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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2013 17 Comments
James Rosen of Fox News sketched the image below while waiting for Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to appear before reporters. Rosen tried to parlay it into an exclusive interview, but no luck, via AP: Then Fox News television correspondent James Rosen reached over and handed...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 14, 2013 16 Comments
The US and Russia reached an agreement on a plan for Syria to turn over its chemical weapons. BREAKING: US, Russia reach agreement on framework of 'principles' for securing Syrian chemical weapons — The Associated Press (@AP) September 14, 2013 From the State Department’s Framework...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 01, 2013 6 Comments
NSA leaker Edward Snowden has left Sheremetyevo Airport after receiving his paperwork today approving temporary asylum in Russia. FLASH: Edward Snowden has successfully acquired refugee status in Russia and will shortly leave the airport. — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 1, 2013 From the NY Times: After...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 16, 2013 25 Comments
Edward Snowden officially filed for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday, according to the Russian Migration Service and a Russian human rights lawyer.  Wikileaks also tweeted out a confirmation of the news. Edward Snowden today has filed for a temporary protection visa with Russia's ministry...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 13, 2013 3 Comments
NSA leaker Edward Snowden has not yet requested temporary asylum from Russia, after his appeal for assistance from human rights groups Friday. From the NY Times: Senior Kremlin officials said Saturday that Russia’s Federal Migration Service had not yet received a formal appeal for asylum...

Posted by David Gerstman on May 30, 2013 11 Comments
In an interview today, President Bashar Assad of Syria claims that Russia has delivered some of the S-300 missiles he bought.The Lebanse paper, Al Akhbar, quoted from an exclusive interview Assad gave to Hezbollah’s Al Manar television channel. “Syria has received the first batch of...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 17, 2013 12 Comments
As my San Diego compatriot Dean Riehm notes: Russia has become to meteors/meteorites what trailer parks have been to tornadoes. Yesterday, a space object thought to be a “tiny asteroid” exploded over the Russia. The ensuing shock wave shattered glass throughout the region, injuring over...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on January 07, 2013 13 Comments
Continuing efforts to enact French "supertax" likely to prompt exodus of nation's wealthy

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on January 06, 2013 8 Comments
As the situation in Syria continues to devolve, Russia is sending military resources to the region to protect its assets, among other things. Via The Times of Israel: A flotilla of five Russian warships laden with hundreds of troops, which is headed toward Syria, is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2011 12 Comments
While there has been plenty of speculation that Israel has been assassinating Iranians involved in Iran’s nuclear program, and sabotaging the program through Stuxnet and other means, would the Israelis sabotage an entire passenger plane to get at five key Russian nuclear experts involved in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2011 5 Comments
Via Instapundit comes word that Russia is embarking on a $650 billion expansion of its conventional military forces and upgrade of its existing nuclear forces: The graying bear is getting a make-over. Russia’s military is launching its biggest rearmament effort since Soviet times, including a...
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