Russia

Russian archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Christian church in southwest Crimea dating from the Byzantine era, a find that sheds light on notions of cities from that period.

The Army is hoping to begin testing hypersonic missiles in fiscal year 2020 in a bid to catch up with China and Russia.

Ongoing Syrian regime efforts to push al-Qaeda-linked jihadis allied with Turkey-backed rebels out of the last opposition stronghold in Syria’s Idlib province is causing a humanitarian crisis, the Turkish president reportedly said Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday revealed that he had ordered the Kremlin “to prepare a reciprocal response” to the recent U.S. test of a land-based nuclear missile.

TEL AVIV – An American-Israeli woman has been in a Russian jail for four months after airport authorities found nine grams of cannabis in her checked luggage while she was in Moscow for a stopover on her way home to Israel. 

Russia and China accused the United States on Tuesday of “escalating” military tensions after the Pentagon test-fired a ground-launched cruise missile banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Monday took a veiled swipe at President Donald Trump’s diplomatic approach to Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, arguing they “deserve a censure rather than flattery,” reports the Salt Lake Tribune. 

In one of his latest pieces for Bloomberg News, journalist Drew Armstrong details how an illegal alien living in Florida “destroyed” his identity and financial history.

Trump defended the idea of including Russia in the G-7 summit of world leaders. “It should be the G-8 because the things we talk about have to do with Russia,” Trump said.

Turkey’s foreign ministry said that a convoy destined for a military observation post in Idlib, Syria was attacked in an air raid earlier today.

Russian and Syrian warplanes struck a Turkish convoy Monday allegedly carrying military supplies for Turkey-allied rebels who have joined forces with al-Qaeda-linked jihadis in Syria’s Idlib province, a monitor group reported.

PARIS (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is no threat from a deadly explosion at a secretive naval weapons testing range that has prompted international concern about radiation leaks. Putin said Monday in France that experts sent to

According to international watchdog CTBTO, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, two of Russia’s nuclear monitoring stations went dark two days after a mysterious missile test explosion on August 8 that was originally portrayed as a non-nuclear incident. Adding to the uneasy parallels with the infamous Chernobyl incident, doctors at a Russian hospital complained on Sunday they were not informed that casualties from the explosion had been exposed to radiation.

The New York Times is planning to shift its coverage of President Donald Trump from whether he colluded with Russia to race.

Russia in recent days came out in support of India’s decision last week to rescind New Delhi-administered Kashmir’s limited autonomy.

The Pew Research Center on Tuesday released a poll showing the number of Americans with an unfavorable view of Communist China at an all-time high of 60 percent.

Similarities between the protest movements in Hong Kong and Moscow have not gone unnoticed by the authoritarian rulers of China and Russia. Russia’s state-run Tass news service on Wednesday quoted the new Chinese ambassador calling for the two countries to “cultivate our relations at a higher level” and “open a new page” in their friendship.

The Russian state weather agency on Tuesday revealed that radiation levels in the city of Severodvinsk increased by 400 percent to 1,600 percent after a missile exploded at a nearby port facility last Thursday.

At least one person died and dozens were injured following multiple explosions at a Russian ammo depot in Siberia over the past week, the country’s regional Health Ministry confirmed on Monday.

TEL AVIV – After the U.S. announced last month that it would not sell Turkey F-35s due to Ankara’s procurement of the Russian-made S-400 missile defense system, Turkish authorities are now considering buying Russian Su-35 fighter jets, a Turkish daily reported Sunday.

About 50,000 people filled the streets of Moscow over the weekend for the fifth straight week of demonstrations, making it the largest Russian protest movement of the past decade.

A recent report alleges that a Tesla vehicle burst into flames after colliding with a tow truck in Moscow, Russia. Reports indicate that the driver had the Tesla Model 3’s autopilot engaged.

Comedian Alec Baldwin has claimed that financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was killed by the Russian state, which is now “in charge of everything” as a result of the Trump presidency. 

Newly released FBI records reveal the FBI used senior Justice Department official Bruce Ohr as a conduit to “pee dossier” author British ex-spy Christopher Steele in 2016 and 2017.

Rocker David Crosby said in an op-ed that President Donald Trump is “completely under the control of Russia” and suggested that the GOP intends to win again in 2020 with the help of the Kremlin.

Cuba’s communist regime requested help during the ongoing Russian International Army Games this week after its entry in the “tank biathlon,” an antiquated armored vehicle, broke down and began to smoke, the U.S.-based Martí Noticias reported Thursday.

Russia’s state-run oil company Rosneft is now the only major supplier of oil to Venezuela, necessary as socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro’s regime has failed to exploit the nation’s vast oil reserves, according to a report from The Financial Times on Thursday.

Erdogan said Wednesday Turkey considered the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea “illegal” and Ankara would strive to help “our kinsmen” there.

A group of banks has turned over documents on Russians who may have done business with President Donald Trump following a request from Congress, a Thursday report states. 

A liquid-fueled rocket engine exploded at a military test site in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia on Thursday, killing two people and wounding four others. The Russian Defense Ministry initially denied that any form of contamination was released in the explosion, but later said that a “short-term spike in radiation levels” was detected in the nearby city of Severodvinsk.