Russia
Renaissance or ruin? Yeltsin’s desperation dismantles democracy
By Stephen F. Cohen
October 10, 1993
AS THE POSSIBILITY of dictatorship looms yet again over Russia, the Yeltsin government is relentlessly imposing an epic spin...
Yeltsin crushes revolt
· Parliament taken in tank battle
· Opposition parties and newspapers banned
Tue 5 Oct 1993
President Boris Yeltsin moved swiftly last night to stamp his...
Erdogan’s chief advisor on US presence in Syria
U.S. presence in Syria is not legal - Erdoğan’s chief advisor
Sep 20 2018
The United States is in Syria as an occupation force, and its...
Russia to supply India with 5 S-400 systems, defying Washington sanctions
5 Oct, 2018
A contract for the delivery of five S-400 systems, one of Russia’s most advanced anti-aircraft weapons, has been signed between Moscow and...
Russia Completes Deliveries of S-300 Air Defense Systems to Syria
02.10.2018
Work on installing a unified air defense control system in Syria will be finalized by October 20, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at...
Downing of Russian Plane: Moscow Rejected Israeli Offer to Send Diplomatic...
Israel wanted to send its national security adviser and looked into sending Netanyahu and Lieberman, but Moscow preferred for contacts to remain at the...
Thank You Mother Russia, for Putting Israel in its Place –...
Sep 27, 2018
In recent years, Israel has become more “out of control” than usual, ‘patrolling’ Lebanese airspace and bombing the territory of Syria, writes...
Russia says it has started delivery of S-300s to Syria
Announcement by FM Lavrov comes amid crisis in ties with Israel, just days after Moscow said it would supply Assad regime with air-defense system...
How did Joseph Stalin react to the German invasion during WWII?
Joseph Stalin reacted extremely slowly to the invasion of his country by German forces in 1940. Indeed, not only did he react slowly, but...
75 years since Operation Barbarossa – Revisions…
By Jean-Marie Chauvier (*)
On 22nd June it will have been 75 years since the commencement of Operation Barbarossa, the Hitlerian invasion of the Soviet...