Image by В. Смирнов Russia banned adoption of Russian children by Americans in 2012. The measure harmed many American families and destroyed dreams but also hurt many Russian children who were not given the chance for a home. In essence, the ban coincided with Russian President Putin’s turn away from…
Romanian President Klaus Ioannis stated that planned Patriot Missile System purchases are defensive in nature and do not pose a threat to Russia. He made the statement on the heels of Romania standing up a Aegis missile defense system in-country as well in recent years, which was said to protect…
Image by government.ru Chechen leader Razman Kadyrov has been accused of oppressing, torturing, even killings gays inside the Russian, primarily Muslim Republic. However, he completely denied these reports in an interview with HBO’s David Scott during an episode of Real Sports With Byrant Gumbel, reports Breitbart. Kadyrov dealt with the…
SpaceX laid down the gauntlet to Russia today when Senior Vice-President Tim Hughes said the private company plans to take 65% of the commercial space launch market in the year 2018, leaving stalwart Russia behind with a paltry 10%. European Arianspace will take the remaining share. The SpaceX senior vice-president…
Russia Pressuring Allies To Join Fight In Syria.
Azerbaijan’s defense minister, Zakir Hasanov, declared in an interview with RIA Novosti that the Kremlin intervened with Azerbaijan to stop its military advance into Armenian lines during the conflict which flared last year in Nagorno-Karabakh. “They know that if no one intervenes in the situation, they wouldn’t last for three…
The Russian bond market has been thrown into turmoil by legislation which effectively forced foreign credit rating agencies from leaving the Russian market, leaving on Russian owned firms available to assign ratings to fixed-income securities. The legislation was put into effect after Western agencies downgraded Russia upon the annexation of…
Image by Alisher Hasanov Russia’s hi-tech, internet portal Yandex is merging with Uber in the Russian Federation. Yandex cornered the taxi market years ago in Russia and it seems Uber could not break into the market in a big enough way to be profitable. The new company will be called…
Anonymous Website Outs Russian Anti-Corruption Demonstrators.
Belarus Says It Will Remain Close Strategic Allies With Moscow.