VIENNA (AP) – Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped supplies to Austria early Saturday, according to the Vienna-based utility OMV after it said it would stop payments for the gas following an arbitration award. The official cutoff of supplies before dawn Saturday came after Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Friday held a hastily called
31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Zelenskyy says
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Zelensky said that the number was far lower than estimates given by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government. “31,000 Ukrainian military personnel have been killed in this war. Not 300,000, not […]
Russia’s draft resolution on Israel failed to mention Hamas, defeated at UN
The United Nations Security Council voted to reject a draft proposal from Russia calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire and condemning the violence and hostilities against civilians, as well as terrorism, because it never mentioned Hamas. Russia’s one-page draft proposal was introduced on Friday, and according to Reuters, called for hostages to be released, access […]
Russia’s ‘General Armageddon’ Spotted for First Time Since Prigozhin Mutiny
Several Russian journalists on Monday published photos of Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the commander known as “General Armageddon” for his aggressive tactics who has not been seen in public since Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin launched his ill-fated mutiny in June. “General Sergei Surovikin is out. Alive, healthy, at home, with his family, in Moscow. Photo
Russia’s Air Force Has a Very Fiery Day at the Border as It Tries to Bomb Ukraine
Apocalyptic scenes were on display in Russia’s Bryansk region Saturday as four military aircraft were apparently blown out of the sky near the border, killing nearly a dozen service members.Officially, authorities blamed the Mi-8 helicopter crash on a mysterious engine fire, but video shared on social media by local residents appeared to show a missile
Survey: Half of Likely Voters Say Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Has Made U.S. National Security ‘Worse’
Americans have mixed feelings on how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is affecting U.S. national security, while four in ten say peace should be negotiated, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Wednesday found. Across the board, 50 percent of likely voters said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has made U.S. national security worse, compared to 28 percent who
Putin Pardons Wife of Russia’s ‘Walter White’ After Hubby Joins Wagner
The wife of a convicted drug dealer dubbed Russia’s “Walter White” has received a pardon from Vladimir Putin after her husband joined the mercenary Wagner Group, according to a report.St. Petersburg physics teacher Diana Gribovskaya and her veterinarian husband, Dmitry Karavaichik, were convicted of manufacturing and distributing amphetamine in 2018. Karavaichik insisted that the drugs
Putin’s No. 1 Cheerleader Rips into Russia’s War Failures
Top Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov has been spending his weekends on the frontlines in order to support and promote Russia’s stuttering invasion of Ukraine. Unfortunately for the Kremlin, all that time being confronted by the grim reality is teaching Solovyov just how badly this war is going.And he’s not happy about it.In a wild rant
Russia’s New ‘Large-Scale War’ Plan Is Already Doomed to Fail
Russia appears to be laying the groundwork to summon hundreds of thousands more men across the country to take part in the war against Ukraine.Lawmaker Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the State Duma’s Defense Committee, lamented in an interview with RBK on Wednesday that the country doesn’t have enough mobilized reserve forces for a “large-scale
Putin Declares America Is Russia’s Top Threat
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a military document that declared the United States is the primary threat to Russian security. It was the first update to Russia’s naval doctrine since 2015, when changes were made following Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. Sunday was Navy Day, a national holiday established by…
Remembrance of Russia’s Past Meddling.
Ignoring real Russian interventions, manufacturing fake Russian collusion. Way back in 1919, the Russians established the Communist International, the Comintern, to control the foreign political parties they funded. As insiders explained, the Party was like the Brooklyn Bridge, “suspended by cables.” By 1924 the Russian Communists were intervening in American elections by running their own […]
Colombia Probes Voter Registration Cyberattacks Traced to Russia’s Allies
Colombian government and military officials say the government is investigating tens of thousands of cyberattacks on the country’s voter registration systems, and traced the incidents to Russia’s key allies in the region. More than 50,000 attacks on the web platform of Colombia’s national voter registry were detected during the run-up to March 11 parliamentary elections, […]
Russia’s Secret Agent Man Hiding in Plain Sight
In order to keep the masses in the dark, Fake News leans on a typical tactic of cultural Marxism—projection, falsely projecting Conservatives as the only purveyors of Fake News. It isn’t just that lies get halfway around the world before truth ever gets its pants on, it’s that social media is an unidentified swamp creature […]
Putin is Taking Advantage of Obama’s Weakness as the Military Balance of Power has Shifted in Russia’s Favor
Frank de Varona wrote the book, The Gathering Threat of Russia, China, and Their Allies Against America (2016) As I wrote in my sixth book on the Obama-Hillary Clinton administration, President Barack Obama has made the United States a superpower in complete retreat in the world. The enemies of America, including Russia, China, Iran, North […]
Russia’s Putin Says GLOBAL WARMING Is ‘A Fraud’
Russian President Vladimir Putin believes global warming is a “fraud” — a plot to keep Russia from using its vast oil and natural gas reserves. Putin believes “there is no global warming, that this is a fraud to restrain the industrial development of several countries, including Russia,” Stanislav Belkovsky, a political analyst and Putin critic, […]