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Putin In Syria: Russia Fires Cruise Missiles In Syria
Russia has launched cruise missiles on the same day that, after weeks of dodging the question, the Kremlin has finally come out today and said that Metrojet flight 9268 was brought down by terrorism. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Russian Military Releases Video Of Strategic Bombers Attacking […]
Ukraine Live Day 638: Ukrainian Military Reports Grad Attacks On Residential Areas
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For links to individual updates click on the timestamps. For the latest summary of evidence surrounding the shooting down of flight MH17 see our separate article: […]
Russia Update: Kremlin Finally Admits Metrojet Flight Was Downed By Bomb
The Kremlin has finally admitted what other governments and experts have been saying for weeks – that the Metrojet flight downed over the Sinai on October 31 was destroyed by a bomb. FSB chief Aleksandr Bortnikov told President Putin during a for-camera briefing that traces of explosives had been found among the wreckage. Welcome to […]
Putin In Syria: After Paris, The Syria Question Is Revisited
As the world once again is focused on ISIS in the wake of Friday’s terrorist attack in Paris, and as the G20 meets to discuss, among other things, global security, many are reexamining the situation in Syria and Russia’s role in the war on terror. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can […]
Ukraine Live Day 637: Fighting And Casualties In The Lugansk Region
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Russia Update: State Duma Asks FSB to Restrict Access to Telegram Messaging App Used by Terrorists
Russian parliamentarians are asking Russian intelligence to consider restricting access to Telegram, an encrypted messaging system invented by Russian entpreneur Pavel Durov alleged to be used by the terrorists in the Paris attacks. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and […]
Ukraine Live Day 636: Klitschko Ahead in Kiev and Filatov in Dnipropetrovsk in Second Round
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Moscow Chief Beneficiary of Paris Terrorist Attacks, Ukrainian Security Analysts Say
Staunton, November 12 – While there is as yet no direct evidence of Moscow’s complicity in the Paris terrorist attacks – and if those were well-organized by its special services, no one would expect there to be – Moscow is clearly the chief beneficiary of those acts of violence, according to the Kyiv Center for […]
Putin in Syria: Russia Dismisses Claims S-400 Missiles Deployed In Syria But Photos Do Show Component Radar
Russia denies claims that S-400 surface-to-air missiles have been deployed to the Hmeemeem airbase in Latakia, but photos do show a radar associated with the missile system. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Putin to Travel to Iran November 23 for Summit with Rouhani; Moscow Grants Tehran $7.1 […]