5 Signs There’s Something Fishy about the Alleged CIA Spy Arrested in Moscow – Washington Post

05/16/2013 By Leave a Comment

Ryan FogleArticle authored by Max Fisher and appeared in The Washington Post.  Article is courtesy of washingtonpost.com

Shortly after Russian state security arrested an American diplomat named Ryan C. Fogle, alleging that he was actually a CIA spy who’d sought to pay a Russian official for information, the Moscow-financed media outlet RT published a surprisingly detailed series of photos and videos showing Fogle’s arrest. Within moments of the story breaking, RT had shown the world what it said were Fogle’s fake wigs, his bundles of cash, even a letter explaining his plans. [Read more...]

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Russian Military Flies Strategic Bombers Near Alaska – Washington Free Beacon

05/06/2013 By

Russian Bombers-5Article authored by Bill Gertz and appeared on The Washington Free Beacon.  Article is courtesy of freebeacon.com

Russian strategic bombers conducted flights within the U.S. defense zone close to northern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands last week in Moscow’s latest incident of nuclear saber rattling against the United States, according to defense and military officials. [Read more...]

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As Russia Builds Up its Nuclear Weapons, Obama Negotiates To Reduce U.S. Nuclear Capabilities – Washington Times

05/02/2013 By

Obama reduces nukesArticle authored by Bill Gertz and appeared in The Washington Times.  Article is courtesy of washingtontimes.com

As the Obama administration prepares to launch a new round of strategic nuclear missile cuts, Russia’s strategic nuclear forces are undergoing a major modernization, according to U.S. officials.

Russia’s military announced last month that as part of the nuclear buildup, Moscow later this year will deploy the first of its new intercontinental ballistic missiles called the Yars-M. [Read more...]

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‘Missiles Fired at’ Russian Passenger Plane over Syria — RT News

04/29/2013 By Leave a Comment

Nordwind AirlinesArticle appeared on RT News and is courtesy of rtnews.com

Two missiles were reportedly fired at a Russian plane with at least 159 passengers on board that was flying over Syrian territory. Russian officials admit the jet faced danger, but are not talking of a targeted attack.

The news broke in on Monday as Interfax, citing “an informed source in Moscow,” reported that a Russian passenger plane was attacked. [Read more...]

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Lessons from Boston and Chechnya – Real Clear Politics

04/25/2013 By

chechnya_600Article authored by By Dennis Prager and appeared on Real Clear Politics.  Article is courtesy of realclearpolitics.com

We cannot bring back the stolen lives. We cannot bring back the lost limbs or the lost hearing. And we cannot mitigate the infinite grief of the victims’ loved ones.

But there is something we can and must do: We must learn all the lessons we can.

Here are some: [Read more...]

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How the U.S. Blew Up the Global Energy Market and Why Russia is Nervous

04/09/2013 By

Vladimir Putin-9Article authored by David Francis and appeared in The Fiscal Times.  Article is courtesy of thefiscaltimes.com

Late last month, Alexey Miller, CEO of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, dismissed the energy boom occurring in the U.S. right now as a “soap bubble [that] will burst soon” – and said the United States was “not a competitor” to Gazprom.

“Currently, there aren’t any projects that we know of where shale gas production would be profitable,” Miller said. He added that “absolutely all the boreholes” in the U.S. are empty. [Read more...]

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Russian Bomber Practices Strikes on U.S Missile Defense

04/05/2013 By

Russian bombers-1Article authored by Bill Gertz and appeared on The Free Beacon.  Article is courtesy of freebeacon.com

A Russian bomber recently carried out simulated cruise missile attacks on U.S. missile defenses in Asia, raising new questions about Moscow’s goal in future U.S.-Russian defense talks.

According to U.S. officials, a Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber on Feb. 26 simulated firing air-launched cruise missiles at an Aegis ship deployed near Japan as part of U.S. missile defenses. [Read more...]

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Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What?

04/05/2013 By

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Pausing the U.S.- Russian Reset – The National Interest

03/29/2013 By

US Russia resetArticle authored by Andranik Migranyan and appeared in The National Interest. Article is courtesy of nationalinterest.com

Last week at George Washington University’s Elliott School, leading experts took part in a conference titled “Russia as a Global Power: Contending Views from Russia.” Out of the many topics that were touched upon during the seminar, I would like to address the three that I considered paramount for the understanding of what goes on in the heads of politicians and experts in Washington and, to a degree, in Moscow. [Read more...]

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