Donald Trump has spoken out, yet again, about Vladimir Putin’s endorsement of Kamala Harris. The Russian president seemed pretty sarcastic on Thursday when encouraged his supporters to back her, bizarrely praising how the Democratic nominee and current vice president “laughs so expressively and infectiously”. It’s widely expected that a second Trump administration would be much … Read more
A Russian drone violated Romania’s airspace during nighttime attacks on neighboring Ukraine, the NATO member reported Sunday, urging Moscow to stop what it described as an escalation. The incident occurred as Russia carried out attacks on “civilian targets and port infrastructure” across the Danube River in Ukraine, Romania’s Ministry of National Defense said. Romania deployed … Read more
Funeral services were held Saturday for victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the war in Ukraine began, as Ukraine’s president vowed to increase domestic military production by creating underground weapons factories. The funerals took place in the eastern Ukrainian city of Poltava for the victims of a Russian missile attack on a … Read more
CIA Director Bill Burns testifies next to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines during a House (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing on diversity in the intelligence community, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 27, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters CIA Director William Burns believed there was a real risk in the fall of 2022 that Russia … Read more
The New Democrats used a stock image from Russia in a recent video, weeks after the party criticized the Conservatives for doing the same. On Wednesday NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced in a video message that he was ending the supply and confidence deal with the Liberal government, while accusing Conservative policies of hurting Canadians, … Read more
Canada is condemning alleged Russian attempts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election using disinformation campaigns, a day after the Biden administration took a series of actions against the Kremlin. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced multiple actions meant to call out Russia for alleged interference in the November election, including unsealing criminal … Read more
The Biden administration announced wide-ranging actions Wednesday meant to call out Russian influence in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, unsealing criminal charges against two employees of a Russian state-run media company and seizing internet domains used by the Kremlin to spread disinformation. The measures represented a U.S. government effort at disrupting a persistent threat from … Read more
Russia’s 9M370 Burevestnik is a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile. US researchers recently located the deployment site of Russia’s new nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile, the 9M370 Burevestnik. Nicknamed “flying Chernobyl,” the missile has been touted by President Putin as “invincible.” Here’s your 5-point cheatsheet to this deadly weapon: According to Sputnik News, Development work on the … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting at the Congress Hall in Bishkek on Dec. 9, 2022. Vyacheslav Oseledko | Afp | Getty Images There was more than a whiff of self-satisfaction from the Kremlin on Wednesday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Mongolia at … Read more
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Mongolia’s President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh walk past honour guards during an official welcoming ceremony in Ulaanbaatar on September 3, 2024. Sofia Sandurskaya | Afp | Getty Images There’s nothing remarkable about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Mongolia on Tuesday … Read more
