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Russia: A Spoiler Not A Superpower (Transcript By The Daily Vertical)

Posted by Jan Charbel ⋅ March 18, 2016 ⋅ Leave a comment

By Brian Whitmore The Russian media predictably went into overdrive with the chest-thumping this week as the country’s forces returned home from Syria. On his flagship Vesti Nedeli program, the Kremlin’s chief propagandist Dmitry Kiselyev went so far as to call the Russian intervention a “victory of good over evil” that returned Russia to the … Continue reading →

NATO To Evaluate Nuclear Threats From Russia

Posted by Jan Charbel ⋅ June 23, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

Originally posted on Peace and Freedom:
NATO Defense ministers meeting in Brussels face renewed vocal threats from an assertive Kremlin A Russian Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic-missile system drives during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week he’s adding 40 inter-continental ballistic missiles to Russia’s arsenal.…

Kaliningrad, Moscow’s Military Trump Card

Posted by Jan Charbel ⋅ June 23, 2015 ⋅ 2 Comments

Russia is pouring troops and weapons — including missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads — into its western exclave of Kaliningrad at such a rate that the region is now one of Europe’s most militarized places. By Tony Wesolowsky A NATO official, writing to RFE/RL on condition of anonymity, said that Moscow is stationing “thousands … Continue reading →

Russia Adding Dozens Of Intercontinental Missiles To Arsenal

Posted by Jan Charbel ⋅ June 16, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the military will add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) to its arsenal this year capable of “penetrating” any current missile defense systems. Putin said at the opening of the Army-2015 arms show in Alabino, west of Moscow, on June 16 that the ICBMs are part of Russia’s … Continue reading →