2 November 2022. Russia said on Wednesday that avoiding a nuclear clash between the world’s nuclear powers was its first priority, but accused the West of “encouraging provocations with weapons of … Read the rest
Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy director of the Russian foreign ministry’s department for non-proliferation and arms control, said the use of Western satellites to aid the Ukrainian war effort was “an extremely dangerous trend” and … Read the rest
The Chechens declared independence in 1991, after the Soviet Union disintegrated.
The First Chechen War with Russia broke out in 1994, but after two years of fighting, the Russian forces withdrew from the region in December … Read the rest
The blast and fire sent part of the 12-mile Kerch Strait bridge tumbling into the sea and killed three people according to Russian authorities. One of them was the driver of the truck.
Russia’s … Read the rest
When NAZI Germany invaded Russia in 1941, Russia relied on regular shipments of weapons and supplies required to continue their defence against the invading Germans. These shipments came from countries like … Read the rest
In the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, the United States, Russia, and Britain committed “to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine” and “to refrain from the threat or use … Read the rest
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the Ukrainian attack on the Crimea bridge, (October 2022) being used to supply his troops in the invasion of Ukraine, a Terrorist attack.
Effectively this means … Read the rest
4 October 2022
North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan on 4 October 2022.
The missile travelled 4,500km (2,800 miles) before falling into the Pacific Ocean – far enough to hit the US island of Guam if it took another … Read the rest
The U-571 film was released on 21 April 2000.
It was a story about a German submarine being boarded by the American Navy with them taking the Nazi’s top-secret Enigma machine from that submarine. The submarine was being taken by … Read the rest
Valery Gerasimov, Commander of the Russian Armed Forces, wrote in March 2017.
“It must be remembered that victory is always achieved not only by the material, but also by the spiritual resources of the people, by their unity and desire … Read the rest