Many reported killed and injured after ‘armed rampage’ in Kerch polytechnic At least 18 people have been killed and many more wounded at a college in Crimea after at least one attacker launched an assault using a gun and a homemade bomb. Several witnesses described a gunman stalking the halls of the school and shooting students and teachers before detonating a… Read more »
RUSSIAN GRU spies booted out of Holland in the wake of the Salisbury Novichok were caught with a laptop used to targeted the MH17 investigation, officials have confirmed. The Russian spooks, caught trying to hack into the global chemical weapons watchdog OPCW after the attack in the UK were found with a cyber hacking kit in the boot of their car.
VICTIMS of the Syrian chemical attack last week that killed 70 have tested positive for chemicals including nerve gas and chlorine, it has been revealed. US officials who obtained blood and urine samples from victims were said to be “confident” in the intelligence, MSNBC reported. The samples revealed the victims had tested positive for chemicals including chlorine and a nerve agent substance. President… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eurofighter-typhoon-missile-accident-russia-border-estonia-amraam-a8482351.html A Spanish fighter jet pilot accidentally fired an air-to-air missile during drills close to the Russian border. Estonia’s military said it was looking for the remains of the missile launched from a Eurofighter Typhoon on Tuesday afternoon during a mock dogfight in the south of the Baltic country, which is a Nato ally. The multi-role fighter is part of… Read more »
Vladimir Putin has held a couple titles over the past few decades, President and Prime Minister; however, one thing’s always true, he’s always the one pulling the strings. Putin and Medvedev have operated through a tandemocracy, switching positions after their terms have expired allowing them to technically run in non-consecutive terms, though they’re both always in power. Things may change… Read more »
Al Jazeera: More than 100 activists were arrested in St Petersburg on Saturday as hundreds of Russians turned out to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s expected candidacy in elections next year. Demonstrators rallied across several cities under the slogan “We’re sick of him.” The protests were called by the Open Russia movement founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. About 200 people… Read more »
Al Jazeera: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks expected to focus on the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. The meeting on Tuesday comes after two other high-ranking German officials visited Moscow this spring in an apparent effort to revamp bilateral relationships. The official purpose of… Read more »
Al Jazeera: One international observer with the European security watchdog OSCE has been killed and two other monitors wounded after their vehicle struck a landmine while on patrol in eastern Ukraine. The six-member patrol consisting of two armoured vehicles from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe was travelling on Sunday in an area of the Luhansk region, which is not under… Read more »
(REUTERS): Russian navy vessels arrived in the Philippines on Thursday for joint exercises as part of a drive for new security ties under President Rodrigo Duterte’s revamped foreign policy of courting the traditional foes of Manila’s top ally, Washington. The guided-missile cruiser Varyag, accompanied by the fuel tanker ship, Pechenge, are on a four-day goodwill visit to the Philippines, the… Read more »
(WASHINGTON POST): For the past few months, Russia’s 175,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been on edge. After years, even decades, of persecution against the religious group, the Kremlin moved to get rid of the denomination for good. In February, Jehovah’s Witnesses were labeled “extremists” and locked out of their offices. Then Kremlin officials launched a legal effort to ban the faith. That case quickly… Read more »