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…
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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…
Moscow dispatches even more ‘private military companies’ to Syria and Africa
Moscow has now dispatched another of what it calls “a private military company” to fight in Syria, a…
Moscow boosting tensions in Sea of Azov but can’t change strategic situation there, senior Ukrainian intelligence officer says
Ukrainian forces long anticipated what Russian ships are doing in the Sea of Azov and have taken measures…
Three largest Russian militant training facilities identified
After the Wagner disaster in Syria, Russian and Western journalists reported about its training facility near Molkino where…
Kyiv will resist any Russian naval attack on Azov littoral despite imbalance of forces
Kyiv will use all the power at its disposal to resist a Russian naval attack on Ukrainian targets…
Moscow blocking maritime shipping to Ukrainian ports on Sea of Azov
There is now another “front in the Russian-Ukrainian war,” Mykhailo Zhirokhov says. “It is the Sea of Azov…
China now building five frigates a year: Russia only one every ten
Last weekend, Beijing announced that its second aircraft carrier had begun sea trials, an especially disturbing development from…
Ukraine reveals proof that Russian officers directed rocket attack on Mariupol in 2015
The 2015 attack on Mariupol The 24 January 2015 rocket bombardment was another attempt by the Russian-hybrid forces…