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Ukrainian espionage incident highlights ongoing Russian naval shortcomings
Russian-Ukrainian relations, increasingly tense since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, plummeted to a new low after…
Russia may get a new aircraft carrier but only one of Soviet design and only in 10 years
Now that Vladimir Putin has signaled that he wants Russia to have a new aircraft carrier, officials are…
Kremlin’s ‘Mobilization Party’ believes limited nuclear strike would save its power at home and boost Russia’s abroad, Piontkovsky says
A newly coalescing “Mobilization Party” in the Kremlin is convinced that it can only save its own position…
Piontkovsky: To save his regime, Putin preparing to use nuclear weapons convinced West will blink first
“Even the toughest authoritarian regime cannot operate on force alone,” Andrey Piontkovsky says, noting that the collapse of…
Putin, his position shaky, may begin new aggression with nuclear blackmail, Piontkovsky says
Russia is not in a position to engage in an arms race with the United States, Andrey Piontkovsky…
Putin is preparing to fight and win a limited nuclear war against the West, Skobov says
Putin is preparing to fight and win a limited nuclear war, convinced that “the effete West will refuse…
Putin has three goals in playing nuclear card against West now, Kirillova says
Vladimir Putin’s new round of sabre rattling against the United States is not simply an extension of what…
‘Russia’s dependency on China growing with each passing day,’ Felgenhauer says
Three days ago, Pavel Felgenhauer published in Moscow’s Novaya gazeta an article headlined “The Dependence of Russia on…
Moscow commentator: ‘Era of Russian-American nuclear parity rapidly coming to an end’ and not in Russia’s favor
Despite all of Vladimir Putin’s talk about super weapons that no opponent can stop, the aging of Soviet-era…
Kremlin rapidly losing control of ‘private military company’ story
Personnel of Russian private military companies, which are illegal according to Russian law, have appealed to the International…
Russian private military companies proliferate ‘to make money on war’
Despite the fading of the Wagner private military company which attracted so much attention earlier because of evidence…
Moscow’s much-ballyhooed Vostok-2018 military maneuvers involve far fewer soldiers than advertised, Golts says
In an article for New Times, independent Russian military analyst Aleksandr Golts says that the ongoing military maneuvers…
Moscow military expert: Ukraine is Russia’s mortal enemy and must be dismantled or absorbed
All too many people in Moscow view Ukraine as a fraternal republic that NATO is using against Russia,…
A warning sign in the Donbas: Moscow replacing local people with Russians
One of the most reliable signs that an aggressor is about to launch a new attack is his…
Ukraine has law but not force on its side in Sea of Azov, Polyakov says
Leonid Polyakov, a former Ukrainian defense minister now at the Center for Research on the Army, Conversion and…
Falling ratings even more likely to lead Putin to large war than they were before 2014, Larionov says
Over the last three months, the ratings of Vladimir Putin and the Russian authorities have fallen by almost…
Russia to buy frigates from China
In a remarkable turnabout, Moscow is going to purchase specially modified naval frigates from Beijing, the result of…
Latest military exercise shows ‘Kremlin is actively preparing for a world war,’ Felgenhauer says
Moscow’s announcement that it will soon conduct its largest military exercise since 1981 “means only one thing,” Pavel…
Moscow seeking to provoke revolts in Ukraine’s Azov Sea ports, Ukrainian admiral says
Admiral Serhiy Hayduk, commander of the Ukrainian Navy, says that Russia is seeking to provoke revolts in Mariupol…
If Russia isn’t forced to return Crimea to Ukraine, major war becomes inevitable, Skobov says
If Moscow isn’t compelled to return Crimea to Ukraine, a major pillar of the international system that has…