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United States Says Russia ‘Actively Working’ to Subvert North Korea Sanctions

The United States ambassador to the United Nations accused Russia on Monday of “actively working to undermine the enforcement” of sanctions aimed

Russia reportedly warned Mattis it could use nuclear weapons in Europe, and it made him see Moscow as an ‘existential threat’ to the US

At some point during the Trump administration, Russia told Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that it could use nuclear weapons in the event

What Russia’s Vostok-18 Exercise with China Means

The West got a fresh jolt from Moscow last week. That’s when Russian defense minister Sergey Shoygu announced that Russian armed forces

United States and Russia are Headed Toward a Hypersonic Showdown

<ore than sixty years ago, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir John Slessor, one of the authors of Britain’s nuclear deterrence

Russia’s Vostok-2018: A Rehearsal for Global War?

What are we to make of Russia’s Vostok (East)-2018 exercise? From 11–15 September Russia’s Far East will host Vostok-2018 the largest Russian

Russia and China are preparing for a nuclear war with their biggest ever war games

Russia and China, the two key threats to the US named in official Pentagon documents, will carry out their biggest-ever military drill

Russia’s ‘New’ Supersonic Bomber Can Kill Aircraft Carriers and Attack with Nuclear Weapons

Russia has formally rolled out a newly upgraded Tupolev Tu-22M3M Backfire supersonic intermediate range bomber. The upgraded bomber, which can be armed

Russia’s S-500: How Putin Could Kill Air Force F-22s and B-2 Stealth Bombers?

Given the S-500’s advanced networking capabilities, some military analysts have suggested that the Russians might genuinely be able to engage stealth aircraft.

Mystery Russian satellite’s behaviour raises alarm in US

A mysterious Russian satellite displaying “very abnormal behaviour” has raised alarm in the US, according to a State Department official. “We don’t

Russian submarine activity largest since Cold War: top US Navy admiral

Pentagon and NATO brass have issued fresh warnings about increased Russian naval activity in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, with the

Russian envoy: Moscow, J’lem reached understandings on southwest Syria

Netanyahu and Putin have met three times this year, and have now spoken on the phone at least 10 times, a frequency

As Russians describe ‘verbal agreements’ at summit, U.S. officials scramble for clarity

Two days after President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian officials offered a string of assertions about what the two