Russia embraces Pakistan with gas and diplomacy
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: As US influence in Islamabad wanes, former adversary Moscow is building military, diplomatic and economic ties that could upend historic alliances in the region and open up […]
Putin’s bravado speech
Mar 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Russian President Vladimir Putin’s State of the Union address on Thursday at the Federal Assembly came ahead of the Russian presidential elections due to […]
To Putin, Assad’s enemies in Syria are the same as Russia’s in Chechnya
For the Russian President, those Chechens who resisted his firepower inside Russia are merely continuing their struggle inside a Russian ally further to the south Robert Fisk @indyvoices Putin was trying to restore Chechnya to Russian sovereignty. In Ghouta – or in Aleppo – he was and is trying to […]
Why Vladimir Putin’s ‘Invincible’ Missile Claim Comes at a Bad Time
Source: Time By W.J. HENNIGAN Standing before a fiery video simulation of nuclear warheads raining down on the state of Florida, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Moscow ready to deliver a swift response […]
Russia’s Putin unveils ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons
Source: BBC News Russia has developed a new array of nuclear weapons that are invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin made the claims as he laid out his […]
Raised by ISIS, Returned to Chechnya: ‘These Children Saw Terrible Things’
Source: The New York Times By ANDREW E. KRAMER Belant Zulgayeva walking with her grandsons in the village of Dachu-Borzoi, outside Grozny, Russia. CreditSergey Ponomarev for The New York Times GROZNY, Russia […]
Pakistan’s critical role in the New Cold War
M. K. Bhadrakumar – February 23, 2018 1.8k SHARES ShareTweetPrintMail M K Bhadrakumar | Afghanistan, no doubt, was what brought Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to Moscow on a ‘working […]
Amateur hour in the Middle East
Feb 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Gwynne Dyer On Sunday, it was revealed that the Syrian army has made a deal to help the Syrian Kurds, who are technically rebels, fight off the Turkish invasion of Afrin, a chunk of Syrian territory on the north-western border with Turkey that has […]
A Former Russian Troll Explains How to Spread Fake News
Source: Time By SIMON SHUSTER and SANDRA IFRAIMOVA February 21, 2018 In the fall of 2015, soon after he moved to St. Petersburg from his hometown in Siberia, Vitaly Bespalov, an aspiring journalist, […]
Is Russia attempting to erase Crimean Muslim culture?
Crimean Tatars fear the Kremlin, after annexation, is chipping away at identity of the 250,000-strong Muslim ethnicity. by Mansur Mirovalev 18 Feb 2018 Russia’s restoration of the Big Khan Mosque […]
Jordan set to enter Eurasia markets with Russia’s support
By JT – Feb 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held a summit meeting that focused on Jordanian-Russian strategic […]
Russian Ban on Jehovah Witnesses: Religious Freedom, Human Rights of the Members or the National Security?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the disbanding of the Jehovah’s Witnesses on Russian territory. The ban came into […]
‘Russian pilot killed after Syria rebels down plane’
By AFP – Feb 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Saturday shows smoke billows from the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in the Syrian city of […]
A disappointing gathering in Sochi
Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The Russian-brokered Sochi “peace conference” on Syria dubbed as the Syrian Congress of National Dialogue held on Tuesday was off to a disappointing start and ended […]
CIA chief says China ‘as big a threat to US’ as Russia
Source: BBC News Chinese efforts to exert covert influence over the West are just as concerning as Russian subversion, the director of the CIA has said. Mike Pompeo told the […]
Russian bases in Syria attacked with drones, defense ministry says
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Russia said on Monday its naval and air bases in Syria were attacked using drones on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported. The Russian Defense Ministry said there were no casualties or damage as a result of the attacks, which involved […]
Reliving Lenin’s ride: A revolutionary train journey across wartime Europe
By Thomas Dworzak / Magnum Photos, Jo Fahy (text), Ester Unterfinger (picture editor) Photos showing Lenin’s journey from Switzerland to Russia This content was published on December 16, 2017 A […]
Stark Partisan Divisions Over Russia Probe, Including Its Importance to the Nation
Source: pew Research Center Trump’s style, Twitter use top ‘disappointments’ among supporters A majority of Americans say they think senior members of Donald Trump’s administration definitely or probably had improper […]
Ankara overturns post-Cold War diplomacy
NAGEHAN ALÇI @Nagehanalci Ankara building ties with Russia does not mean it is moving away from the Western-bloc, but instead adopting a multiple-axis foreign policy Articles COLUMNS Washington needs […]
What the Russian Revolution can teach us about the Middle East today
The Bolshevik demonisation of the ‘White’ Russians in the ferocious anti-religious, anti-capitalist posters on display in Paris at the Musee de l’Armee are not dissimilar to the “war against terror” which Bashar al-Assad and the Russians think they are fighting in Syria today Robert Fisk Paris The casualty figures don’t […]