Tag Archives: Russia

China to join Russia for largest ever joint naval drills with foreign partner

Posted on July 2, 2013 by DRenegade

China will join Russia later this week for its largest-ever naval drills with a foreign partner, underscoring deepening ties between the former cold war rivals along with Beijing’s desire for closer links with regional militaries. China has long been a key customer for … Continue reading →

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Here Comes the Flexibility that Obama Promised to Russia

Posted on July 1, 2013 by DRenegade

Several documents signed during joint work of Russian Emergency Ministry and FEMA The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry and the USA Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are going to exchange experts during joint rescue operations in major disasters. This is provided … Continue reading →

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Russian Superweapon Being Developed with India

Posted on June 28, 2013 by DRenegade

Moscow’s response to President Obama’s call for a new one-third reduction in deployed strategic nuclear warheads was met with a chilly response, according to recent statements by Russian officials. Additionally, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin, the key arms control official, announced Sunday … Continue reading →

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Russia evacuates Tartus, also military, diplomatic personnel from Syria. High war alert in Israel

Posted on June 26, 2013 by DRenegade

Shortly after the DEBKA aired a special video on the Syrian war’s widening circle, Moscow announced Wednesday June 26, that the evacuation which had begun Friday of all military and diplomatic personnel from Syria was now complete, including the Russian … Continue reading →

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Russia sells China 100 Su-35 fighter jets

Posted on June 25, 2013 by DRenegade

According to a report by Voice of Russia, China and Russia have concluded an export agreement for 100 Su-35 fighter jets during the Paris Air Show. At the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport, Russia had it’s most intensive participation over the past few years. All … Continue reading →

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Treaty Cheating: Russia said to be violating 1987 missile accord

Posted on June 25, 2013 by DRenegade

by Bill Gertz Russia is engaged in a major violation of the terms of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with the United States by building a new medium-range missile banned under the accord, according to U.S. intelligence officials. … Continue reading →

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Russia:”Syria Will Be Armed With Weapons That Have Never Been Seen Before In the Middle East”

Posted on June 22, 2013 by DRenegade

This week, according to a British intelligence report, Putin reportedly passed on a diplomatic communique to the United States and France using British Prime Minister David Cameron as the intermediary. According to the report from Syrian-based Dam Press and the Dyar Newspaper, the … Continue reading →

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Lavrov: Russia will honor its S-300 missile contract with Damascus. Two Russian warships head for Syria

Posted on June 21, 2013 by DRenegade

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, June 20, that Moscow will honor its controversial contract to deliver S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria. He spoke the day after the announcement that two warships carrying 600 Russian marines were … Continue reading →

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Russian marine and air power head for Syria versus Western intervention – “to defend Russian citizens,” says Moscow

Posted on June 19, 2013 by DRenegade

Just one day after the G8 Summit ended in the failure of Western leaders to overcome Russian resistance to a resolution mandating President Bashar Assad’s ouster, Moscow announced Wednesday June 19, the dispatch to Syria of two warships carrying 600 … Continue reading →

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Russia says it will not allow Syria no-fly zones

Posted on June 17, 2013 by DRenegade

Russia, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, will not permit no-fly zones to be imposed over Syria, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Monday. “I think we fundamentally will not allow this scenario,” Lukashevich told a news briefing, … Continue reading →

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Moscow sets up Russian Golan brigade, warns Israel Sunnis plus al Qaeda are bigger threat than Assad

Posted on June 10, 2013 by DRenegade

Moscow is not ready to give up on getting Russian troops posted on the divided Golan as part of the UN force policing the Israeli-Syrian separation sector, even after rejections by the UN and Israel. Monday, June 10, the Russian … Continue reading →

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Russia Conducts Test of New ICBM Designed to Defeat U.S. Defenses

Posted on June 7, 2013 by DRenegade

by Bill Gertz Russia conducted the first flight test of a new inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) that Russian officials say is designed to defeat U.S. missile defenses. The prototype ICBM was launched yesterday from Moscow’s Kapustin Yar missile range, a … Continue reading →

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Putin offers Russian troops in lieu of Austrian Golan peacekeepers

Posted on June 7, 2013 by DRenegade

Just 24 hours after Austria decided to withdraw its 380-strong contingent from the UN force policing the Golan separation zone, President Vladimir Putin stepped forward Friday, June 7, with an offer of a Russian force to take its place on the … Continue reading →

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The Terrible Future Of The Syrian War

Posted on June 6, 2013 by DRenegade

by Brandon Smith The last war America fought openly through proxy was the Vietnam War. The idea was not necessarily “new”; General Smedley Butler’s exposé on his career as a conqueror-for-hire, titled War is a Racket, uncovered a long history of … Continue reading →

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Israeli Arrow II ready for Syrian missiles. US Patriots for Jordan. Moscow backs Hizballah

Posted on June 2, 2013 by DRenegade

“Syrian batteries are in a high state of operability, ready to fire at short notice,” said Israel Air Force Colonel Zvika Haimovich in special briefings to international media Friday. He disclosed that Israel tracks every missile fired in the Syrian civil … Continue reading →

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