Cryptostrike: Is Trump Planning a Crackdown on Venezuela's 'Petro'? The Venezuelan government launched a new state-backed cryptocurrency to attract investors to the country, which is suffering from a major economic crisis. 17.03.2018
EU powers propose new Iran sanctions to keep Trump in nuclear deal France, Germany and the UK have proposed new sanctions targeting Iran in an apparent attempt to keep the US within the 2015 nuclear agreement with Tehran. 16.03.2018
'Constellation of Political Actors' Exploiting Skripal Poisoning - Professor The sudden surge in anti-Russian sentiment coming from the British government and media can be viewed as serving the UK’s foreign policy objectives by creating an image of a “Russian enemy” that justifies continued and increased interventionism around the world, particularly as Western interventions have met with less success in recent years. 15.03.2018
Moscow: UK's 'Hostile’ Actions Against Russia Aimed at Harming Bilateral Ties Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the largest expulsion of Russian diplomats from the UK since the Cold War over the alleged attack on a former spy. 14.03.2018
Five Things to Keep Updated on Ms. Haspel, New Head of US' CIA President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday morning that he is nominating Gina Haspel to take the reins of the CIA, replacing Mike Pompeo. 13.03.2018
Moscow Calls May's Claim About Russian Trace in Ex-Spy's Poisoning 'Circus Show' British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that Moscow was either responsible for ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal's poisoning, or allowed the military-grade nerve agent to get into the hands of those who were. 12.03.2018
Iran to Open $3Bln Credit Line to Iraq for Post-War Reconstruction Tehran will loan $3 billion to help Baghdad with the restoration of its infrastructure after the defeat of the Daesh terrorist group in the country, Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Sunday. 11.03.2018
Putin: Blame Game Between US, Russia 'Road to Nowhere' Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the continued mutual accusations between Moscow and Washington would lead nowhere and acknowledged that US President Donald Trump realized that too. 10.03.2018
Pakistan Deploys Fighter Jet Squadron to Afghan Border to Protect Airspace The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has fielded a squadron of new Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 “Thunder” combat aircraft, according to a recent report by the Associated Press of Pakistan. 09.03.2018
Russian MoD Declassifies Docs About Soviet Women's Feats During WWII On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Russian Ministry of Defense has published archival documents about the feats of Soviet women during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). 08.03.2018
US Considering New Attack on Syrian Gov't - National Intelligence Chief A potential decision by Washington to take new military actions against Damascus would mark the second US strike on Syria in less than a year. 07.03.2018
China Tests Reusable Hypersonic Spacecraft With Military, Civilian Applications Chinese researchers recently tested a demonstration version of a reusable, hypersonic spacecraft in the vast Gobi Desert in late February as part of a major push to become one of the leaders in space exploration, according to a new report. 06.03.2018
Russia's Defense Industry Partners Facing Unprecedented Pressure - Putin Countries willing to engage in defense industry cooperation with Russia are facing unprecedented pressure, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday. 05.03.2018
Bannon Calls Berlusconi One of Greatest Leaders of Century Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister and the head of the center-right party Forza Italia, is one of the greatest leaders of the 21st century, who preceded Trump in terms of his political style, Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said in an interview with Corriere della Serra newspaper. 04.03.2018
Russian Military: Terrorists Breach Ceasefire Regime in Syria Militants' snipers keep targeting the crossing in Syria's eastern Ghouta, preventing civilians from leaving, the head of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation, Maj. 03.03.2018
Russian Embassy in US Debunks Accusations of Alleged INF Treaty Violation Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov refuted on Friday US State Department's accusations of violation of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty by new strategic weapons announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. 02.03.2018
Pentagon Predicts 10,000 US Military Casualties in Early Days of N. Korean War American military leaders who met to discuss a prospective US invasion of North Korea have reportedly claimed the fighting would cause around 10,000 American casualties in the very earliest stages of what could become a protracted conflict. 01.03.2018
Phase 1 of Missing Flight MH370 Search Comes Up Empty, Phase 2 Launched The renewed search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has entered its second phase after coming up empty-handed in its first effort. 28.02.2018
US State Dept pledges $40mn of military funds for ‘information wars’ The Pentagon will pump millions into a State Department center created to fight propaganda and disinformation campaigns waged by foreign nations, as it wants to be “on the offensive” and respond “aggressively” to attacks. 27.02.2018
Sanctions and punishments? Well, they don’t work There’s a strong resemblance between sanctions Russia faces since 2014 in trade and commerce – and “sanctions” applied against Russia before and during the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. 26.02.2018
