It’s been many weeks since Ramzan Kadyrov, acting president of the Chechen Republic, has been in the news. Now late tonight after months of quietly rallying his own troops and cultivating regional and lower-level Kremlin officials, he has obtained an audience with President Vladimir Putin himself,
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AM News: Russian Long-Range Bombers Strike from Iran; Russians Demonstrate at German Embassy
Russia received permission to use Iran’s Hamadan Air Base and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers have already made strikes on Aleppo.
The Kremlin Is Working Hard To Make Donald Trump President
The evidence clearly implicates the Russian government in the hacking of the DNC, a clear attempt to influence November’s election. And it’s not the only one.
An Undeclared War On A Neighbor: Cross-Border Shelling In The Summer Of 2014
Just over two years ago, on July 16, 2014, The Interpreter was able to geolocate and verify video footage showing rocket launchers in Russian territory firing into Ukraine, clearly demonstrating the international nature of the conflict. https://youtu.be/-6RcvjvDq2c While the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 17 on the following day overshadowed this major escalation in […]
Russian Elections Round-Up: Parnas List Accepted; Party of Pensioners Forced to Remove Candidates
While opposition party Parnas has registered its candidates for the September parliamentary elections, persecution of members, lack of access to state media as well as infighting diminish its chances of getting any seats.
Russian State Television Peddles Conspiracy Theory On Murder Of Jo Cox
Just two days ahead of the Brexit vote, Russia’s state-owned Channel One news outlet spreads conspiracy theories about the murder of British MP Jo Cox.
Russian Airstrikes Target Group US And UK Trained To Fight ISIS
LIVE UPDATES: The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Islamic State Has Benefited From Russian Airstrikes, And Their Enemies Have Been Hammered 2016-06-17 17:00:50 Yesterday, June 17, there was news that a Russian airstrike in Syria may have struck rebel groups who belong to the coalition of anti-ISIS fighters […]
‘Russia Today’ Has Its ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ Moment As It Praises Austria’s Far-Right Candidate
RT gets the headline wrong but demonstrates how Russian propaganda supports ultranationalism and Euro-skepticism.
NATO Got Nothing From Conceding To Russia In the Past, Why Should It Cave To The Kremlin Now?
NATO invited Montenegro to become its 29th member, a chance to examine NATO-Russian relations and to debunk Russia’s claims about NATO.
Who is Hacking Russians?
In recent weeks, public figures from both the Russian opposition as well as the Russia state and pro-Kremlin media have been attacked by hackers who spilled their private communications out to social media or paralyzed their sites. Who are the hackers and how are they able to gain access?