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Moscow has told the US to reduce the number of its diplomatic staff in Russia to 455 people, and is also halting the use of embassy storage facilities in the capital, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The retaliatory move ...

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54979 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping made statements for the press following Russian-Chinese talks. July 4, 2017 16:05 The Kremlin, Moscow   President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President Xi Jinping, ladies and gentlemen, The official visit to Russia by President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping ...

The talk of the week is the upcoming meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin on the sidelines of the G20 conference this Friday.  There have been some very good articles already written on this topic, I particularly recommend Adam Garrie’s “5 obstacles ...

Moscow views the US-led coalition’s attack on the Syrian government military jet as an act of aggression and assistance for the terrorists that the US is fighting against, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov. “What is it then, ...

by Pepe Escobar for the Asia Times hina’s cardinal foreign policy imperative is to refrain from interfering abroad while advancing the proverbial good relations with key political actors – even when they may be at each other’s throats. Still, it’s nothing but gut-wrenching ...

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RT reports: The US and its Western allies will use any opportunity to harm Russia, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov told RT. He believes the rise of terrorism in Syria was similar to what happened to his native Chechnya two decades ...

While the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) – the “Mother of All Bombs” – is believed to be the US’ largest non-nuclear bomb, Russia’s Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), nicknamed the “Father of All Bombs,” outpaces ...

It is useless to try to speak with Moscow from the position of ultimatums, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in response to the US state secretary’s remarks on Russia-Syria relations. Traveling to Russia with ultimatums is useless, Russian Foreign Ministry ...

This comment was chosen by moderator FK from the post “Could the fire at the Europe’s largest munitions depot be Ben Hodges’s fault?”. The mod felt this comment was an inspired jeremiad very much addressing the zeitgeist with some, rather ...