Cold War. . . Two?
So, a recent New York Times article reports that Russian nuclear submarines have been patrolling off the east coast of the United States.
What does this mean? Well, communist or not, Russia’s approach to the world remains the same; they seek the leadership spot that belongs to the U.S. While it looks like they don’t have [...]
Olmert: "…Russian policy will continue to be one that will never, in any circumstances, hurt Israel's security…"
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday he received assurances that Russia would not allow Israel’s security to be threatened, but offered no indication he had won the concrete promises he sought on Russian arms sales or sanctions on Iran.
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And Olmert actually believed them! *snicker*
In all seriousness, I’m starting to think Ehud Olmert might be [...]
Russia's Next Target: the Ukraine?
Russia May Focus on Pro-U.S. Ukraine After GeorgiaBy Henry Meyer
Now that Russia has humiliated Georgia with a punishing military offensive, it may shift its attention to reining in pro-Western Ukraine, another American ally in the former Soviet Union.
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Bad things are happening…
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Putin Criticizes West in Farewell Speech, Lays Out Successor's Agenda
By AP
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin accused the West of military expansion and laid out an ambitious agenda for his successor to restore Russia’s economic and military clout in a farewell address Friday.
With less than a month before the presidential election, the speech signaled that Putin’s doctrine of assertive economic and military policies and unwavering [...]
Report: Russia sent technicians to Syria
Russia has sent technicians to upgrade Syria’s air defense system, The Times reported Tuesday morning.
The British newspaper said that Moscow sent the team after Israel managed to foil Syria’s air defenses using stealth technology, allowing Israeli jets to remain invisible during an IAF strike on September 6.
Foreign reports that have surfaced since the [...]
'Russia caused tensions between Israel, Syria'
Russia was partly responsible for the heightened tension between Israel and Syria at the beginning of the summer, head of the Diplomatic-Security Bureau at the Defense Ministry, Gen. Amos Gilad (ret.) said on Thursday.
During an interview with Army Radio, the former general noted that recent messages sent by Israel to Moscow have caused the [...]
Russia confirms Soviet sorties over Dimona in '67
The chief spokesman of the Russian Air Force, Col. Aleksandr V. Drobyshevsky, has confirmed in writing for the first time that it was Soviet pilots, in the USSR’s most-advanced MiG-25 “Foxbat” aircraft, who flew highly-provocative sorties over Israel’s nuclear facility at Dimona in May 1967, just prior to the Six Day War.
Gideon Remez and [...]
