Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee approved a bill this week that would blacklist several dozen Russian officials linked to the November 2009 death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. The Kremlin has responded vehemently to the proposed action, promising to blacklist certain U.S. officials from entering […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com In a sign of the Kremlin’s increasing hostility toward NATO’s missile defense system, Moscow has begun deploying its most advanced surface-to-air missiles, the SA-21 Growler or S-400 Triumph, at its Baltic Fleet base in Kaliningrad, near Poland and Lithuania. SA-21 Growler is a highly sophisticated, long- to […]
Lev Navrozov The Russian press reported early in January of 2012 that a week before significant change had taken place in President Dmitri Medvedev’s Administration: Vladislav Surkov, a deputy prime minister in the Russian government, will be responsible for the modernization of education, science, and healthcare as well as for the development of the global […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia said it intends to complete additional weapons deliveries to the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Kremlin said Moscow would fulfill several unidentified defense contracts with Syria in 2012. Officials said Russian weapons exports to Damascus have not been banned by the United Nations. “As of today […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel’s government has been divided over policy toward Russia. Officials said the government dispute pits the Defense Ministry against the Foreign Ministry. They said the Defense Ministry has insisted on a strict policy of reciprocity while the Foreign Ministry was urging quiet diplomacy to resolve tension with the Kremlin. “We […]
Lev Navrozov Who is Mikhail Prokhorov? His is not an unfamiliar name to American sports fans. A Russian billionaire entrepreneur, he became the owner of the American basketball team the New Jersey Nets in 2010: “A Russian tycoon with a longstanding passion for basketball agreed to a $200 million deal … that will make him […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia has delivered an advanced surface-to-surface rocket to Syria. Russian sources said the Kremlin has approved the transfer of the Iskander-E rocket to the regime of President Bashar Assad. They said nearly 100 Iskander rockets arrived in Syria in November as part of Moscow’s determination to bolster Damascus. “These missiles […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Iran is believed to have ordered its agents to smuggle nuclear material from Russia. On Dec. 16, the Kremlin reported the seizure of radioactive material destined for Iran. The Federal Customs Service said 18 pieces of a radioactive isotope were found in the luggage of a passenger ready to board […]
Lev Navrozov By the autumn of 1917, Russia had become, culturally, a free society. The Russian 19th-century prose was intensely read in all culturally advanced countries, Chekhov’s plays were staged, several composers were considered classical, Chaliapin’s voice was admired… Now, since the autumn of 1917, Lenin, who was only for a short time in power, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Israel has sent additional forces to its borders with Lebanon and Syria. The Saudi-owned Al Hayat daily, quoting Israeli security sources, said the deployment was meant to counter any attack from its northern neighbors amid increasing international pressure on Iran, Syria and Hizbullah. “Israel has decided to deploy three armored […]