by daniel mcadams by RonPaul Institute. If anyone wants a short course on what’s wrong with US diplomacy look no further than US Ambassador to Hungary Coleen Bell’s speech Friday to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament. In typical diplo-speak there was plenty of flowery language about shared values, fish swimming together in the […]
Investigators in four cities are looking into large fires at Orthodox churches that occurred around the religion’s Easter celebrations and caused widespread damage. The blazes in New York City, Russian Monastery in Russia as well as Melbourne and Sydney in Australia, caused only minor injuries, according to multiple reports. The New York City conflagration on Sunday at […]
Originally appeared at Svobodnaya Pressa. Translated by Julia Rakhmetova and Rhod Mackenzie The author is the society correspondent of Svobodnaya Pressa, an on-line magazine. Recently, I came across a series of internet stories by foreigners on their impressions of Russia. One was by a Swedish man who had a chance to live with a Russian […]
Sections of the American establishment believe the Kremlin supports Donald Trump. It doesn’t. However, many Russians are concerned a future President Hillary will further worsen, already appalling, relations between Moscow and Washington. Bachman Turner Overdrive was a bunch of Canadian rockers who hit it big in the mid 1970’s. The band’s success was curious. In […]
(conservativepapers) Turkey is in a panic over the migrant deal struck with the European Union as Russia is sealing the border between Turkey and Syria. Turkey is now demanding visa rules for Turks to be relaxed within the next two months, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday. Sounding a warning over a controversial deal which has […]
Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force special ops unit responsible for managing terror missions worldwide, has once again defied UN sanctions and traveled to Moscow to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin. The covert trip was meant to coordinate the next steps in Syria, according to multiple intelligence sources who spoke with Fox News on Thursday. The planning comes […]
If you’ve been watching the news over the course of the last 24-48 hours, you’ve no doubt seen the propaganda about Russian SU-24 attack planes buzzing the USS Donald Cook (DDG-75). This happened first on Monday, then again on Tuesday. Russian planes flew EXTREMELY CLOSE to US navy destroyer who was EXTREMELY CLOSE to Russia’s borders […]
Ukraine’s parliament Thursday confirmed the appointment of Volodymr Groysman as premier in a 257 to 50 vote replacing Arseniy Yatsenyuk. The 38-year-old lawyer by training has gone from a small city mayor to Ukraine’s premier over a remarkable two-year span, during which he formed a close relationship with President Petro Poroshenko. Groysman is the son of […]
Flydubai flight FZ981 has crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don killing all 59 passengers and crew on board. The flight was en route from Dubai and crashed during a landing approach. Air-traffic control and local emergency services confirmed that the Boeing 737-800 jet crashed near the runway during a second approach in conditions […]
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to begin withdrawing the main part of its forces from Syria, according to reports. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says troops will begin pulling out of the war-torn country on Tuesday. He said Mr Putin had called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to inform him of his decision. Russia entered the […]
