In Third World War Now Going On, ‘Russia has No Allies,’ Venediktov Says
I thought this piece important enough to break out of the latest compilation. Paul Goble’s claims seem to echo mine. We are in an information and influence war of Russia vs. the West. </end...
View ArticleHow Did the Pentagon Quantify This Bizarre Statistic on ‘Russian Trolls’?
Unfortunately, this is a hit piece and is not truly asking nor exploring “How Did the Pentagon Quantify This Bizarre Statistic on ‘Russian Trolls’?” It does, however, give insight as to the bias...
View ArticleOne tiny corner of the U.S. government pushes back against Russian...
Polygraph is part of a small U.S. government effort to counter the Russian propaganda machine. by Ken Dilanian and Rich Gardella / Apr.15.2018 / 9:05 AM ET WASHINGTON — When reports began to emerge...
View ArticleRussian Investigative Journalist Dies After Fall From Window; Editor Rejects...
April 15, 2018 17:51 GMT RFE/RL’s Russian Service Russian investigative journalist Maksim Borodin of Yekaterinburg has died of injuries sustained on April 12 when he fell from the window of his...
View ArticleZero Shades of Grey: Russian-Ops Violate International Law
by Steven J. Barela March 29, 2018 A lot more is known since January 2017 when I wrote a piece for Just Security arguing that the Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election should be interpreted as...
View ArticleMacron: Russia Complicit In Syrian CW Attack
News from French TV from a trusted source, Macron is being interviewed right now on French TV. He just accused Moscow of being “complicit” (quote) with Assad’s chemical attack because Russia blocked...
View ArticleUS to Impose Sanctions on Russia Following Syrian Chemical Attack
KELCEY CAULDER | APR 15, 2018 | 12:17 PM U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the United States would place new sanctions on Russia following last week’s deadly chemical weapons...
View ArticleSYRIA’S WAR Why Russia did not respond to the US strikes on Syria
Despite its hostile rhetoric, Russia has taken care to avoid confrontation on the ground in Syria. by Leonid Issaev After a week of rhetorical escalation between the US and Russia – much of it...
View ArticleRussian General’s Claim of 71 Missiles Downed Countered by Experts, Evidence
“Syria’s air defense system, based on the Soviet-manufactured air defense systems, has successfully repulsed the strikes from aviation and naval means of destruction. 71 cruise missiles have been...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (42)
Take a look at this fairly high-resolution picture of the Barzah chemical weapons research and development facility. I’m not an IMINT expert, but in direct contrast to typical Russian and Syrian...
View ArticleCompetitive Strategies Against Russia Are Seductive, Dangerous, And Unnecessary
JOSHUA ROVNER APRIL 16, 2018 SPECIAL SERIES – THE BRUSH PASS Editor’s Note: “The Brush Pass” is a monthly column by Joshua Rovner (@joshrovner1) on intelligence, strategy, and statecraft. In 1987,...
View ArticleChinese Spies Engaged in Massive Theft of U.S. Technology
Obama weakened counterintelligence against foreign spies, Congress told By Bill Gertz April 12, 2018 5:00 am China is engaged in large-scale theft of American research and technology from universities,...
View ArticlePompeo confirms ‘a couple hundred’ Russians killed in Syria
BY REBECCA KHEEL – 04/12/18 12:31 PM EDT Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo pointed Thursday to the U.S. military killing “a couple hundred” Russians in Syria as evidence of the Trump...
View Article‘Special Units’ in Russia Were Trained in Ways of Skripal Attack, U.K. Says
We may never know all the facts behind this obviously secretive operation, but we are knocking holes in the wall. Yet another discovery and disclosure of information injurious to Russian intelligence...
View ArticleU.S. Says Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons at Least 50 Times During War
By RICK GLADSTONEAPRIL 13, 2018 The United States accused the Syrian government on Friday of using banned chemical arms at least 50 times since Syria’s civil war began seven years ago — substantially...
View ArticlePushing back Russia in the Middle East: A thought experiment
Of note, following a telephone call between French President Macron and President Trump this weekend, President Trump agreed to leave US troops in Syria “long term”. This fulfills the first...
View ArticleRussia: war and punishment
Successive punishments on Russia have not curtailed transgressions. To avoid a standoff reminiscent of the Cold War, John Raine considers a strategy centred on weakening Russian capabilities and...
View ArticleU.S., Britain blame Russia for global cyber attack
Jim Finkle, Doina Chiacu (Reuters) – The United States and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking equipment used by government...
View ArticleTheresa May: Russia, Syria working to ‘conceal the facts’ of gas attack
The UN OPCW team, authorized and sent from the UN, has been blocked from reaching the attack site. Russia and Syrian forces, citing “security concerns”, are preventing the UN team from performing its...
View ArticleKremlin Watch Briefing – 17 April 2018
Good morning, We have recently begun gathering information about investigations into the Kremlin’s influence operations conducted by national parliaments. Thus far, we are aware of cases in the United...
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