Section: International Business Times (USA)
What Are Russia’s Biggest Threats? Color Revolutions And Extremist Groups Make The List
As Russia welcomed the new year, the Kremlin released Thursday a list of what it sees as the biggest security threats facing the country. Color revolutions like those seen in Ukraine and Georgia as well as extremist groups and the activities of foreign nongovernmental organizations all made the list, local media reported. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Launches Investigation Into Power Grid Cyberattack Blamed On Russia
Ukrainian officials said Thursday they would launch an investigation into a cyberattack that hit the country’s power grid and left parts of western Ukraine without power last week. Ukraine’s secret service has blamed the attack on Russia as economic and political relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate, Reuters...
Ukraine-Russia Conflict Update: Peace Agreement Extended Into 2016 As War Continues
As war continues in Eastern Ukraine, leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany agreed Wednesday to extend the Minsk II agreement into 2016 in the hope that the peace deal will lead to an end in the conflict that has left over 9,000 people dead. The Minsk agreement was signed in February and the terms were meant to be fully implemented by...
NATO Causing Russia Security Concerns Over Montenegro Membership And Hostility In Eastern Europe
NATO is continuing to cause national security threats to Russia, according to a Moscow Foreign Ministry report issued Monday, which cited the U.S.-led alliance’s large military presence in Eastern Europe as a primary concern. Friction between Russia and NATO reached levels not seen since the end of the Cold War in 1991 after Moscow annexed...
Boris Nemtsov Murder Indictments Expected For 5 Chechen Men Accused Of Killing Russian Opposition Politician
Nearly a year after the brazen murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov steps away from the Kremlin in the heart of Moscow, suspects in his murder were scheduled to be indicted Tuesday with the final investigation into his death to be completed next month, the Associated Press reported. Nemtsov was shot in the back multiple times...
New Russia-Ukraine Economic War Over Import Bans Expected In 2016
As the new year approaches, so does the next economic battle between Russia and Ukraine. Russia announced last week that it would impose tariffs on Ukrainian goods in anticipation of a trade deal between Kiev and the European Union entering into force Jan. 1 . Now Ukraine is hitting back with its own restrictions on Russian goods in 2016, a...
Russia Calls On US To Drop Troops And Weapons From Baltics, Eastern Europe
Russia called on the U.S. Monday to reconsider storing military hardware and as many as 5,000 troops across Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, Reuters reported. The remarks from the Kremlin’s Foreign Ministry accusing the U.S. of escalating tensions in Europe come as ceasefire violations continue in Eastern Ukraine. …read more...
Russia’s Putin Orders Several Counterterrorism Units To Be Set Up On Coasts
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered counterterrorism operational headquarters to be set up in several coastal areas, the state-run RIA news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying Saturday. The units are to be set in Kaspiysk on the Caspian Sea, Murmansk in Russia’s northwest and in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and...
Russian Defense Manufacturing Hits New High As China, India Take Advantage Of Moscow’s Affordable And Advanced Technology
In the war-torn streets and fields of Syria and eastern Ukraine, used Russian bullets and heavy artillery shells litter the landscape, showcasing the strength of an increasingly advanced Russian military. Both wars have in effect become advertisements for a Russian arms industry that has seen a dramatic sales increase over the last few years,...
Ukraine Imposes Moratorium On Repayment Of $3B Loan To Russia
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Friday that his government is imposing a moratorium on the repayment of a $3 billion loan due to Russia this weekend. On Thursday, Ukraine announced that it cannot make the bond payment without violating a debt-restructuring deal with other international creditors. …read more Source:...
