Russia

Russia launches huge nuclear war training exercise that ‘involves 40 million people’

  ‘Schizophrenics from America are sharpening nuclear weapons for Moscow,’ says Russian government-run TV network Matt Payton A Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of delivering multiple nuclear weapons, is paraded through Moscow’s Red Square in the 2009 Victory Day parade DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images The Russian government has launched a nationwide […]

U.S. Suspends Talks With Russia Over Syria

Source: Time By Matthew Lee / AP (WASHINGTON) — In a sharp deterioration of relations, the U.S. on Monday suspended diplomatic contacts with Russia over Syria, while Moscow halted cooperation on a joint program for disposal of weapons-grade plutonium. The U.S. move followed a threat last week from Secretary of State […]

US air attack endangers truce

Source: BBC A US-led air attack in eastern Syria that killed dozens of government troops fighting so-called Islamic State has endangered an already shaky ceasefire deal, Russia says. Russia says at least 62 Syrian troops were killed in the Deir al-Zour strikes on Saturday. The US has expressed “regret” for the “unintentional […]