Tag: Russia

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the top agenda items at this year’s BRICS summit in Russia, U.S. diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, and a major ...

How do you solve a problem like the Houthis? The U.S. Navy has certainly tried. It’s fired missiles at the militia’s facilities in Yemen. Together with the British Royal Navy, ...

According to an August report from the Russian state news agency TASS, the Kremlin plans to become a “safe haven for people trying to escape Western liberal ideals.” To this ...

There are growing reports that North Korea is sending as many as 3,000 troops to assist Russia in its war on Ukraine. If true, it would not only be the ...

As Moldovans prepare to go to the polls on Oct. 20, it looks like another round of the familiar geopolitical standoff between Russia and the West over the countries in ...

The government of Russia confirmed on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia is not yet an official member of the anti-American BRICS coalition, claiming that the Middle East will formalize its position ...

Former President Donald Trump declined to say Tuesday in Chicago whether he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin since leaving office, but he said that it would be a ...

A Russian man’s whale watching adventure turned into a 67-day nightmare. On Oct. 14, a fishing vessel in the Sea of Okhotsk spotted a small inflatable boat carrying a Russian ...

The latest Russian offensive in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, threatens to finally topple the city of Pokrovsk—and that carries both military and economic risks for a beleaguered Ukraine already bracing ...

The growing strength of Chinese-Russian alignment—and how to counter it—is one of the major issues occupying Western strategic minds. It is commonly acknowledged that Beijing and Moscow have drawn closer ...