Russia’s arctic strategy – Energy extraction
ahmed sabirBy Pavel Devyatkin Energy extraction As the rate at which sea ice is melting in the Arctic accelerates, analysts have predicted unprecedented access to vast deposits of undiscovered oil, natural…
Russia to deploy warplanes on Kuriles
A one-line decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on 30th January merely assigned a dual civilian-military role to the newly operational airport on the island of Iturop in…
“Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map”
The planning of nuclear war against the Soviet Union started in 1945 204 atomic bombs against 66 major cities, US nuclear attack against USSR planned during World War II when America…
Return of the Russians
Saudi Arabia is showing prudence in securing its interests vis-à-vis Iran by diversifying its alliances and reaching out to Russia By Nisar Ahmed Khan The recent visit by the Saudi King…
Russia wades into Saudi – Iran rift
By M K Bhadrakumar The remark Wednesday by the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Presidential envoy for the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov offering Moscow's mediation for a rapprochement between Riyadh…
Russia’s resurgence
What will be Putin's next move? By Muhammad Ali Baig Will Putin strike again or will he rest and let Trump “Make America Great Again”? Who could have imagined the…
King Salman’s Russia visit has potential to change Middle
By Shehab Al-Makahleh East landscape Saudi Arabia's King Salman will head an official delegation on October4-7, 2017 to have meetings with Russian president Vladimir Putin and senior government officials, the…
Russia’s ‘Doklam Dilemma’
Through the month-long India-China standoff in Doklam near Sikkim border, Moscow has not spoken. Russian diplomacy is presumably at work. The ground is slippery, because “territorial sovereignty” is a hugely…
Russia quietly begins building third military base in Syria
Moscow plans to oversee new 'deconfliction zone' in country's south, charged among other things with clearing ISIS away from Jordanian border By Sami Moubayed Over the past few days, the…
The Russian navy is back
By Eric Margolis Russia's dispatch of a ten-ship flotilla to the Syrian Coast has raised some outrage and sneers aplenty in the West. Particularly when one of its embarked MiG-29K…