Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plan to meet in the United States next week, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. Lavrov and Tillerson discussed over phone the schedule of upcoming talks on the sidelines of an Arctic Council ministerial meeting in Alaska on May […]
Lavrov: Russia ‘Fully Ready to Cooperate with U.S. on Syria…
Moscow is eager to resume cooperation with Washington on solving the Syrian crisis, Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said during his meeting with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, in the Russian capital. During the meeting, Lavrov noted that Jordan’s King Abdullah II has repeatedly emphasized the importance of joint Russian-American efforts in Syria…
Putin’s New World Order by Mike Whitney…
Is Vladimir Putin the most popular Russian leader of all time? It certainly looks like it. In a recent survey conducted by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center, Putin’s public approval rating soared to an eye-popping 86 percent, which is twice that of Obama’s when he left office in 2016. And what’s more surprising is […]
Why the New Cold War Is More Dangerous Than the Preceding One with Stephen F. Cohen (AUDIO)…
Nation contributing editor Stephen F. Cohen and radio-show host John Batchelor continue their weekly discussions of the new US–Russian Cold War. (Previous installments, now in their fourth year, can be found here.) Cohen recalls that in 2014, when the Ukrainian crisis erupted, he warned that the new Cold War might be more dangerous than was […]
Take a Tour of Russia’s New Giant Arctic Military Base…
Russia’s Ministry of Defense has unveiled the country’s newest Arctic military base on one of the northernmost points of its remote Franz Josef Land archipelago. Moscow has invited internet users on a virtual tour around the facility known as Arkticheskiy Trilistnik or ‘Arctic Trefoil’. Despite its college dorm aesthetics, the base can comfortably support 150 […]
Senate Trump-Russia Probe Has No Full-Time Staff, No Key Witnesses…
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s probe into Russia’s election interference is supposedly the best hope for getting the public credible answers about whether there was any coordination between the Kremlin and Trump Tower. But there are serious reasons to doubt that it can accomplish this task, as currently configured. More than three months after the committee […]
Debunking Trump’s Casus Belli by Philip Giraldi…
Wars and rumors of wars have been dominating news cycles of late. No one should be surprised that there is a “former intelligence officer” subculture that is particularly noticeable in the Washington, DC, area. We stay in touch, communicate regularly, have lunches to discuss the “old days,” and sometimes organize to raise objections to some […]
Is Washington Attempting to Involve Jordan Even Moreso in Syria?…
Jordan has insisted on a political settlement of the conflict throughout the Syrian crisis. According to Al-Hayat and Global Research, the US-led coalition could prepare an American-British-Jordanian large-scale military operation at the Syrian-Jordanian border. According to a source, the operation would involve militants trained in camps in Jordan and the US-led coalition’s forces…
As Conflict Rages On, Russia Lands Oil Deals In Syria…
Russia’s brazen confidence in its victory in propping up Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s once-failing regime grows day by day, as evidenced by Moscow’s latest oil deals with the Syrian government. Sputnik news reports that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin visited Damascus in November to get the ball rolling on the fossil fuel deals. […]
Gas Prices In North Korea Shoot Up 83% As China Mulls Oil Embargo…
Gasoline prices in North Korea’s capital Pyongyang jumped by as much as 83 percent within three days on the back of reports that China is mulling over an oil embargo for its unruly neighbor. North Korea imports almost all the oil it uses from China, so an embargo will effectively paralyze the country, even if […]
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