By Marc Bennetts via The giant icebreaker Lenin now sits in a corner of the port of Murmansk, the world’s largest city within the Arctic Circle. From 1959 to 1989 this colossal vessel accompanied thousands of ships through over half […]

viaMOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a revised version of Russia’s national security strategy that envisages “symmetrical and asymmetrical measures” in response to foreign states’ “unfriendly actions that threaten the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Russia.Putin signed a […]

By Georgi Kantchev and Thomas Grove viaMOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin challenged U.S. leadership in world affairs on Wednesday, arguing that an era of U.S. hegemony has come to an end as he touted Moscow’s growing military strength and increasingly assertive […]

by Lyle J. Goldstein of the Naval War College via Many observers of President Vladimir Putin’s 2021 “State of the Nation” speech have focused on his statements with regards to “red lines,” since he let it be known that Russia’s […]

by Ray McGovern viaRussian President Vladimir Putin’s stern warning earlier today not to cross what he called Russia’s “red line” needs to be taken seriously. The more so, as Russia builds up its military capability to respond to any provocations […]

Via BBC Mentions of Navalny’s name – let alone his images or voice – are a rarity on state TV — Rossiya 1 Russian TV is extremely reluctant to mention the name of the country’s protest leader Alexei Navalny, only […]

By M.K. Bhadrakumar Via Indian Punchline Six days into the Joe Biden presidency, the first telephone conversation between POTUS and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin took place on Tuesday. Who took the initiative remains a tantalising detail, given the tense […]

By William Dunkerley International news is abuzz over the poisoning of yet another Putin critic. This time the victim is Alexei Navalny. He’s been a de facto leader of activities in opposition to notorious Russian president Vladimir Putin. Thankfully Navalny […]

Luke Harding’s Russia-blaming Shadow State is a perfect example of liberals’ hysteria and addiction to conspiracy theory.

Historical revisionism, the manifestations of which we now observe in the West, primarily with regard to the subject of the Second World War and its outcome, is dangerous.