North Korea's Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles Displayed at Military Parade The North Korean authorities reportedly displayed on Saturday submarine-launched ballistic missiles at the military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of founder and former leader Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang. 15.04.2017
Russian, German Cosmonauts Reveal Future Prospects of 'the Conquest of Space' Earth, and nature, must be preserved - this is an urgent task that can only be tackled by all countries together, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Yeliseyev said on Cosmonautics Day, on April 12, in Berlin. 14.04.2017
Trump Refuses to Confirm He Authorized Use of Giant Bomb in Afghanistan On Thursday, US President Donald Trump declined to take responsibility for the use of the Pentagon's "mother of all bombs" that is said to be its most powerful non-nuclear weapon. 13.04.2017
Sweden Warming Up to Israeli Methods Against Terrorism The deadly recent truck attack in Stockholm has left Sweden in shock and prompted politicians and pundits to ponder ways of possibly putting an end to such attacks altogether. 12.04.2017
US Missile Strike 'Pushes Syria to the Brink of Afghanistan-Like Havoc' In response to the US missile attack on the Syrian military airfield in Ash Sha'irat near Homs, a number of high-ranking Afghan politicians and experts interviewed by Sputnik have said that it resembles the scenario of the "punitive" US operation in Afghanistan back in 2001, which instigated havoc in the country and left the US bogged down there. 11.04.2017
Why We Shouldn't Worry About Fake News Distinguished research psychologist Robert Epstein says that efforts by Google, Facebook and others to try to suppress fake news are potentially more harmful than fake news itself. 10.04.2017
'Dirty Geopolitical Game': West-Backed Jihadis Carried Out Syria Chemical Attack Tuesday's chemical weapons attack in Idlib province, which rebel groups claim was committed by the Syrian army, bears similarities to the "false flag" attack carried out by jihadists in Ghouta in 2013, Middle Eastern expert Michael Lueders told Germany's ZDF television. 09.04.2017
What stops Moscow and Beijing from forming a military bloc? Given the level of contacts at the military level between Russia and China, the countries already have a de facto military bloc, but there is little chance of such an alliance becoming formal, writes Vasily Kashin. 08.04.2017
Why US Attack in Syria Seems to Be 'Pre-Planned' The US missile attack on Syria was de facto in the interests of terrorists, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. 07.04.2017
Chemical strike in Syria: Who is behind it and what might happen next? At least 72 people are dead after the chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib. 06.04.2017
Montenegro's Accession as Clear Signal That NATO's Eastward Expansion Goes On. On Tuesday, the US Senate voted in favor of Montenegro's admission into NATO. 05.04.2017
Why do the Kremlin and Trump speak different political languages? As President Trump is increasingly forced to embrace the Washington elite’s anti-Russian line, the chances of a productive and mutually-beneficial relationship between Russia and the U. 04.04.2017
Trump's Shift on Assad Gives Hope to Syria, Prompts McCain's Resentment. Washington's foreign policy shift toward Syria apparently signals that the Trump administration has recognized that their predecessors' Syrian strategy was highly inefficient. 03.04.2017
Why Moscow and Beijing are really afraid of the U.S. THAAD in South Korea. Due to a number of limitations the THAAD missile defense system does not directly pose a major risk to Russia and China. 02.04.2017
'Facing Political Reality': Washington Changes Mind About Assad, Middle East The White House's recent statements confirming that the US is no longer focused on ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad indicates a change in Washington's policy on Syria and the Middle East, according to Vladimir Lepekhin, head of the Moscow-based EurAsEC Institute think tank. 01.04.2017
Drills With Russian-Speaking Extras Mean NATO 'Preparing for Ukrainian Scenario' Germany's recently published job offer for Russian "extras" for US and NATO military drills caused vivid reaction among media and politicians. 31.03.2017
Open Season: German BND on the Lookout for 'Turkish Spies' Germany’s Federal Prosecutor's Office has launched a probe into suspected spying by Turkish security services on supporters of Fethullah Gulen, a US-based Muslim cleric accused by Ankara of orchestrating a failed military coup in July 2016, Munich-based newsmagazine Focus wrote. 30.03.2017
Putin Asks Russian Govt. to Speed Up Preparation of Arctic Development Program President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian government on Wednesday to expedite the preparation of a revised version of a state program on Arctic development. 29.03.2017
Brothers-in-Arms: Russia Helps Serbia to Modernize Its Air Force Fleet Serbia with Moscow’s aid is set to modernize its air force fleet, though apart from relying on Russia’s MiG jet fighter aircraft it also depends on its own potential, which it accumulated since the time of Yugoslavia. 28.03.2017
Syrian Battleground: Why Russo-Israeli Relations are 'Essential' for Tel-Aviv Amid growing tensions over Israeli airstrikes in Syria, Seth J. 27.03.2017