In Search of “Traitors”: Targets of Russian Special Services in Crimea and on Mainland Ukraine
22 May 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Originally posted in Russian here. On Monday of last week, the Security Service of Ukraine officially announced that they thwarted…
Wires Brief: UK finds more money for subs; Canada’s Plans for Returning ISIS Fighters Revealed; EU and NATO step up cybersecurity
17 May 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced a £2.5 billion increase in funding for the UK submarine programmes, split between…
North Korean progress: peace or calm before the storm?
14 May 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova The meeting between President Moon Jae In of South Korea and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un became one of the…
Wires Brief: France steps up ‘Coalition of the willing’; Trump severs Iran Nuclear Deal; Damascus blames Israel for missile strikes
10 May 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The UK government has claimed it will launch a satellite navigation system to rival that of the EU. The…
Wires Brief: German air force critically weak; Russian defence spending drops; Trump wants a ‘space force’; Israel claims Iran had nuclear weapons program
3 May 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom Issues around overseas companies gaining access to Royal Naval tenders has led to questions being asked on the government’s…
Russian Policy Forum in the US: Keeping Criticism Away
1 May 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Recently, the largest American newspaper Newsweek has published an article devoted to the former Soviet dissident, and now the head…
The Kremlin Guard: Russia’s Pro-Government Youth Organizations
30 April 2018 – San Francisco, US by Ksenia Kirillova The leader of the Young Guard of United Russia Denis Davydov announced that this organization plans to create groups to…
Wires Brief: German military spending to increase, Saudis pressure Qatar, Pakistani army chief visits Moscow
26 April 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The UK’s adoption of the Boxer AFV without competition has been questioned by a parliamentary committee. The Ministry of…
A Killing Epidemic: The Culling of Russian Media Opponents
20 April 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova When I was working on the story of the attempted poisoning of former Colonel GRU Sergey Skripal in the English…
Realistically, the US can’t impose sanctions on India for buying Russian military equipment
20 April 2018 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Admiral Philip S. Davidson testified in front of the US Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday. Admiral Davidson has been nominated to…
