New Terroist Act in Russia! Two suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed 12 people in southern Russia on Wednesday, two days after deadly suicide bombings blamed on the region’s militants tore through the Moscow subway system. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday’s blasts in the province of Dagestan may have been organized by the same militants who attacked... 

Russia is on edge today amid fears of a tide of suicide bombers as two blasts killed at least 11 people in Kizlyar just two days after twin bombs hit Moscow. Investigators said a suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform set off the second of the blasts in Dagestan. This time both bombers were male. Two days ago two female bombers with links to insurgents in the turbulent North Caucasus killed 39... 

* Two bombs, 40mins apart, detonated during morning rush hour * At least 37 people dead, 65 injured * Chechen Muslims claimed responsibility. Rouble falls Two female suicide bombers killed at least 37 people and injured 65 by targeting two packed Moscow tube trains during the busy rush hour today. President Dmitry Medvedev declared Russia would act ‘without compromise’ to root out terrorists... 

The main pro-Kremlin party condemned on Friday plans by Moscow’s mayor to display portraits of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the Russian capital as part of World War II Victory Day celebrations. “The United Russia party does not support Yury Luzhkov’s idea of decorating Moscow with Joseph Stalin posters ahead of the 65th anniversary of the Soviet victory,” the party... 

Russia has serious concerns about U.S. plans to deploy missile interceptors in Romania, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The statement from ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko reflected Moscow’s irritation about the U.S. missile defense plans and signaled tensions in relations with Washington. Nesterenko said that Russia has been annoyed to learn about the move from the media. “We... 

Russian Bear Awoken Last month, Russia signed a deal establishing a military base in the breakaway state of Abkhazia, reinforcing Russia’s image as a threat to stability in the region. The deal allows for the building of a military base that would house 3,000 Russian troops for 49 years. Plans to build a naval base in Abkhazia’s port of Ochamchire also indicate Russia’s commitment to future presence... 

Moscow's Red Square Moscow, which conspicuously left out any mention of China’s growing influence and power in its newly adopted military doctrine, is revealing the depth of its alarm, however, through its trade and business decisions, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. The new doctrine takes aim at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which Moscow identifies... 

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Russia’s new military doctrine does not identify NATO as its major threat but Moscow is disturbed by the alliance’s “endless enlargement”, President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on Thursday. Russia has made future NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia, two former Soviet republics, a ‘red line’ in its relations... 

Russia will have to respond as it is concerned by NATO’s active eastward expansion and the U.S. plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Europe, Russia’s top military officer said on Wednesday. “If we say that we should tackle possible threats together, we should respect each other and trust each other instead of strengthening military blocs near the Russian border,”... 

A record snowfall hit Moscow over the weekend. This February has become the most snowy month in 40 years, with snow cover almost 1.5 times higher than longstanding average figures. More than 20,000 units of public utility vehicles and around 5,500 utility workers have been cleaning out Moscow streets and roads. In total 392,000 cubic meters of snow was taken out of the city to melting stations on... 

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the government to work out a bill easing immigration restrictions in the country and consider the cancelation of immigration quotas for high-qualified foreign specialists, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The bill is intended to “optimize” the immigration regime for foreigners invited to work in Russia by “organizations implementing investment,... 

Nikolai Makarov Russia’s top general said on Tuesday that plans for a U.S. missile shield are directed against his country. “The development and establishment of the (U.S.) missile shield is directed against the Russian Federation,” Interfax news agency quoted Russian armed forces chief of staff, Nikolai Makarov, as saying. Source  Read More »

Dealing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates a diplomatic slap, France announced Monday it will sell at least one amphibious assault warship to Russia. The sale, the first by a NATO member to Russia, comes despite objections from U.S. and other NATO members and was disclosed while Mr. Gates was visiting Paris. The French sale will help Moscow to begin modernizing its aging armed forces at a time when... 

Russian President In late December, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev announced that his government intended to develop a new generation of nuclear weapons. Medvedev’s statement came in the midst of ongoing and thus far unsuccessful negotiations with the US over the signing of a new treaty that would replace the recently expired START-I agreement on nuclear weapons. Speaking on television on Christmas... 

Russian Army Parading in Moscow The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, last week issued what has become one of his customary trademark warnings by announcing that Russia will start to build offensive weapons to counter American global aggression. Moscow and Washington are currently in discussions regarding a successor to the landmark Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty which was signed between the...