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Russia’s Navy seeks return to glory days in hot spots and cold Arctic

By Editor One on October 1, 2013 Africa / Europe, BB Backgrounder, Exclusives, Latest From Geostrategy-Direct, Life, Miles Yu, Russia, Top Stories

Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The post-Soviet ebb of Russian naval glory seems to be over under a more aggressive President Vladimir Putin. That seems to be the unmistakable message Moscow is trying to send to the world. In recent weeks, President Putin ordered a dramatic increase of Russian naval presence in the […]

Russian flotilla heads for Mediterranean to counter NATO role in Syria

By Editor One on January 29, 2013 Africa / Europe, Exclusives, Life, Mideast, Russia, Syria, Top Stories, Turkey

Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Over 300 Russian Marines are onboard a flotilla of at least five warships from Russia’s Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet en route to the Syrian coast in the Mediterranean, both Russian and Israeli sources have confirmed. Moscow had earlier stated that the purpose of sending […]