REYHANLI, Turkey — The presidents of Turkey and Russia spoke by phone Friday to try to defuse tensions that rose significantly in Syria after 33 Turkish troops were killed in a Syrian government airstrike, and a new wave of refugees and migrants...
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One of Russia’s most distinguished figure skaters Elizaveta Tuktamysheva has recently been rocking social media with some eye-catching outfits, and it seems they're not her long-time boyfriend who she says is a thing of the past.
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Details about possible casualties as well as the owner of the helicopter or its type were not immediately available.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday cautioned those planning to go to Japan to consider the risks of a growing coronavirus epidemic.
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Carlotta Gall, reporting for the NYT (“Airstrike Hits Turkish Forces in Syria, Raising Fears of Escalation“):
The Turkish Army suffered mass casualties in an airstrike in northwest Syria late Thursday, an attack that could...
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Sebastien Roblin
Technology, Asia
Looks like the Communist Party has been caught... red-handed.
Key Point: China is known for buying and stealing foreign technology in order to reverse engineer them. It looks like the Su-27 was no exception.
The...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US navy has ordered that all ships that have made stops in countries of the Pacific region be put under quarantine and remain at sea for 14 days as a precaution amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the CNN...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US-Taliban peace deal is now closer than ever and NATO will continue to support efforts to find a lasting peaceful solution in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Rossiya Segodnya's press service announced on Friday the agency will seek a thorough explanation of the reasons for Romas detention and demands a transparent and unbiased investigation.
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In Syria, 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike by Russia-backed Syrian forces in rebel-held Idlib in a major escalation on Thursday. Turkey has vowed to respond in kind, as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calls for an immediate...
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David Axe
Security,
We’ve gotten a glimpse of what could be Russia’s next attack submarine.
We’ve gotten a glimpse of what could be Russia’s next attack submarine.
A Russian state-owned T.V. network in December 2019 broadcast a report...
Sebastien Roblin
History, Europe
The Reaktivny Samolet ramjet-powered bomber could cruise at three times the speed of sound.
Key point: Following the Soviet Union’s first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the defense...
Sebastien Roblin
History, Europe
A terrible war.
Key point: There was a limit to how far Russia would let its ethnic enclaves go in pushing for autonomy. However, Russia's forces were not ready yet to put down an independence movement.
On New...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that nearly three dozen Turkish soldiers in a barracks in Syria were killed Friday by an air strike. Although most reports say that the bombing was carried out by the Syrian Air Force, some...
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Russo-Turkish wars, series of wars between Russia and the Ottoman Empire in the 17th–19th century. The wars reflected the decline of the Ottoman Empire and resulted in the gradual southward extension of Russia’s frontier and influence into...
On Thursday, Politico reported that Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) warned Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in a meeting on December 5 that their effort to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden over...
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From translated fiction to self-published poetry, Mongolia's publishing market is boomingThe landmark Gandan monastery in the centre of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. Photo (c): Filip Noubel, used with permission
Sandwiched between Russia...
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The New York Times reported last week that U.S. intelligence officials warned members of Congress that Russia is interfering in the 2020 U.S. election to “try to get President Trump reelected.”
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Mark Episkopos
Security, Europe
Even the Su-57?
Key point: Moscow is going big into the hypersonics arms race. That means arming its best fighters with long-rage, superfast weapons.
Earlier last week, the press office of the Russia-hosted...
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Mark Episkopos
History, Asia
Stalin gave the Kim regime a jumpstart.
Key point: Pyongyang wouldn't have been able to try to conquer Seoul or survive after the war without Moscow's support. In fact, no Soviet Union would have likely meant no North...
Related topics: North Korea, South Korea, Military, Pyongyang, Seoul, Moscow