Energy Diplomacy Isn’t Helping Russia In Africa

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) gestures as Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) and … [+] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) pose for a family photo with African count...

China Helping Russia’s War With Ukraine With Military Aid—Violating Sanctions—Reports Show

Topline China is providing military aid to Russia in violation of U.S.-led sanctions placed by western countries, according to Russian trade data reported by the Wall Street Journal, as tensions build...

U.S. Designates Mercenary Wagner Group—Accused Of Funneling North Korean Weapons To Russia—A ‘Transnational Criminal Organization’

Topline The U.S. Department of Treasury is planning to designate the military company the Wagner Group a “transnational criminal organization,” White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Ki...

Russia’s High-Tech Suicide Squads

In the iconic 1987 movie The Running Man, convicted criminals enter a game show to win their freedom by running a gauntlet of armed opponents, watched by television cameras. A British Intelligence rep...

The Graphic Death of Yevgeny Nuzhin Underlines the Risk of Prisoner Exchanges in Ukraine

An image claimed to be of Russian combatant, Yevgenny Nuzhin while he was an inmate, circulated on … [+] social media. social media/e2w A former Russian prison inmate who defected to Ukraine aft...

Ukrainian Forces Photobombed Russian Mercenaries—With Rockets

US M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers fire salvoes during the “African … [+] Lion” military exercise in the Grier Labouihi region in southeastern Morocco o...

How Desperate Is Russia For Good Troops? It’s Hiring Mercenaries. Even The Law-Breakers.

The smoking wreckage of a Russian Su-25 in Donbas on May 22, 2022. Photo via social media Ukrainian air-defense troops firing a Stinger man-portable missile shot down a Russian Su-25 attack jet over t...