A new Ministry of Defense (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin today ahead of the “last chance” peace talks on the Ukrainian crisis, scheduled later today in the Belarusian capitol of Minsk, states that President Putin has ordered the 45th Detached Reconnaissance Regiment and the 5th Tank Brigade to immediately deploy on the border as Ukraine forces are nearing a “catastrophic defeat” at... 

Pravda.Ru had an interview with first deputy head of United Russia faction at the Russian Parliament, leader of the Russian Union of Afghan Veterans, Franz Klintsevich. We spoke about US plans in Ukraine, the situation in the Donbass, perspective of a new coup in Ukraine and Pentagon’s plans for a nuclear attack on Russia. “There is a theory saying that during the Caribbean crisis, there... 

Ukrainian army troops on the outskirts of the city of Izium. Britain has joined the United States in saying it reserves the right to supply the Kiev government with lethal aid amid a new round of peace talks over the crisis in eastern Ukraine. Britain will not allow the Ukrainian army to collapse in its fight against pro-Russians in eastern Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond stated during... 

Anti-Western sentiments in Russia have reached their highest levels in 25 years with an overwhelming majority of people harboring a negative attitude toward the United States and the European Union, a poll shows. Relations between Russia and the US appear to have come undone after the beginning of the Ukrainian standoff more than one year ago, independent pollster the Levada Center said on Monday. According... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin as he speaks during a press conference in Moscow on December 18, 2014. Russian president says his country will never accept a world order which is headed by one single government. Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Moscow will oppose a unipolar world order where an undisputed leader imposes his own will on the world. “There’s an attempt to disguise the current... 

Russia’s Ambassador to NATO, Aleksandr Grushko. NATO weapons deliveries to Ukraine are unacceptable and could lead to dangerous and unpredictable consequences, says Moscow’s NATO envoy. He also urges the OSCE to look into the use and origin of Western arms already supplied to the country. Moscow is warning Washington against sending arms to war-torn Ukraine, including military hardware being... 

China has a serious shortage of women, due to their one child policy, which was adopted following Mao’s retarded “as many children as physically possible” policy. Women, when pregnant with a girl, have tended to abort it so that they will have a son to carry on the family name. Instead of looking inside of Asia for women to import (Southeast Asia has plenty available), China is instead looking... 

A truly grim Ministry of Defence (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin today gives stark validity to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moving their Doomsday Clock to “3 minutes to midnight” on 30 January as it details what its authors label as a “Shock Of March” battle plan to simultaneously attack both Norway and Saudi Arabia while at the same time holding the European Union-United States... 

The Central Bank of Russia bought a record amount of gold in the first 11 months of 2014 spending an estimated $6.1 billion. Increasing gold reserves attempts to reduce dependence on the dollar amid geopolitical tension, Mark O’Byrne of GoldCore, told RT. Russia’s gold purchases accounted for a third of the world’s total of 461 tons, according to research by Thomson Reuters GFMS (Gold Fields... 

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. Greece hasn’t outright asked Russia for a loan, but Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Moscow wouldn’t rule it out. His statement comes days after Greece openly opposed further economic sanctions against Russia. “Well, we can imagine any situation, so if such [a] petition is submitted to the Russian government, we will definitely consider... 

Delegates at a plenary meeting held as part of the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). After leaving the Parliamentary Assembly, which Russian officials believe has lost its credibility as a platform for mature and equal dialogue, Moscow will focus on other global forums and may even reconsider its membership to the Council of Europe. “It is impossible for... 

S&P on Monday downgraded Russia’s credit grade to junk status. Rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Russia’s credit rating to the speculative BB+ grade from BBB-. Analysts say that the decision of the rating agency was politically motivated. The speculative level means that securities that a BB+ state issues can only be good for short-term transactions to earn on their... 

Russia’s new sea-based cruise missiles reduce the military power of the United States on a vast geopolitical region from Warsaw to Kabul and from Rome to Baghdad. US President Barack Obama, speaking at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, stated that Russia’s actions posed the largest threat to the world. According to Obama, Russia is more dangerous to the world than international... 

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on January 21, 2015, holds up a fragment of a bus in which 13 civilians were allegedly killed in a rocket attack by pro-Russia forces last week. Ukrainian president has accused Moscow of backing pro-Russia forces in the east of the country with thousands of troops. Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that more than 9,000 troops have been sent by Russia to support... 

A view of the airfield at Sheremetyevo International Airport. A full passenger plane was quarantined in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport for about 4 hours, after pilots told the ground staff one of the travelers was suffering from suspected Ebola symptoms. “Several minutes before landing we received an alert from the pilots about a passenger, and after being put in quarantine, she was looked at by...