Russia’s stealthy new combat drone has taken flight for the first time
Russia's stealthy new Su-70 Okhotnik-B heavy combat drone has taken flight for the first time, the Russian defense ministry revealed. The first flight, which occurred at a military airfield over the weekend, lasted 20 minutes, TASS, a Russian state-run med…
bubmagAugust 6, 2019
Russia’s Putin urges new arms talks with US to avoid ‘chaos’
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has urged the United States to begin new arms talks after the collapse of a Cold War-era nuclear pact between the two world powers. Putin's remarks on Monday came after he ordered the defence and foreign ministries as well a…
bubmagAugust 5, 2019
Russian opposition plans new protest despite over 1,000 arrests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s anti-Kremlin opposition said it was planning a nationwide protest next weekend despite police forcibly detaining over 1,000 people on Saturday for attending what they said was an illegal march in Moscow to demand free elections. …
bubmagAugust 4, 2019
Putin Burning Out?
With demonstrations that wont stop, and arrests reaching 1,000 in a single day, Moscow is buzzing about a surge of political activism. Having been disappointed so often in the past, of course, Russian democrats know not to get their hopes up: President Vladim…
bubmagAugust 3, 2019
The Best Way to Deal With Russia: Wait for It to Implode
Putin listens during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. | Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Peter Eltsov is professor of international security affairs at the National Defense University, and the author of …
bubmagAugust 3, 2019
INF nuclear treaty: Nato ‘to avoid arms race’ after US-Russia pact ends
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, pictured in 2017, have pulled out of the INF treaty Nato will aim to avoid a new arms race with Russia, its secretary general says, after the US formally withdrew from a key nu…
bubmagAugust 2, 2019
Cold War-era arms-control pact officially dead, fueling fears of new nuclear race
The United States will withdraw from a landmark Cold War arms-control pact on Friday, six months after the Trump administration declared Russia in material breach of the treaty and said Moscow hadn't made an effort to return to compliance. The death of the I…
bubmagAugust 2, 2019
INF nuclear treaty: US pulls out of Cold War-era pact with Russia
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, pictured in 2017, have pulled out of the INF treaty The US is set to formally withdraw from a nuclear treaty with Russia, raising fears of a new arms race. The Intermediate-R…
bubmagAugust 2, 2019
Trump to sanction Russia over chemical weapons use
President Donald Trump dragged his feet on imposing the second round of sanctions first imposed last year. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on Russia for its use of chemical weapons in th…
bubmagAugust 2, 2019