Russia-Japan ties have long been strained as a peace treaty at the end of World War II was never signed because of Japanese claims to the Kuril islands. This is great news and we fully agree with mr. Putin here. There was a war, Russia won the war fair and square and lost millions of lives in the war, they captured the islands and now Japan wants them back. Well tell you what, then Russia wants all... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law suspending the Cold War-era INF Treaty. Putin announced in February that he would halt participation in the treaty after Washington’s abrupt decision to pull out of the agreement. The Trump administration announced last October that the US would pull out of the treaty which has been a cornerstone of European security since its signing in 1987.... 

It’s a scenario straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, an asteroid is careening towards Earth and is set to wipe out human existence. To mark Asteroid Day, here are four space rocks on a collision course with our planet. The United Nations fears that the possibility of an asteroid smashing into a densely populated area isn’t being taken seriously enough, so it designated June 30 as International... 

The frontrunner in the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and UK prime minister wrote an extensive piece for a British newspaper on Sunday to comment on a recent interview by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said that liberal ideas were no longer supported by a majority of people in Western nations. The United Kingdom will show Russian President Vladimir Putin its commitment... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that “liberalism has become obsolete” and that multiculturalism is “no longer tenable.” In an interview with Financial Times last week, Putin explained the rise of Trump and nationalism worldwide was a reaction to the failures of globalism. “The ruling elites have broken away from the people,” Putin said, adding that the “so-called liberal idea... 

Tensions between Iran and the US have intensified since Tehran downed an American drone, which as Iran said, had violated the country’s borders. Washington, meanwhile, has accused Tehran of allegedly attacking oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, something that the Islamic Republic denies doing. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev stated in negotiations with US National Security... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that Donald Trump can secure concessions on key issues by dangling the prospect of a new one-to-one meeting, but reiterated that Moscow is ready for fresh talks. The US president has repeatedly insisted that he will speak face-to-face with Putin at the G20 summit in Osaka next week, and US National Security Advisor John Bolton confirmed on Sunday that Trump... 

Wow this country is simply out of control then they go around calling everyone “rogue states” well now look who is behaving as the rogue state threatening everyone with wars left and right, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran, Syria and others. Now those lunatics go as far as threatening to sabotage Russia’s power grid. Sorry guys but this behavior is the textbook definition of a terrorist... 

Russia says a new US military deployment to Poland announced by President Donald Trump on Wednesday would force Moscow to take retaliatory steps. Trump told Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday that he had decided to send an additional 1,000 troops to Poland to join 4,000 forces already there. The US will also send a squadron of MQ-9 Reaper Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance drones... 

Last month we here at the EUTimes investigated the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and concluded that it was most likely an inside job. Coincidentally or not, shortly after that HBO announced a series of episodes about Chernobyl. Now after HBO’s Chernobyl documentary, Russia announces their own Chernobyl documentary, dissatisfied by the US documentary which portrays them in a negative light. In their... 

Wow this is a major blow to Google! Huawei proved themselves to be really intelligent… this is actually a very clever counter-punch! Google will loose billions of dollars from Huawei, from Play Store purchases, ads and so on while Huawei will loose little to no users at all since most phone users in the world are fan-boys. Nobody will give up on Huawei just because they switched to another OS.... 

President Vladimir Putin has submitted to Russia’s parliament a draft resolution on Moscow’s suspension of the INF Treaty with the United States. If the Duma approves the bill, the suspension will become law. The State Duma will consider the draft later on Thursday. Russian president will be able to renew the suspension at his discretion. In February, the US announced its unilateral withdrawal... 

Despite the crisis in bilateral relations over the course of the past years amid disagreements on a number of global issues, including Syria and Ukraine conflicts, as well as the probe into the alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, space has remained an area of fruitful cooperation of the two countries. The US Department of Defense (DoD) will start implementing a ban on certain... 

A Kosovo police raid in the Serb-dominated area of the breakaway region is a provocation, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said, adding that Pristina’s actions were indulged by the EU and US. Moscow regards the Tuesday intrusion by Kosovo’s special forces (ROSU) into the Serb-populated northern municipalities as a “provocation,” spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Pristina’s ultimate aim,... 

Only the US – not Germany or the EU – is interested in economic sanctions against Russia, the head of the Bundestag’s economy and energy committee has said. German MPs are looking at ways to lift the restrictions, he added. Bundestag energy and economy chief Klaus Ernst of Die Linke party accused the US of behaving as if Germany is its colony, as Washington tries to bully Europeans out of buying...