A joint command center made up of the forces of Russian, Iran and allied militia alliance supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad said the U.S. strike on a Syrian airbase crossed “red lines” and it would now respond to any new aggression and increase their level of support to their ally.
Lithuanian intelligence services say Moscow’s speed could leave Nato with no option other than to have military forces deployed in the region ready for action.
St. Petersburg, Russia – An explosion ripped through a subway train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 50 others, the city’s governor told Russian television. The blast came as Russian President Vladimir Putin was visiting the city, his hometown.
A Russian appeals court affirmed the expulsion order issued against an American rabbi working in Sochi, in what a local leader of the Chabad movement called a “dark day” for Jews.
Russia’s dirty laundry has been put out to dry by investigative reporters working together across 32 countries in a major project led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and Moscow-based Novaya Gazeta.
The Russian tourist visiting Israel will be more polite in the near future. “Do not use words like ‘putz,’ ‘schmuck,’ ‘slut’; do not get drunk; and refrain from criticizing Israel, because Israelis are very sensitive about their country,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a warning to tourists visiting Israel.
MOSCOW — Russian police detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny in central Moscow on Sunday at a rally which Navalny had called to protest against corruption.
Russia has reportedly dispatched special forces to western Egypt near the Libyan border, amid growing US concerns over increasing Russian involvement in Libya.
Vladimir Putin is often described as a canny poker player, taking advantage of his opponents’ obvious weaknesses to make the best of the rather lousy cards Russia’s dire situation has dealt him.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is considering seeking testimony from the former British spy who alleged in a dossier that the Trump campaign engaged in a “well-developed conspiracy of cooperation” with the Russian government as Russia sought to help Trump win the election, according to two sources familiar with the matter.