As James T. Areddy at the Wall Street Journal tells it, the Chinese military was deeply troubled by the role a supposedly U.S.-dominated Internet played in destabilizing other despotic governments and warned Beijing could be next. The warning described the Internet as “a new form of global control” and the United States as a “shadow” hovering behind various uprisings.
Russian President Vladimir Putin casually offered disgraced FIFA President Sepp Blatter as a candidate for the Nobel Prize, in public talks, saying that “if there is anyone who deserves” the honor, Blatter and sports officials like him do.
This summer, United States Army engineers have spread out across Eastern Europe to help American allies build roads and training facilities to reassure them of U.S. commitment to the region.
(Reuters) From a basement billiard club in central Kiev, Dmytro Korchynsky commands a volunteer battalion helping Ukraine’s government fight rebels in the east. A burly man with a long, Cossack-style moustache, Korchynsky has several hundred armed men at his disposal. The exact number, he said, is “classified.”
KIEV, July 29 (Reuters) – Ukraine has banned French actor Gerard Depardieu from entering the country for five years, its state security service said on Wednesday, apparently for making comments that suggested he supported Russia’s annexation of Crimea last year.
The Russian government has started a program to give away land in Siberia in an attempt to stop the population decline.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claims Ukrainian border guards shot a man who attempted to take a selfie at a border checkpoint. The border service quickly denied the accusation.
The Pentagon and State Department have announced the United States will train regular Ukrainian military forces this year.
A new doctrine issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin pushes for a “strong Russian presence” in the Atlantic even though the massive country does not touch the ocean.
Secretary of State John Kerry appeared before the Senate on Thursday to defend his administration’s nuclear deal with Iran. As expected, he took a great deal of heat from irate Republicans, plus a few skeptical Democrats, notably Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey. The headline-grabbing moment came when Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) said John Kerry had been “fleeced” by the Iranians.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest project, Patriot Park, has just opened–an amusement park designed to help boost patriotism as the country’s relations with the West continue to fall.
In the immediate aftermath of the Iran deal, and unanimous approval by the UN Security Council, China has reportedly committed to build two nuclear power plants in Iran, according to an Iranian news source relayed via the Nikkei Asian Review and Politico Europe.
International inspectors failed to stop Syria from stockpiling chemical weapons, in spite of an international agreement in 2013, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal on Friday. International inspectors were skeptical of Syria’s claims to have disposed of its stockpiles, but were afraid that reporting violations would destroy the overall deal: “Members of the inspection team didn’t push for answers, worried that it would compromise their primary objective of getting the regime to surrender the 1,300 tons of chemicals it admitted to having.”
The winner of the ‘Miss Charming’ award at a Russian football (soccer) beauty pageant has been outed as a Neo-Nazi, after pictures and messages from her social media accounts were uncovered. Olga Kuzkova, a 21-year-old fan of the highly ranked
To fund a nuclear program, North Korean President Kim Jong-un is sending slave laborers to countries around the world, including Russia. These slaves are worth almost $2 billion.
The Center for Research on Globalization, a Canada-based research group that claims to be “committed to curbing the tide of globalisation and disarming the new world order,” has released an alleged interview with a Turkish nurse who claims to have worked in a clandestine Turkish hospital for wounded ISIS jihadists run by the daughter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Pictures of an effigy of President Barack Obama hanging over a bridge near the Ural Mountains made the rounds on Russian social media outlet VKontakte. The effigy was dressed in a button-down shirt and slacks, with its head covered by an executioner’s hood.
Tuesday at the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Army Chief of Staff confirmation hearing, President Barack Obama’s nominee U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley said Russia is the greatest threat to the United States. Milley said, “I would have to say Russia. Let
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko blamed Russia for shooting Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 down as relatives and officials gathered on the one year anniversary.
On the first anniversary of the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), the Ukrainian prime minister has said Russia has a long term plan to destroy Ukraine. He added that he expects the fighting to pick up again
As fears of anti-Semitic violence in some European counties continue to grow, the Israeli government is predicting 2015 will see a 25 per cent increase on 2014 of the number of French Jews leaving for Israel. According to figures released by the Ministry
The Russian government has unilaterally moved its nation’s border nearly a mile into Georgian territory through South Ossetia. Not surprisingly, a British Petroleum (BP) oil pipeline is in the region.
Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has reiterated UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s comments from earlier this week, when he claimed that Russia was useful in the fight against ISIS, and that the West should look to the country as an
What happens when serious economic sanctions are lifted from a nation with a thirst for weapons and big plans for using them? A bonanza for arms dealers, that’s what.
Ukrainian officials fired Levent Aydın, the honorary consul of Ukraine in Turkey, after he appeared at an event in a t-shirt bearing a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
