Tag Archives: Russia
Russia threatens to retaliate against US forces in Syria
Russia Accuses U.S. of Working With Al-Qaeda Affiliate
Russia Claims to Kill 850 Jihadists; U.S. Targets ISIS
How North Korea Could Start World War III: A War Between Russia and America
Russia warns US, says special forces helping Syrian troops
Russia on Thursday issued a stern warning to U.S. forces and their allies in Syria, saying it has deployed Russian special forces alongside Syrian government troops in the battle for the oil-rich Deir el-Zour province and that Moscow would retaliate if the Russians come under fire.
Trump Uses RNC Funds To Pay For His Russia Defense — Thanks To Hillary Clinton's Lawyer
Russia rebukes Trump over Iran, North Korea, accuses U.S. of missile treaty breach
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is “extremely concerned” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments questioning the Iran nuclear deal and suspects that Washington itself may have violated a landmark arms control treaty, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Lavrov’s comments, made to Russian reporters at the United Nations in New York and published by his ministry on Wednesday, illustrate how deeply Moscow and Washington are at odds over an array of issues and suggest any attempts to improve already battered relations face an uphill struggle. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump said Iran’s 2015 pact with six world powers to curb its nuclear program in return for loosening economic sanctions was “an embarrassment to the United States”.
Will Barcelona secede from Spain? Catalan independence is up for a vote — and Russia is stirring the pot
Exclusive: From Russia with fuel: North Korean ships may be undermining sanctions
By Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least eight North Korean ships that left Russia with a cargo of fuel this year headed for their homeland despite declaring other destinations, a ploy that U.S. officials say is often used to undermine sanctions. Reuters has no evidence of wrongdoing by the vessels, whose movements were recorded in Reuters ship-tracking data. Changing a ship's destination once underway is not forbidden and it is unclear whether any of the ships unloaded fuel in North Korea. But U.S. …
Putin watches as Russia intensifies war games that have rattled West
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin observed Russia’s biggest war games in years on Monday, watching as his forces successfully repelled an imaginary enemy and launched a tank-led counter offensive, part of an exercise that has rattled the West. NATO officials say they are monitoring the “Zapad-2017″ (“West-2017″) war games with “calm and confidence”, but many are unnerved about what they see as Moscow testing its ability to wage war against the West. Russia says the exercise is rehearsing a purely defensive scenario.
