Western officials have long been concerned about Moscows so-called shadow fleet, an assemblage of aged tankers created to covertly carry Russian crude oil around the world. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, […]

U.S. and Ukrainian intelligence suggests that Russia is using North Korean soldiers essentially as canon fodder for nearly impossible missions.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of […]

Ukraine said it had struck the site in Oryol Oblast where Shahed attack drones were being maintained and repaired.

The Kremlin claimed on Thursday that it shot down an American-madeF-16 Fightin...

Putin has resorted to blaming Russians own consumption for the economic ills he has causedThe post Russians feel the pinch of Putins war appeared first on The Spectator World.

Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied by daily combat losses and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk

Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges in 2021, has been formally classified by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained, according to the State Department, as reported by the Associated Press. The United States has been working to secure Marc Fogels release for some time. We have long called for his...

White cherry blossoms descend from the sky just as a tragedy is about to change the course of a uniquely religious fishing community on the shores of Lake Peipsi, the body of water that separates Estonia from Russia. Relatively commonplace as that description may read, writer-director Marko Raats 8 Views of Lake Biwa is closer […]

Speculation is mounting that Russia's military could have had a role in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people and left 29 survivors injured in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day. Moscow initially suggested a bird strike was to blame.

Former Secretary of Defense and CIA director Leon Panetta speculated that Russian air defenses may have caused the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured earlier this week. "When you look at all the preliminary evidence here, I don't think there's any question, but...

NATO chief Mark Rutte has assured Finland and Estonia of added military support after a ship linked to Russia is suspected of severing major cables between the two countries.

U.S. and Azerbaijani officials suggested that Russian air defense systems may have brought down the passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan. The White House did not elaborate, as the investigation is still unfolding. The man accused of burning a sleeping woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been charged with multiple […]

The White House National Security Council announced there are early indications that the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 on Dec. 25 was caused by Russian air defense systems. We have seen some early indications that would certainly point to the possibility that this jet was brought down by Russian air defense systems, White […]

Twice in the twentiethcentury, the German Army marched eastward, where it engaged in brutal combat against a determined foe. It could be argued that the record for the German military was one-to-oneas it essentially defeated the Imperial Russian Army during

Fogel, a history teacher from Pennsylvania, is serving a 14-year prison sentence in Russia on drug charges.

The shadow fleet of liquefied natural gas carriers transporting blacklisted Russian LNG has encountered a major setback, with at least one ship's cargo traveling around the world, finding no buyers as the cargo was deemed too risky. Bloomberg reports that an LNG carrier called "Pioneer," carrying a sanctioned shipment of Russian LNG, circumnavigated the world for four months, failing to find a b...