Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is called the main organizer and sponsor of the private military company (PMC) Wagner, which sends Russian mercenaries to Syria, was involved in planning an attack by Russian mercenaries on the base of Syrian rebels and American instructors near Deir ezzor, which ended complete defeat ...

The US-led coalition struck pro-government forces in Syria on February 7 that killed dozens of Russian contractors, according to Bloomberg sources. According to two Russian sources, more than two hundred contract soldiers, most of whom are Russians, fighting on the side of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ...

The US-led coalition struck pro-government forces in Syria on February 7, killing dozens of Russian contractors. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing one American official and three Russians familiar with the situation. According to two Russian ...

The US Department of Defense has released the main unclassified provisions of the new National Defense Strategy. China, Russia, North Korea and Iran are named as the main threats to American security in the document. The fifth threat, according to the strategy, comes from terrorist groups. The main principle of the document was the transition from the fight against terrorism to rivalry with the "great powers" such ...

23% of Russians believe that Russia is “surrounded by enemies” on all sides. This is evidenced by the results of a survey by the analytical organization Levada Center. 27% of respondents are confident that “a people who have taken the path of revival will always have enemies.” At the same time, 21% believe that “the most dangerous enemies are...

Russian pioneers from the beginning of the XNUMXth century walked thousands of kilometers to the East. With a kind word, and more often with fire and sword, they conquered dozens of peoples. Even the ocean did not stop the Russian Cossacks, merchants and industrialists - by the middle of the XNUMXth century they were able to overcome it ...

Exactly 150 years ago - October 18, 1867 - the Russian Empire sold its North American colonies to the United States for $7 million. Later, this territory of 1,5 million square kilometers became the state of Alaska. The BBC calculated how large this amount was...

The new US Ambassador to Russia, John Huntsman, said that restoring Ukraine's sovereignty throughout its territory will be a key issue in relations between Washington and Moscow after he takes up his duties. He added that he wants to improve relations with ...

The editor-in-chief of the Russia Today (RT) TV channel in the United States, Margarita Simonyan, announced the likely termination of the work of American media in Russia if her TV channel is forced to refuse broadcasting in the United States due to the requirement of the Department of Justice to register RT as ...

In March 2017, the Russian authorities invested $ 13,5 billion in US government bonds and brought the total investment in this asset to about 100 billion, which is about 25% of Russian foreign investments. Why does Russia keep a significant part of its money ...