Wires Brief: US looks to put lasers in the air, Israel admits to Syrian nuclear reactor airstrike, India defends decision to buy home-grown aircraft
21 March 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom BAE Systems has launched the Type 31 frigate design proposal for export, having “already got interest from two South…
Skrypal’s assassination attempt paid off for the Kremlin
21 March 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova The attempt on the life of the former GRU Colonel Sergey Skrypal added a new round of confrontation in the…
More than just acquiring Crimea – sometimes it is about natural resources
17 March 2018 – San Fransisco, US by Ksenya Kirillova The main goal for the Russian annexation of Crimea and invasion into Donbas was an attempt to block Western energy…
Wires Brief: Russian poisoning escalates with UK, Mattis makes unannounced visit to Kabul, arms sales to Africa drop, Chinese test railgun at sea
15 March 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the intended expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats after a deadline put to…
Recap: An examination of “The World Order – Putin’s Way”
15 March 2018 – San Fransisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Putin acknowledged that he controlled Yanukovych, expressed his readiness to destroy the world in a nuclear war and was disappointed…
Counterplay: The bold assassination attempt on Sergey Skripal
13 March 2018 – San Fransisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Few days ago, a former GRU colonel Sergey Skripal was found unconscious with his daughter in the English city of…
Arrest of Belorussian escort in Thailand may have been ordered by Russian authorities
12 March 2018 – San Fransisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova “This was done on the orders of the Russian secret service” – Thai authorities More details of Nastia Rybka’s arrest…
Wires Brief: EU United Defence Plan signed, DARPA in Ukraine, Chinese military budget increased
7 March 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom Assassination is suspected although not proven after a Russian ex-intelligence officer residing in the UK was found in a…
Russia stoking the fire in the Balkans
6 March 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Moscow’s current activities in the Balkans are aimed at aggravating existing disputes in the region. This opinion was expressed by…
Russia’s US intervention: yesterday, today and tomorrow
5 March 2018 – San Fransisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova On 16 February, special prosecutor Robert Mueller charged 13 Russian citizens with interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. The…
