, 2017 saw another fairly large demonstration by supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The action took place in central Saint Petersburg, where according to the news outlet “Moscow Echo” between three and four thousand people were assembled. While the protesters were peaceful, they blocked a…
Russian Economic Crisis Reflected In Occupied Regions.
WARNING: In this column, the Hi-Tech Traditionalist compares (not necessarily unfavorably) Joseph Stalin to Abraham Lincoln. This comparison is in no way designed to whitewash Stalin’s record of inflicting atrocities on his own people; neither is it our wish to tarnish Lincoln’s reputation as one of America’s most transformational presidents….
In the early 1980’s, while serving in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), I was a fire control officer in a HAWK surface to air missile battery. Pretty soon after my basic and professional training the first Lebanese War, known as Operation Peace for Galilee broke out and my unit was…
Georgia Refuses Entry To Pro-Putin Biker Group.