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Russia sends Assad ‘ship killing missile’

Russia delivers Yakhont missiles, warships to Assad; Lavrov: Arms deal won’t change regional balance of power. Russia sold advanced Yakhont antiship cruise missiles to Syrian President Bashar Assad, outfitted with an advanced guidance system that makes them more effective than … Continue reading

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Putin again warns Netanyahu hands off Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spent three hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin at his residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Tuesday, May, 14. He came for a last-ditch attempt to head off the supply of advanced Russian … Continue reading

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Russia Captures US Embassy Worker In Act Of CIA Recruitment; CIA’s “Dropbox” Gmail Address Revealed

Following the just concluded recent visit by John Kerry to Russia, one may have been left with the impression that the tensions of the Cold War are dead and buried. Just the opposite it appears. In what may be a … Continue reading

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Obama Keeps Promise to Be More Flexible

Obama’s promises to Russia to be more flexible are being kept. The following article outlines plans to declassify missile defense technology and give it to Russia. This will hand NATO European defenses to Putin on a silver platter. And what … Continue reading

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Russia staffs Mediterranean fleet. Turkey weighs payback for Syrian bombings

Russian Navy Admiral Viktor Chirkov said Sunday, May 12, that the process is underway for creating a permanent staff to run Russian fleet operations in the Mediterranean Sea.  Speaking at Sevastopol, the Black Sea fleet’s home port, Adm. Chirkov said … Continue reading

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U.S. Is Warned Russia Plans Syria Arms Sale

Israel has warned the U.S. that a Russian deal is imminent to sell advanced ground-to-air missile systems to Syria, weapons that would significantly boost the regime’s ability to stave off intervention in its civil war. U.S. officials said on Wednesday … Continue reading

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US to arm Syrian rebels: Putin’s rebuke, Chinese “peace plan” mar Netanyahu’s Chinese trip

Negative diplomatic ricochets are pursuing Israel in the aftermath of its air force attacks on Syria. In the first place, they are seen to have had no effect on Hizballah’s successful military intervention on the side of the Assad regime … Continue reading

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Russia Buzzes Alaska Again

Russian strategic bombers conducted flights within the U.S. defense zone close to northern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands last week in Moscow’s latest incident of nuclear saber rattling against the United States, according to defense and military officials. Two Bear … Continue reading

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House leader calls on Kerry to disclose missile defense offer to Russians

by Bill Gertz A senior House Republican this week called on Secretary of State John Kerry to make public a U.S. offer of cooperation with Russia on missile defenses made recently in Moscow. Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Ala.), chairman of … Continue reading

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Russian strategic bomber conducts practice strikes on U.S. missile defenses in Asia

by Bill Gertz A Russian bomber recently carried out simulated cruise missile attacks on U.S. missile defenses in Asia, raising new questions about Moscow’s goal in future U.S.-Russian defense talks. According to U.S. officials, a Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber on … Continue reading

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A Financial ‘Night of the Long Knives’ is Upon Us

A financial “Night of the Long Knives” against savers is being played out in the European Parliament right now – and it is not the last bit of damage to be done…only the next.  At this point, the veil has … Continue reading

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Cyprus: That’s The Way To Do It

Cyprus is fixed. Again. Like Greece, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and New Zealand. I wondered over the weekend how the Cypriot government would pass any deal brokered to solve their bankruptcy. Now we know: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said … Continue reading

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Russia: Remove All Deposits from EU Institutions

(NewsBote.de)  24-March-2013 — Russian diplomats reported that the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a memo to all embassies, and  warned [Russians] to leave no more money in Western banks. Apparently, the Kremlin is afraid of the “greatest robbery of private … Continue reading

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Cyprus blocked accounts of Russian government officials. The situation is developing in the most negative scenario

Dmitry Medvedev said that the amount of so-called “gray deposits” Russians in Cyprus banks are exaggerated, and that in Cyprus running “a large number of government agencies,” the Russian Federation, “as it is convenient for the jurisdiction of the transaction.” According … Continue reading

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Dempsey to visit Moscow for missile defense, nuclear talks

By Bill Gertz Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will travel to Moscow in the near future to hold discussions with his Russian counterpart on missile defense and further nuclear reductions. Dempsey accepted the offer to … Continue reading

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Russia and Israel each warn trouble building up on Golan border

At UN Center in New York, Israeli and Russian delegates separately warned Monday, March 4, of a dangerous situation developing in the area of separation on the Golan captured by Israel in the 1967 war. Syrian troops were forbidden to … Continue reading

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US joins Russia in drawing ceasefire lines for ending Syrian war

Incoming US Secretary of State John Kerry, on his first foreign trip, set forth what sounded like a new Obama administration policy for Syria in his remarks in Paris Wednesday, Feb. 27. They were accompanied by reports that the US … Continue reading

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Assad Pulls Ahead in Syrian War. Putin, Khamenei Are Co-Victors

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Bear Bombers Over Guam – Bill Gertz

Two Russian nuclear-armed bombers circled the western Pacific island of Guam this week in the latest sign of Moscow’s growing strategic assertiveness toward the United States. The Russian Tu-95 Bear-H strategic bombers were equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles and were … Continue reading

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Russian Flyover Prompts Japanese Fighter Jet Scramble As Abe Opens Second “Disputed Island” Front

While the collapse in China-Japan foreign relations (and subsequently, and much more importantly, trade) over a handful of islands in the East China Sea and strategically located near potentially vast maritime oil and gas reserves is by now well-known to … Continue reading

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Russia slams Israeli attack on Syria. US forces in Jordan on alert

