• McCain warns Trump not to become too friendly with Russia

    The republican senator John McCain warned US president-elect Donald Trump against softening relations with Russia. McCain stated that any “reset” of these relations will be a dangerous step.

    The remarks of John McCain, the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and an avid critic of Russia, showed rising tensions between Trump and the republicans in the senate with regard to Russia. McCain referred to a recent phone conversation between Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin …

  • UN: Russia is a 'state occupier' and must adhere to its obligations under international law

    During the meeting of the Third Committee of the General Assembly, the United Nations approved a resolution called "Situation of Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea and the City of Sevastopol,” initiated by Ukraine.

    Seventy-three countries voted in favor of the resolution, 23 were against and 76 countries abstained, reported Krym.Realii.

    The document condemns the massive human rights violations in the occupied Crimea and calls for Russia as a state-occupier to adhere to …

  • Russian State Duma proposes a ban on foreign education for children of state officials

    The draft law prohibiting children of state officials to study abroad has been submitted for consideration to the State Duma (Russian parliament), as reported by Rosbalt. If the draft law is adopted in the State Duma, under-age children of separate officials and public, civil and municipal servants will not be allowed to study abroad.

    An exception will be made for cases where parents have been working abroad for more than a year, as the explanatory note to the project states. The author of the …

  • Russian military receives inflatable tanks to use as decoys

    Inflatable tanks and missile systems are being used as a deception technique. The dense fabric does not repel an enemy attack, but it is successful in causing confusion. As the manufacturer states, add a little air, straighten the cannon, and you won’t be able to distinguish it from a real one.

    "From a height of about 10 stories, if an inflatable is next to a real weapon, it is difficult to distinguish between the two. Our inflatable machines emit heat. They also reflect radio waves and light …

  • Peskov: Putin and Trump did not discuss the Crimea or Ukraine during phone conversation

    According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump did not discuss the Crimea or the war in eastern Ukraine during their phone conversation on Monday, TASS reported.

    Responding a question of whether Putin and Trump discussed Ukraine and the Crimea, Peskov answered, “No, it was not discussed.”

    “Once again, it was a very constructive conversation,” Peskov stated. “The whole tone of the conversation largely corresponded with the …