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Daimler Opens New Mercedes-Benz Plant In Russia With Putin In Attendance
Germany's Daimler AG officially opens its new automotive manufacturing facility at the Esipovo Industrial Park just north of Moscow. Germany's Daimler AG officially opens its new automotive manufacturing facility at the Esipovo Industrial Park just north of Moscow. -
Russia’s Avangard Hypersonic Weapon is Useless; Has No Rocket To Launch It
With his usual bombast, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced -- misleadingly -- that Russia will deploy its new hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) in 2019. With his usual bombast, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced -- misleadingly -- that Russia will deploy its new hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) in 2019. -
Head of Russian Spy Agency GRU Dies Suddenly from ‘Long Illness’
The current chief of the intelligence arm of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has met an untimely death -- as did his predecessor. The current chief of the intelligence arm of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has met an untimely death -- as did his predecessor. -
Putin Pal Prigozhin Leading Effort to Undermine U.S. Midtterm Elections
Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, the most heavily sanctioned among the close coterie of oligarchs surrounding Russian president Vladimir Putin, is running a troll farm striving to influence the U.S. mid-term elections in favor of president Donald Trump's Republican Party. Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, the most heavily sanctioned among the close coterie of oligarchs surrounding Russian president Vladimir Putin, is running a troll farm striving to influence the U.S. mid-term elections in favor of president Donald Trump's Republican Party. -
Pakistan Sends Deadly Message To India With Nuclear Missile Test
Pakistan, the only Arab Muslim country armed with nuclear weapons and indigenous ballistic missiles, sent a message of displeasure to India by intentionally testing one of its nuclear capable ballistic missiles to coincide with India's acquisition of an advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) defense system from Russia. Pakistan, the only Arab Muslim country armed with nuclear weapons and indigenous ballistic missiles, sent a message of displeasure to India by intentionally testing one of its nuclear capable ballistic missiles to coincide with India's acquisition of an advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) defense system from Russia. -
Japan and Russia Remain At War; Still No Peace Treaty Ending World War II
Japan has repudiated a spur of the moment decision by Russian president Vladimir Putin to formally end World War II with a peace treaty "without any preconditions" and before the year ends because it would cede to Russia permanent control of several Japanese islands illegally seized by the Soviet Union. Japan has repudiated a spur of the moment decision by Russian president Vladimir Putin to formally end World War II with a peace treaty "without any preconditions" and before the year ends because it would cede to Russia permanent control of several Japanese islands illegally seized by the Soviet Union. -
Russia Faces Collapse Due To Pension Crisis, Says Putin
Vladimir Putin's hold on power, and the stability of his beloved Russia, is being threatened as never before by a hugely unpopular pension reform program that raises the retirement age, and thus delays the release of pensions for Russia's millions of pensioners. Vladimir Putin's hold on power, and the stability of his beloved Russia, is being threatened as never before by a hugely unpopular pension reform program that raises the retirement age, and thus delays the release of pensions for Russia's millions of pensioners. -
China Successfully Tests Its Hypersonic Aircraft
China announced its successful flight tests of a hypersonic aircraft that reached a speed of Mach 6 or 4,563 miles per hour. This means that the aircraft has traveled six times the speed of sound. China announced its successful flight tests of a hypersonic aircraft that reached a speed of Mach 6 or 4,563 miles per hour. This means that the aircraft has traveled six times the speed of sound.