The Syrian announcement of an Israeli air strike on a military site near Damascus Wednesday, Jan. 30, drew strong condemnation from Moscow the next day: “Such action if confirmed would amount to unacceptable military interference in the war-ravaged country,” said the … Continue reading

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Russia lifts nationals out of Syria. Moscow, Iran arm Assad for major armored push

The Russian emergency ministry said Monday, Jan. 21 that it is sending two planes to Beirut to evacuate 100 Russians from Syria – the first such effort since the uprising against Bashar Assad began in March 2011. Moscow also announced … Continue reading

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The War Clock Is Ticking

Bill Gertz has outlined preparations for war  below by China and Russia. What is the United States’ response? The Obama administration instead is seeking deep cuts in U.S. nuclear forces as part of President Barack Obama’s policy of seeking the … Continue reading

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A Surprising Twist

As the media has misdirected focused our attention on the “fiscal cliff”, the events transpiring in the Middle East may be coming to an end. Putin has taken control of Iraq’s Iran’s chemical weapons and Israel is backing their statement. … Continue reading

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Russian forces take Syrian chemical, biological weapons under control

The chemical warfare threat looming over Syria’s civil war and its neighbors has taken an epic turn with the announcement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Saturday, Dec. 22, that “the Syrian government has “consolidated its chemical weapons in one … Continue reading

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Russia Sends Two Squadrons Of Ships To Syria

Several days ago, various media outlets misinterpreted a statement out of Russia, in which it was said that Assad may be defeated by the local Al Qaeda-funded and US-supported rebels, and which many took as an indication that the geopolitics in … Continue reading

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US pulls war fleet from Syrian water

Shortly before the deployment of two American Patriot missiles manned by 400 US servicemen for defending Turkey against Syria was announced Thursday, Dec. 13, Washington quietly recalled from Syrian waters the USS Eisenhoweraircraft carrier and its strike group and the USS Iwo … Continue reading

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Russian Exchange Halts FX Trading Due To “Software Glitch”

Translation: Extension of technical break in the currency market Break in trading in the UTS   extended to 18-00. On resumption of trading until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience. Breaking News 11/14/12 Extension of technical break in the currency market More at Zerohedge…

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Death Race Damascus: “13 days in October”

  by Doug Hagmann Although Obama is no Kennedy, Putin is no Khrushchev, and the Russians are not advancing their political agenda in this instance, the template is otherwise eerily similar. In 1962, Cuba was America’s “red line” as the … Continue reading

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Russian S-400s relocated near Turkey. Hizballah shifts units, rockets into Syria

Hizballah has begun depleting line of rockets and fighting units it has facing Israel from the Litani River of South Lebanon and moving them to the Syrian front line at Homs to strengthen Assad’s forces, DEBKAfile’s military sources reveal. Hizballah’s … Continue reading

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Turkey’s army on high state of readiness, first step for Syria no-fly zone

War tensions over Syria shot up again early Thursday, Oct. 11, when the Turkish army was placed on high readiness and its chiefs pledge stronger responses to Syria. An authoritative US source told DEBKAfile that Turkey had – by forcing a Syrian … Continue reading

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Prepare for the Syrian Kinetic Action

Wouldn’t it be nice if Congress was consulted prior to going to war as outlined in the Constitution? I wonder what price Obama will be paying Putin for this action? Even more important, what price will the people of the … Continue reading

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Russia Accumulates Gold

Gold continues to be supported by the real risk of EMU break up and further weakness in the euro, dollar and other currencies. Gold continues to consolidate below its 200 day moving average at $1,644/oz. Technically, gold needs to close … Continue reading

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Everywhere…Right Now!

All the elements of global disruption are being brought together.  From Egypt to Tatarstan, across Europe and Asia, and in the United States, dissent is being fomented into a caustic brew, etching through the layers of civility and social composure we … Continue reading

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‘Russia sends navy vessels, marines to Syria base’

PHOTO: REUTERS MOSCOW – Moscow is sending three large landing ships with marines aboard to a Russian naval facility in the Syrian port of Tartus, Russian news agencies quoted a source in the general staff as saying on Friday. The … Continue reading

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Big Russian fleet nears Syria. Iran to fight regime change as foreign forces pile up

 Russian, Western and Arab forces were piling up on Syrian borders Wednesday, July 25, bringing closer a war confrontation which could spur the Assad regime into making good on its threat to use chemical weapons against “external aggression.” Based on … Continue reading

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Russia accuses US of justifying terrorism in Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Wednesday of justifying terrorism against the Syrian government and berated Western nations he said had not condemned attacks that killed top members of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s inner circle. Referring to … Continue reading

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NATO, Russian naval-air buildup in E. Mediterranean, French units to Gulf

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle NATO, which proclaims non-involvement in the Syrian conflict, and Russia, which vows to block foreign military action against the Assad regime, are both moving large naval forces into the eastern Mediterranean opposite Syrian shores. A … Continue reading

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For the Nay-Sayers, This War Will Be Quite A Surprise

For those who insist that we will not go to war in the Middle East again, the coming events will be quite a shock.  The US already has Special Forces (Rangers, Pathfinders, SOAR, Delta, 10th Mountain, etc) in the AO, … Continue reading

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134 killed in southern Russia floods disaster

Flash floods deluged Russia’s southern Krasnodar, killing at least 134 people — many feared drowned in their beds — in the region’s worst natural disaster in decades, officials and witnesses said Saturday. President Vladimir Putin inspected the damage by helicopter, … Continue reading

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