Ukraine’s meme army is taking on Russia’s propaganda war and winning
At the outset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was NATO that was seen as Ukraine’s ultimate savior, their only means of defense against the lumbering Russian bear. As…
How Russia spies: Active measures & subversion
“The Main Enemy.” That’s how the Russian political, military, and intelligence apparatuses see the United States. Although the end of the Cold War brought with it hopes of democratization in…
Coronavirus aid coming ‘from Russia with love’ — or an agenda?
MOSCOW — The 15 Russian military planes that delivered much-needed medical equipment to Italy last week to deal with the coronavirus outbreak were branded with the slogan “From Russia With Love.”
And that sentiment was reciprocated.
I…
Defectors living openly in US happens ‘far more often than people would think’
A former Russian official whose background matches descriptions of a high-level CIA spy hurriedly extracted from Russia has been living openly outside Washington, DC, under his own name.
According to documents from a 2017 real-estate purchase …
Russians may be testing ‘low yield’ nuclear weapons in violation of treaty
A top U.S. military official has said that U.S. intelligence agencies believe Russia may be conducting low-yield nuclear testing that may be violation of a major international treaty.
Lieutenant General Robert Ashley said in a speech on May 29…
Kremlin denies arrested Marine vet being used as ‘Pawn’
Russia has rejected a British suggestion that it might use a former U.S. Marine detained in December 2018 in Russia on espionage charges as a pawn in a diplomatic game, saying that Moscow reserves the right to conduct counterintelligence activities.…
West backs up Ukraine as it tries to recover captured sailors
A Russian court has ordered several of the Ukrainian sailors who were captured by Russian coast-guard forces during a confrontation at sea off Crimea to be held in custody for two months.
The Nov. 27, 2018, rulings by the court in Simferopol, …
Doctors confirm that Russian activist likely poisoned
German doctors treating Pyotr Verzilov have said that the anti-Kremlin activist was probably poisoned, and a Moscow newspaper reports a possible connection with the killing of three Russian journalists in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) in Jul…
Russia threatens to attack U.S. troops in remote base
Russia has warned the US that its military and allied Syrian forces are ready to attack a key US-held base near the borders of Syria, Jordan, and Iraq, US defense officials said in a
New Russian propaganda claims bears are afraid of Putin
Russian state TV has dedicated an entire show to documenting Vladimir Putin’s activities and praising him.
In the first episode of Rossiya-1’s new show, which aired on Sept. 4, 2018, the Russian president can be seen hiking around the Russia…