By Andrew Korybko This scenario carries with it very serious potential consequences. The report late last month that Ukraine finally received some of its long-awaited F-16s, at least one of which was then spotted flying over Odessa, was followed earlier this week by two related developments. Senator Lindsey Graham revealed during a press conference in…
By Andrew Korybko The US’ internal policymaking dynamics have shifted since the start of Russia’s special operation. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Rossiya 1 TV channel that the US heeded his country’s demand last month to force Ukraine to call off a major provocation that his country believed had American backing and…
By Andrew Korybko Russia and the West exchanged 24 prisoners on Thursday in the largest such swap since the Old Cold War. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and CNN published detailed reports about the diplomacy that led up to this deal, which included the WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich and Russia’s Vadim Krasikov as the highest-profile exchanges….
“The deployment of these missiles, both American and British, is connected to two things,” veteran Russian defence and security affairs commentator Alexei Leonkov told Sputnik, commenting on the story in the UK’s The Times this week that Britain and Germany plan to develop a new conventional missile designed to target Russian tactical nuclear delivery platforms….
Armed attacks have been carried out in Russia on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue, and a police post in Derbent and Makhachkala, the National Antiterrorism Committee stated. As a result of the terrorist acts in Dagestan, preliminary reports indicate that a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church and police officers have been killed. According to…
The detention of three persons connected to the 22 March attack on Moscow was announced by Russian security agencies on Sunday, 31 March. The suspects were taken into custody during operations in the southwest Russian Federation state of Dagestan, according to the nation’s anti-terrorist committee. The cities of Kaspiyisk and Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan,…
