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    ‘Political Hacks’ Wrote US Report Linking Russia To Crash Of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Ex-CIA Analyst
    Aug22

    ‘Political Hacks’ Wrote US Report Linking Russia To Crash Of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Ex-CIA Analyst

    A U.S. government report implicating Russia in the July 2014 crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was created by political writers rather than intelligence analysts, a former CIA analyst-turned-political activist told Russia’s Sputnik News. Sputnik is wholly owned by the Russian government, which reportedly backs Ukrainian separatists...

    The Kadyrov Factor: Why Putin Must Keep a Close Eye on His Chechen Strongman
    Aug22

    The Kadyrov Factor: Why Putin Must Keep a Close Eye on His Chechen Strongman

    In April 2015, Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov announced that Chechen security forces had the right to fire on any Russian military units operating in Chechnya without his permission. Kadyrov’s assertive declaration grabbed the attention of the Kremlin and fuelled speculation that Putin’s relationship with Kadyrov was souring....

    Ukrainian Russia Conflict: Prisoner Swap With Kiev Called For By Pro-Russian Rebels Amid East Ukraine War
    Aug21

    Ukrainian Russia Conflict: Prisoner Swap With Kiev Called For By Pro-Russian Rebels Amid East Ukraine War

    The Luhansk People’s Republic, one the pro-Russian rebels groups fighting against Ukraine in the Donbas war, said Friday that it wants to trade prisoners as soon as possible. The request comes amid intense fighting and back and forth accusations from both sides that neither is adhering to February’s Minsk II ceasefire, according to...

    Shopping Spray: Loutish Russian’s Beer-Biting Patriotism
    Aug21

    Shopping Spray: Loutish Russian’s Beer-Biting Patriotism

    Russian patriots are not afraid to show — and use — their teeth when it comes to defending local food producers. Or at least appearing to. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Europe’s Shell Game With Ukraine
    Aug21

    Europe’s Shell Game With Ukraine

    Not enough of the 11-billion-euro aid package is new money in response to the crisis. …read more Source:...

    Putin’s War: Front-line Residents Discover Churchill’s Defiant Spirit
    Aug21

    Putin’s War: Front-line Residents Discover Churchill’s Defiant Spirit

    This story first appeared on The Daily Signal. A biography of Winston Churchill sits on Stephan Machsma’s desk. Machsma is the mayor of Sartana, Ukraine, and he is leading the town’s approximately 10,000 residents through their own darkest hour. On the night of August 16, starting around 10 p.m., combined Russian-separatist forces...

    Podcast: The Odesa File
    Aug21

    Podcast: The Odesa File

    Residents of Odesa like to boast that theirs is the freest Russian-speaking city in the world — and it just may be. It is also a region that Ukraine’s pro-Western rulers absolutely must get right. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: Postcard from Ukraine: strays in foxholes, the legacy continues
    Aug21

    Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: Postcard from Ukraine: strays in foxholes, the legacy continues

    Over the last year or so, there have been a lot of wire photos coming in from the front lines of fighting in Ukraine showing muddied and embattled soldiers and volunteer fighters sharing a quiet or comforting moment with a stray dog. …read more Source: Foreign...

    Pentagon Chief: Russia Poses ‘Existential Threat’ to US
    Aug21

    Pentagon Chief: Russia Poses ‘Existential Threat’ to US

    In language rarely heard since the end of the Cold War, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that Russia again poses an “existential threat” to the United States and in many ways behaves like an antagonist. “Russia poses an existential threat to the United States by virtue simply of the size of the nuclear arsenal that it’s had,” Carter said...

    Russia Military Flame-Throwing System Under Development Amid Rising Regional Tensions
    Aug21

    Russia Military Flame-Throwing System Under Development Amid Rising Regional Tensions

    Russia has begun to develop a new heavy flame-throwing system based on a weapon first tested in the late 1980’s following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. That system, known as the TOS-1 Buratino, included a multiple rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon. It is one of a spate of new weapons and arms systems under development in Russia,...