By Shehab Al-Makahleh • Today’s terrorist attack on St. Petersburg’s metro is one in a long line of deadly terrorist attacks that have targeted Russia since 1995. The estimates put the number of terrorist attacks in Russia in this period at over 800, with a death toll of more …
Read More »So Who Annexed the Crimean Peninsula Then?
By Arina Tsukanova • Due to the international media’s continued claims about the «annexation of Crimea», it’s been difficult for the citizens of the US and Europe to make sense of the details of the peninsula’s recent history. Exactly three years ago, on March 16, 2014, the Crimeans were offered a …
Read More »Russia Builds Where US Destroyed
By Finian Cunningham • Referring to ongoing peace talks on Syria co-sponsored by Russia, President Vladimir Putin said the negotiations marked the beginning of “rebuilding” this war-torn country, as well as other conflict zones in the Middle East region. Already several rounds of talks have been held in Kazakhstan’s …
Read More »“Russia and Civilization”, a Continuum of Russian and Slavic Heritage
Book Review By Shehab Makahleh — Dr. Soheil Farah, member of the Russian Academy of Education, has honored me with a copy of his new book entitled “Russia and Civilization: Meaning and Destiny”. Dr. Farah divided his book into seven chapters talking about the geography, history, culture, people and ideology …
Read More »Russia is Working on a New Stealth Fighter
Russia’s RSK-MiG is working on a new lightweight fifth-generation stealth fighter to replace the Mikoyan MiG-29 and MiG-35 Fulcrum series fighters. Called the Liogkiy Mnogofunktsionalniy Frontovoi Samolyet (LMFS)—or Light Multi-Function Frontal Aircraft in English—United Aircraft Corporation is developing the new aircraft out of its own funds, reports aviation journalist Piotr …
Read More »Astana Peace Talks Paved Way For Political Settlement In Syria
There was a distinctive shortage of wide media coverage at the international conference on Syria which was held on January 23-24 in the Kazakh capital Astana. The two-day gathering closed with a low key tone as the goal was bringing together representatives of the Syrian government and the …
Read More »Exclusive: Russian TV Rossiya 24 Documentary ‘President’
Editorial Note Amidst latest mudslinging on Russia and especially its President Vladimir Putin, this documentary is something worth watching. Publicly, the West keeps promoting itself as a champion of democratic values of freedom of speech and thought, but the media depictions of its presumed foes often goes beyond decency. Think …
Read More »Russia-Armenia Joint Air Defense Reinforcement in South Caucasus
In view of the enhanced NATO’s activity to expand its military presence on the Eastern European block, Russia embarks on the strategy of increasing its military buildup in the South Caucasus with the key air defense units to be deployed on the Armenian soil – Russia’s ally in …
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