Russian warplanes bombed anti-regime targets in Syria for a third day on Friday, and as we outlined in detail earlier, both the West and Russian media have launched an all-out propaganda blitz in an effort to spin the
Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has set out details of an ambitious effort to reinvigorate Russia's shipbuilding and submarine order of battle. During a visit to the Zvezda shipyard at Bolshoy Kamen on Russia's Pacific
Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has set out details of an ambitious effort to reinvigorate Russia's shipbuilding and submarine order of battle. During a visit to the Zvezda shipyard at Bolshoy Kamen on Russia's Pacific
As my colleague Andrew Roth reported earlier this week, the airstrikes are likely an opportunistic gamble by Russian President Vladimir Putin — a move rooted more in cynicism than any religious conviction. And senior Muslim clerics in Russia have also
As soon as the Russians began beefing up the military airport near Latakia and ferrying in military equipment and men, it was clear they were putting down a marker. Big-power politics apart, the step was entirely logical within the dynamic of the