‘Spetsnaz of the USSR’ – the new Russian irregulars in Syria now fighting for Assad
The Syrian military does not have enough personnel to simultaneously launch major attacks, suppress militants, and garrison cities…
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West fails to recognize nature and scope of Putin’s hybrid war against it, Eidman says
Many in the West have “the wrong idea about how the Russian manipulation machine works,” Igor Eidman says,…
Russian military’s spring draft shaped by demography and economics
The declining size of the prime draft age cohort in Russia everywhere except in Muslim areas and the…
Putin is getting ready to attack in Ukraine, Shmulyevich says
“Two terrible events in one day” – the murder in Kyiv of former Russian Duma member Denis Voronenkov…
Moscow’s objective – gain land corridor to Crimea by seizing Mariupol, Ukrainian analyst says
Although most observers recognize that Moscow is treating the Minsk Accords as a dead letter, few of them…
Latvians ready to defend their country in the underground if necessary
Fifty-five percent of Latvians say they are ready to take up arms to defend their country in the…
In Ukraine, incessant fears of a Russian advance on Mariupol
The conflict in the Donbas has escalated yet again. The city of Avdiivka fell under heavy fire, resulting…
Belarus now prime candidate for Russian invasion, and anti-Lukashenka protests may hasten it
In the course of an interview with Kyiv’s Apostrophe portal, Russian commentator Andrey Illarionov says that “Belarus is…
From CIA archives: Stepan Bandera’s 1954 interview to German radio
On 17 January 2017, the CIA declassified more than 930,000 documents from the CIA Records Search Tool (CREST) system…
What happened in Avdiivka
The word Avdiivka has entered the lexicon of the world’s mainstream media and global diplomacy over the past…
Putin may exploit disarray in Washington to launch attack on Belarus, Minsk experts say
Two experts at the Minsk Center for Strategic and International Research say that Vladimir Putin may use the…
Why Avdiivka is the most vulnerable spot for the Russian-separatist army in Ukraine
At least 11 Ukrainian soldiers are reported to have died repelling the deadliest yet 2017 attack from combined Russian-separatist…
New Ukrainian main battle tank to give new life to old Soviet T-64 and T-72 tank hulls
Ukrainian company Arey Engineering Group developed a new main battle tank design codenamed T-Rex (Ukrainian: "Тірекс"), which is to…
Russian involvement in Ukraine’s Donbas “republics”: 10 things you should know
Despite Russian denials of their direct involvement into the secessionist "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DNR") and "Luhansk People's Republic"…
The Splendors and Miseries of Russian special services
Because of the spying allegations raging around the US election, many seem to think that the Russian special…
Russia using “organized chaos” to subvert Ukrainian government – analyst
Russia’s hybrid aggression unleashed against Ukraine has transitioned to a phase where Moscow seeks non-military means of 'resolving'…
Moscow media have launched an anti-Belarus campaign, Warsaw’s EAST Center says
Beginning in November, the Eurasian States in Transition (EAST) Center in Warsaw says, Moscow media sharply increased the…
Ten types of Russian weapons didn’t work well in Syria, the Russian defense minister says
Russian forces demonstrated their prowess in the destruction of the opponents of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad,…
Moscow scrambling to fill ranks of its forces in Syria and elsewhere
Russia’s indefensible actions against the civilian population of Aleppo, actions that rise to the level of crimes against…
Weakness not strength behind Putin’s new doctrine for broader information war abroad and at home
The new doctrine on information security Vladimir Putin signed this week shows that the Kremlin leader is gearing…