Russia has sent sophisticated anti-ship missiles to Syria, according to a media report. The New York Times quotes unnamed U.S. officials as saying the missiles could be used to counter any potential future foreign military intervention in Syria. Without confirming details, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russian supplies did not break any international rules. [...]
Russia Fights Back in U.S. Shadow War
May 15, 2013 | Posted by
Bearing the hallmarks of a Cold War spy thriller, Russia’s counterintelligence agency says it caught a CIA officer trying to flip a Russian operative with promises of millions of dollars, a new face and detailed instructions on a double-agent conspiracy in Moscow. The Federal Security Service (FSB) Public Relations Center announced that detained individual was Ryan [...]
Israel Says Russia is Selling Advanced Missile Systems to Syria
May 9, 2013 | Posted by
Even as Russia pledged to work with the U.S. to bring an end to the Syrian civil war, it was in the process of selling advanced ground-to-air missile systems to Syria that would make U.S. and Israeli intervention far more difficult , according the Wall Street Journal. The news of the imminent sale came from [...]
Putin on Boston Bombing: We Suffered From Terrorists, Called ‘Insurgents’ by West
April 25, 2013 | Posted by
The deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon confirms Russia’s position that terrorists are a common threat to all nations and must never be supported for political gains, says Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin was commenting in Moscow during his annual question-and-answer session on the flood of comments in the U.S., many of them from common [...]
Russia Bans 18 Americans After US Publishes List of Banned Russians
April 13, 2013 | Posted by
The United States and Russia continued the public relations war over human rights Saturday, with the Russians releasing a blacklist of Americans banned from entering their country in retaliation for the U.S. decision to publish the infamous “Magnitsky list.” According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, its list of 18 American officials are those ”implicated in human [...]
BRICS Leaders Meet, But Still No New Development Bank
March 29, 2013 | Posted by
The leaders of the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—agreed in principle on the broad outlines of a much-anticipated new development bank that would serve the same purpose as the World Bank. But they said they needed to conduct further talks in order for the idea to actually materialize. The BRICS meeting took place in [...]
Bashar Al-Assad Calls on BRICS Nations to Help End Conflict in Syria
March 17, 2013 | Posted by
With the country entering its third year of civil warfare, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a plea to the BRICS nations, asking them to help end the conflict. The BRICS nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, will host a summit later this month. Only Russia has spoken out in support of Assad’s regime [...]
Russia Accuses U.S. Of Supporting ‘Extremists’ in Syria
March 1, 2013 | Posted by
Russia remains one of Syria’s few allies as rebel forces continue to gain international support. A statement from Moscow condemned U.S.Secretary of State John Kerry’s commitment to providing $60 million in nonlethal aid to opposition forces who are determined to cast out the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Kerry met with Syrian opposition leaders [...]
Review: Willis Gives Detached Performance in ‘A Good Day to Die Hard,’
February 15, 2013 | Posted by
In the event this discussion of Bruce Willis‘ fifth outing as John McClane trails off after a couple paragraphs, let me offer a pre-emptive excuse: that might be the purest way to reflect the prime characteristics of A Good Day to Die Hard. Willis gives a detached, disinterested performance in the series’ fifth film, and the movie [...]
South Africa Relishes Role as Facilitator For BRICS Investment in Africa
February 4, 2013 | Posted by
As the world economic powers try to figure out how to get their slice of the money-making opportunities that are exploding in Africa, the so-called BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India and China — will meet next month in Durban, the busy port city of their newest member, South Africa. Under discussion will be how [...]
