Russian Critical Infrastructure Avoids Serious Damage in Global Cyberattack Russia's critical infrastructure facilities have avoided serious damage as a result of the recent large-scale WannaCry virus attack, Oleg Khramov, a deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, told Kommersant newspaper in an interview published on Sunday. 21.05.2017
Speedy 'Crocodiles' and Top Gunships: The Future of Russian Helicopters Russia's latest achievements in the construction of state-of-the art helicopters will be presented at the 10th HeliRussia exhibition, which is due to kick off in Moscow on May 25, according to the news network Zvezda. 20.05.2017
Erdogan Bodyguards Accused of Attacking DC Protesters Released US State Department officials announced that they briefly detained two of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s bodyguards following a violent incident in front of the Turkish ambassador’s residence on Tuesday while Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump. 19.05.2017
Russian Charity Doubling Efforts in Syria After Founder Died Helping Children Renowned Russian humanitarian and charity activist Elizaveta Glinka, widely known as Dr. 18.05.2017
War between 2 Koreas is highly possible, new S. Korean president warns Recently-elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in has stated that there is a “high possibility” of military conflict with North Korea. 17.05.2017
CIA is world’s most dangerously incompetent spy agency – Assange WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has described the CIA as “dangerously incompetent,” in response to the US agency branding him a “friend of terrorists. 16.05.2017
How is Russia connected to the firing of FBI Director James Comey Donald Trump’s decision to fire the FBI Director James Comey has triggered yet another round of Russia-related headlines. 15.05.2017
North Korean Problem: Washington Sees No Options 'Apart From Starting a War' It seems that unleashing a war against North Korea remains one of the White House's very few options to reign in Kim Jong Un, John Dunn, Professor Emeritus of Political Theory at Cambridge University, told Sputnik. 14.05.2017
Geopolitical Project: What China's One Belt, One Road Initiative is Really About Although the Beijing-led One Belt, One Road initiative appears to be a geopolitical project in the first place, it has nothing to do with the post-WWII Marshall Plan. 13.05.2017
European Union: A 'Superpower' Ruled From Across the Ocean Federica Mogherini's belief that over the last sixty years the European Union has become a superpower for peace, security, and democracy is nothing but wishful thinking, Igor Pshenichnikov, advisor to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), wrote for RIA Novosti. 12.05.2017
'A Better Future': Why Syria's French Voters Chose Le Pen Over Macron Syria became the only country in the world where French voters supported National Front leader Marine Le Pen during last week's presidential runoff in France, according to the results of voting abroad published the French Foreign Ministry. 11.05.2017
Political Nightmare: Trump Opens Pandora's Box by Firing FBI Director Comey US President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey has sparked a heated debate. 10.05.2017
About 8 Mln Russians Took Part in 'Immortal Regiment' Marches Across Country Around 8 million people took part in the World War II commemoration event, dubbed "Immortal Regiment," in Russia, spokeswoman of the Russia's Internal Ministry Irina Volk said Tuesday. 09.05.2017
Merkel tests limits of Putin’s pragmatism and patience The two rounds talks between Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Sochi could be assessed as a modest ‘warming up’ of cooled relations, if it were not for the new Berlin wall the EU keeps erecting around Russia. 08.05.2017
On the Warpath: Clinton 'Building New Political Group' to Counter Trump's Agenda Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is reportedly busy creating a new group specifically aimed at funding organizations which will throw sand in the gears of Donald Trump and his Republican fellowmen. 07.05.2017
Syria’s Safe Zones: The Strategic Peculiarities of a New Peacekeeping Format As the plan to establish safe zones in Syria officially came into effect as of midnight Saturday, local time, the Russian media reviewed why these four areas on the Syrian map have been chosen for the new peacekeeping format and what their military and strategic peculiarities are. 06.05.2017
Signs of a Bargain? Why Russia is for the Establishment of 'Safe Zones' in Syria Following his talks with Turkish President Erdogan in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Wednesday, President Putin commented on the initiative to create so-called "de-escalation" zones in Syria. 05.05.2017
No Cash for Fascists: US Congress Won't Fund Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that prevents the country from arming and training Ukraine's infamously ultra-nationalist Azov Battalion. 04.05.2017
Putin-Trump Phone Call: 'Positive First Step, but No Need to Get All Worked Up' Russian President Vladimir Putin has held another telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump. 03.05.2017
Russia-Japan summit: Putin, Abe inch closer towards normalizing ties At their latest meeting summit, Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe did not trumpet any grand designs but managed to follow through on practical projects that transpired during prior talks at the ministerial level. 02.05.2017
