The Saudi leadership “would be well advised” to take notice of the new system, named Abakan, suggested Mikhail Khodarenok, a retired colonel who served in the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces. The 98R6E Abakan was first presented to the public last year during the Army Expo in Russia. The export-oriented product …
Read More »What would happen if Ukraine & Russia went to war?
Behind the rhetoric lies a real and ongoing crisis. Even the comparatively limited conflict in Donbass up until now has already done severe damage. According to Ukraine’s foreign minister, about 14,000 people have been killed in the fighting, and the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs counts 3.4 …
Read More »It would be ‘criminal’ for Russia to stand by & allow Ukraine to join NATO – Putin
Speaking alongside Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at a press conference in Sochi on Wednesday, Putin said that “it would be criminal inaction on our side to spinelessly watch all that’s taking place” when it comes to the prospect of neighboring Ukraine joining NATO. According to him, “Russia conducts peace-loving …
Read More »Biden’s oil tactic would raise Russian profits, Republicans claim
A Biden administration official reiterated this week that an export ban is being weighed – as proposed last month by Democrat lawmakers – to keep US crude supplies at home and help blunt rising energy prices. While no decision has been made, Republicans fear that such a move would hurt …
Read More »New ‘Rittenhouse law’ would hold prosecutors accountable
Introduced on Tuesday by State Senator Nathan Dahm, a Republican who is running for the US Senate, ‘Kyle’s Law’ would force Oklahoma to cover the legal fees and damages incurred by anyone accused of murder but found to have been acting in self-defense, if the defendant could prove they were …
Read More »If Assange dies in UK prison it would mean he’d been ‘tortured to death,’ UN special rapporteur on torture tells RT
It would be a “tragedy” if Assange died in London’s Belmarsh maximum security prison due to his poor health, Melzer replied when asked about such an unsettling scenario by host Afshin Rattansi. The official said he had visited Assange behind bars in May 2019 together with a team of medical …
Read More »Karin Kneissl: Saudi-Iranian reconciliation is possible and would become a game changer for the region
The outcome is as-yet uncertain, but things could improve. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s long-time prime minister who was forced to resign a few months ago, always harbored a deep contempt for the diplomatic apparatus he led for several years as Foreign Minister in parallel with his role as head of government. …
Read More »Ex-spy & author of discredited Trump dossier says a ‘queue of people’ would want to play him in a movie, including Daniel Craig
During an interview with Sky News’ Security and Defence Editor, Deborah Haynes, Steele said, “I would hope there’d be a whole queue of people that might want to play it, because these have been tumultuous times and quite dramatic events.” Steele also told Haynes that actor Daniel Craig – who …
Read More »The US has tricked Ukraine into believing NATO would ride to rescue in case of war with Russia. How long can it keep up the act?
Joined-up government is not one of America’s strong points. While one arm of the system does one thing, the other arm does something different, often entirely contradictory to the first. At times, they even deliberately undermine each other. Different bits of the bureaucracy have different interests, and only the strongest …
Read More »Putin rejects Security Council veto reform, says UN would ‘die same day,’ turn into ‘debate club’
“If we remove the veto right of the permanent members, the UN would die the very same day – it would turn into the League of Nations. It would simply become a discussion platform, the Valdai Club 2.0,” Putin said at the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in …
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