Tag: Kremlin
Russia hails ‘partner’ Trump ahead of summit: Kremlin
News Desk | The Kremlin hailed US President Donald Trump as a "partner" on Friday ahead of his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We...
Murder of anti-Kremlin war reporter shocks Russians
AFP | Russia's embattled liberal community was reeling Wednesday from the murder of fiercely anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko who was gunned down in Ukraine after...
Abolish the FBI, America’s KGB
Jacob G Hornberger | In his ongoing fight with President Trump, former FBI Director James Comey is now speculating that the reason that President Trump...
Kremlin is monitoring the wealth of Russian Officials
AFP | The Kremlin's annual list of Russian officials' earnings has provided an outline of the richest names in government, even as the true wealth...
Russian ex-spy’s poisoned daughter recovering
AFP | The Russian woman who was poisoned last month alongside her former spy father said she is recovering, in her first public statement since...
Russia tests new nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile ‘Sarmat’
News Analysis | Russia’s Defence Ministry claims that it has successfully tested, for the second time, Russia’s most advanced nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM on...
Spy expulsions damage Trump-Putin courtship
AFP | Donald Trump has ordered an unprecedented expulsion of Russian officials and warned the Kremlin needs to change, a setback for his courtship of...
Putin: Russia’s post-Soviet Tsar
AFP | Vladimir Putin, who is set to extend his long rule to 2024 in Russia's presidential election on Sunday, has stamped his total authority...
Trump considers firing daughter & son-in-law
News Analysis | Trump has ‘mused’ of Jared and Ivanka leaving the white house, according to a report by the Washington post. The report came against...
Russia tested ‘over 200 new weapons’ in Syria: MP
AFP | Russia has tested over 200 new types of arms in Syria during its campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad, a senior lawmaker...
Has Trump’s ‘America First’ security strategy been successful?
AFP | President Donald Trump used the launch of his first National Security Strategy on Monday to laud the benefits of cooperation with Russia, a...
Trump & Putin: A tale of two ‘lovebirds’
News Desk | Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin cannot resist each other. Both shook hands Saturday in Da Nang, Vietnam for the second time in...
Why Israel is flexing muscles at Hezbollah
M K Bhadrakumar | The Israeli armed forces began on Tuesday a massive fortnight-long military exercise, billed as the biggest in the past 19 years, simulating a war...
Surge of Saudi nationalism hurts US interests
M K Bhadrakumar | Reading tea leaves in Saudi politics is hazardous. That makes Moscow’s jubilation over the appointment of Mohammed bin Salman as the...
Moscow nervous as the US-North Korean tensions rise
M K Bhadrakumar | Moscow’s diktat to the US to slash the latter’s diplomat and staff strength in Russia by 755 personnel generously put September...
Iran and Afghan Taliban: A marriage of convenience or something bigger?
News Analysis | For 16 years, the United States has been in Afghanistan with a goal of preventing the war-torn country from once again being...
Trump signs Russia sanctions bill, but spits at it
M K Bhadrakumar | There is a long history of Russia being kicked around as a political football in the United States. The circumstances leading...
USA-Russia-China triangle
M. K. Bhadrakumar | For long-time observers of the US-Russia-China triangle, this week presents a fantastic panorama. Much as the G20 summit in Hamburg on...
Has Russia entered NATO’s bedroom?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Can we say a “terrible beauty” is born in the NATO’s underbelly — to borrow the words from the Irish-English poet...
A possible new makeover for US and Russia?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The White House disclosed Thursday during a media briefing on President Donald Trump’s forthcoming trip to Europe next week that he will meet...
US and Russia: A meeting of two giants during G20 summit!
M. K. Bhadrakumar | A US senior official in Washington told TASS news agency Monday that the White House does not rule out a meeting...
Increased intervention in Syria: How many targets is the US eyeing?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The shooting down of a Syrian SU-22 warplane by a US F/A-18E Super Hornet to the south of the city of...
How America’s missile stop Syria’s dash for Deir az-Zor
Andrew Korybko | The US’ deployment of the HIMARS missile system to eastern Syria is designed to deter the Syrian Arab Army’s Dash for Deir az-Zor. Many...
China killing CIA spies, but why is the US spying on...
Jacob G. Hornberger | In its May 20 edition, the New York Times reported that between 2010 and 2012, China executed at least a dozen...
US-Iran ties: Has the US kicked the hornet’s nest?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | I have in my personal collection a riveting document relating to the great plunder of the state resources of post-Soviet Russia...
Israel’s Air Strikes on Syria are Unacceptable: Russia
The Kremlin strongly criticized Israeli air strikes on targets inside Syria on Thursday, saying Israel and other countries should avoid any action that heightened...
After last week’s visit to the USA: China now going to...
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that the Director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China Li Zhanshu...
Regional dynamics ensure that Erdogan’s ‘rigged’ referendum will be overlooked
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The mystique of democratic elections will never wither away. My late father used to reminisce how agonizing the waiting was in...
So who was the real target of “Mother of All Bombs”?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The decision by the US commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, to drop the ‘mother of all bombs’ on an alleged...
US Defense Secretary’s clarification over their Syrian actions
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Amidst the contradictory voices from within the US administration regarding Syria over the weekend – American priority in the war (ISIS...
G7 sides with Russia: Unexpected setback to the US?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The G7 was meant to be an insipid forum that unfailingly followed the US diktat, but the worm is apparently turning....
A Subdued Vladimir Putin Calls for ‘Mutually Beneficial’ Ties With U.S.
MOSCOW — After the outpouring of euphoria among Russia’s political elite over the victory of Donald J. Trump, President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday...