The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in an “urgent action bulletin” published today states that President Putin has ordered over 3 million regular and reserve military forces to their highest alert status, and further ordered the defense-industrial complex to immediately and drastically increase the production of missiles manufactured for air defense and missile defense complexes by 200%, over fears... 

An Upper House lawmaker says very soon Russia will introduce a law banning draft dodgers from becoming government ministers, judges and prosecutors. Senator Viktor Ozerov (Khabarovsk Region), who shared this forecast with reporters, currently chairs the Defense and Security Committee in the Federation Council. “Very soon we will pass the law that would preclude draft dodgers from assuming high posts... 

A “Termit” anti-ship cruise missile launched from the missile boat “R-123” during tactical exercises of the Russian Baltic Fleet with missile firings in the Baltic Sea. President Putin has told senior officers of Russia’s domestic security service that despite the constantly increasing foreign pressure, the situation in the country will improve, once it stops giving in to... 

No doubt the New West sees something like this as dangerous and subversive. Undeterred by his waning power over nationalism in the UK, Nick Griffin has kept with his cause by declaring that Russia will save “Christendom”. The former BNP leader was expelled from the organisation last year, after members accused him of attempting to “destabilise” it and of “harassing” its membership. Griffin... 

Russia faces the renewal of conflict in Ukraine simultaneously with three more Ukraine-type situations along its Asian border. While Washington works assiduously to undermine the Minsk agreement that German chancellor Merkel and French president Hollande achieved in order to halt the military conflict in Ukraine, Washington has sent Victoria Nuland to Armenia to organize a “color revolution” or... 

It’s time to think about the prospects of creating a currency union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, President Vladimir Putin has said. “We think the time has come to talk about the possibility to form a currency union in the future,” Putin said Friday at a meeting with his Kazakh and Belarusian counterparts Nursultan Nazarbaev and Aleksandr Lukashenko in Astana. It’s easier to protect... 

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet and paratrooper units on full alert, state media report, in response to aggressive anti-Russian NATO drills held in Poland. Putin issued the order as part of snap military drills, RIA news agency cited Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying on Monday. The report added that around 40,000 servicemen, 41 warships,... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Washington of organizing what he describes as an armed coup in Ukraine, saying Moscow saw through the US ploy of hiding behind Europe in the bid to overthrow the former Ukrainian government. “The trick of the situation was that outwardly the [Ukrainian] opposition was supported mostly by the Europeans. But we knew for sure that the real masterminds were... 

Vladimir Putin has said Russia was so fearful of attack at the height of the Ukraine crisis that it was preparing to arm its nuclear weapons, in extraordinary claims aired on state TV on Sunday night. Amid ongoing Russian media speculation that the President was watching the Crimea documentary from his sickbed, Mr Putin’s full interview with Rossiya One provided new insight into his country’s... 

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that the Federation is now in a “state of war” thus bringing to full activation President Putin’s “Dead Hand” nuclear order issued 29 July 2014 to The Strategic Missile Forces (SMF). According to this report, the full activation of the much feared “Dead Hand” nuclear option was authorized under President Putin’s previous order due to... 

North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin North Korea and Russia have agreed to boost their bilateral ties in 2015 under the banner of the “year of friendship.” The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that Russia and North Korea would “develop the bilateral relations on to a new higher stage in various fields, including politics, economy and culture... 

Russia’s Security Council has accused the United States of plotting to oust President Vladimir Putin by aiding opposition groups. Nikolai Patrushev, the council’s chief, said on Wednesday that Washington is financing the opposition and encouraging mass demonstrations against Putin. Patrushev added that the US funds Russian political groups under the guise of promoting civil society, just as in... 

Russia has no intention of canceling its embargo on food products from countries that imposed sanctions on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich says. “We are not planning to cancel the food embargo so far,” said Dvorkovich at the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum on Saturday. The deputy premier added that Russian authorities are instead discussing the reduction of... 

February 11, 2015. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko pose for a group photo at Independence Palace in Minsk after restricted attendance peace talks on Ukraine held by the Russian, German, French and Ukrainian leaders. An agreement has been brokered in Minsk to stop hostilities in... 

U.S. General Philip Breedlove, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe. NATO’s commander in chief says the West should not rule out arming Ukraine. General Philip Breedlove said no troops would be sent to the region, but providing Kiev with weapons and equipment was on the cards. Speaking to reporters at a security conference in Munich on Saturday, Breedlove said: “I don’t think we should preclude...