The submarine Dmitrii Donskoy is 172 meter long, has a 49,800 ton deadweight and can carry Russia's state of the art strategic weaponry, the Bulava missile. After more than ten years of upgrades, the vessel was last week successfully tested
While both Russia and China rank as newly assertive global giants, China — even with its surging foreign trade, booming military spending, and growing international reach — looks practically benign compared to an angry, aggressive Russia, experts say...
TEHRAN: A senior military commander warned on Saturday that any attack on Iran would start a new world war, as Tehran pressed on with its controversial nuclear drive despite the risk of further UN sanctions. "Any aggression against Iran will
The sooner the presidential election, the bitter the feud among former Orange allies will become. It's quite feasible that both the PR and BYUT will realize that the third player, Pres Yushchenko, can be dropped. Therefore, a temporary union of
MOSCOW - After years of debate the naval command and the national leadership seem to have agreed that the navy should have aircraft carriers. But this has not always been the case. To understand current thinking, it is necessary to
MOSCOW, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Libya said the conflict in Georgia and its breakaway republic of South Ossetia has signaled an end to the dominance of the United States in global affairs, a Russian daily reported on Thursday. "What
There are lots of stereotypes about Russian women. The stereotypes' formations are undoubtedly connected with the women's beauty. They may be said to be easygoing or plain easy, sincere or guileful, modest or extravagant. But they are always bright and
The Norwegian Coast Guard this weekend detained the second Russian trawler in less than a week. The vessel was detained by coast guard vessel Svalbard in the waters outside Spitsbergen.
The deployment of a US anti-missile defense system in Poland is West's response to the "loose cannon" Russian regime. It will be a hefty deterrent for Russia, as the Kremlyn has no technical muscle to offer an adequate response, political
Yulia Tymoshenko's voter support in Western Ukraine will dwindle by 1-1.5% if Ukrainians there buy the presidential secretariat story about Tymoshenko. But she will have 5-6% more voters in Eastern Ukraine, said Communist lawmaker Oleksandr Holub, speaking to ZIK Aug.
If presidential office officials have proof of Tymoshenko's high treason and say they have handed it to the prosecutors (and this means that they have some documents) and prosecutors deny seeing any documents, then the question arises "Why does the
If Ukraine leaders push for NATO accession, Crimea will demand its reunion with Russia, Communist lawmaker Leonid Hrach warns. He said, however, that he is against Ukraine's territorial divide, Hrach said in his Aug 13 comments to ZIK.
Ukraine has no technical capability to stop Russia Black Sea Fleet vessels to return their base in Sevastopol. The only levers include diplomatic efforts, the media and the public, the first commander of Ukraine Navy Vice Adm. Borys Kozhyn told
A decision to restore its status of a nuclear power will close the door to Europe and NATO for Ukraine. It is unreal from the technical and financial point of view, too, as it will cost the country $70 bn,
Russian flag was removed from the embassy of the Russian Federation to Tbilisi. Besides, all insignia that used to indicate that Russia's embassy to Georgia was located in the building, has also been removed.Sep 2, Georgia officially notified the embassy
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