Russian Parliament OKs Anti-US Adoption Bill
The upper chamber of Russia’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted in favor of a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children.
Category: Russia
Assad’s deadly agenda: First, chemicals, next, Iskander 9K720
The Russians have given Bashar Assad his most sophisticated weapon thus far — the Iskander cruise missile which has a hypersonic speed of 1.3 miles per second.
Putin backs ban on US adoptions of Russian children
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin says a draft bill banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children is a legitimate response to a new U.S. law that calls for sanctions on Russians deemed to be human...
Russia sends warships to Syria for possible evacuation
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia sent warships to the Mediterranean to prepare a potential evacuation of its citizens from Syria, a Russian news agency said on Tuesday, a sign President Bashar al-Assad’s key ally is worried about rebel advances...
Panetta signs order to send Patriot missiles to Turkey
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has signed an order to send two Patriot air defense missile batteries and 400 American troops to Turkey as part of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization effort to protect...
Syria government ‘losing control’ – Russian official
A Russian official has said for the first time that the Syrian government may be defeated by opposition forces. President Bashar al-Assad’s forces are “losing more and more control and territory”, deputy foreign minister...
We’re trying to stop the UN from regulating the Internet
A U.N. conference that kicked off today in Dubai has sparked fear of Internet censorship in the U.S. — something U.S. Ambassador Terry Kramer said he is doing everything in his power to prevent....
Iraq wants Exxon out, Russia in
Iraq is reportedly considering replacing US oil major ExxonMobil with Russian companies in the West Qurna-1 project, as the authorities are angered by ExxonMobil’s deal signed with the Kurdistan regional government without Baghdad’s approval.
Russia says it will not renew arms agreement with U.S.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will not renew a decades-old agreement with Washington on dismantling nuclear and chemical weapons when it expires next year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Wednesday....
Syria-Moscow plane ‘was carrying munitions’, says Turkey PM
The Syrian-bound plane forced to land in Turkey was carrying Russian-made munitions, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. The plane, coming from Moscow, was intercepted by Turkish jets on Wednesday and forced...
