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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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2011 7 Comments
I posted numerous times before about the alleged ambiguity in the New START Treaty language regarding missile defense, and how in the rush for a lame duck, pre-Christmas ratification, the Senate ignored differences in interpretation rather than seek clarification from the Russians. The Russians consistently had...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 27, 2011 9 Comments
I do not think you listened to the State of the Union Address very carefully.  How do I know that you were not listening carefully? Well, I bet you thought Obama said that one of the benefits of the New START Treaty would be that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2011 4 Comments
The New START Treaty follies continue. As posted here before, in order to obtain Senate ratification, the Obama administration offered certain understandings of disputed language in the Treaty regarding defensive missile systems.  Such interpretations were inconsistent with prior Russian statements as to what the Russians...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 08, 2010 7 Comments
Item No. 1. Obama hailed the new spirit of cooperation between the United States and Russia on a host of international issues, including Iran, through the signing of a nuclear arms reduction treaty: “This ceremony is a testament to the truth that old adversaries can...
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