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…
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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…
Moscow has closed the Kerch Straits to Ukrainian shipping, Kyiv expert says
Andriy Klymenko, the editor of BlackSeaNews and a member of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, says that Russia…
‘Clarity on Caspian has given Russia the opportunity to control Sea of Azov,’ Moscow commentator says
Analysts have offered a variety of reasons for the breakthrough on the Caspian – increased Russian concerns about…
Moscow’s ‘little green men’ stage provocation in Moldova, republic’s Defense Minister says
Moldovan Defense Minister Eugen Sturza says that Russian forces, without identifying markers, have carried out massive maneuvers involving…
Russia’s private military companies a more toxic form of Latin American death squads, Pastukhov says
Many countries have private military companies, Vladimir Pastukhov says; and there is no reason that Russia should not…
Moscow celebrates another disgraceful American concession after Helsinki
Major acts of betrayal like selling out Ukraine or calling into question American responsibilities to its NATO allies…
Ukrainian fleet may be able to defend country in 2020s but can’t now, Zhirokhov says
One of the most disturbing and yet instructive scenes in the Norwegian TV series “Occupied” about an EU-assisted…
Trump’s challenging of broad consensus on Crimea will lead to a broader war, Skobov says
Even if Donald Trump doesn’t recognize as legitimate Vladimir Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea, the US president’s hints that…
Moscow planning provocation in occupied Crimea to discredit Ukraine, general says
Likely with an eye on the Helsinki summit, the Russian authorities are preparing some sort of provocation in…