Londongrad: Explosion in number of Russian spies in UK November 5, 2018 The number of Russian spies in the UK has exploded in recent years with up to five times as many Russian case offices in the UK as there were in 2010, a new report says. The report from think tank the Henry Jackson Society says there are 200 Russian case offices in the UK handling [...]
Russia to deploy hypersonic missiles which can evade defence systems ‘within months’ October 18, 2018 Vladimir Putin has said Russia will deploy new state-of-the-art missiles “within months”, putting the country ahead of its rivals in the West. The new hypersonic missiles could evade western defence systems. Read more: Kremlin says Dutch expulsion of Russian agents was a "misunderstanding" “We have overcome all our partners and competitors, so to speak, in [...]
Novichok culprit charged in Skripal poisoning case named as Russian colonel September 26, 2018 One of the two suspects in the case regarding the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March has been revealed as a Russian colonel, according to reports. Ruslan Boshirov, who was charged alongside Alexander Petrov with the attempted murder of the Skripal pair by British police, was named [...]
Theresa May says she trusts President Donald Trump despite Iran sanctions September 24, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May has stood by the UK's special relationship with the US despite Donald Trump's decision to take his country out of the Iran nuclear deal, insisting she continues to have trust in the President. "Of course I listen to what the American president tells me," May replied when asked if she trusts Trump [...]
Two innocent gay Russian tourists? How embarrassment may be Putin’s downfall September 18, 2018 Much has been written about the RT interview with the likely Salisbury murderers, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, in which the pair put forward their bizarre account of travelling to the cathedral city (twice) for the joy of seeing the famous spire. The consensus around this absurdist piece of theatre seems to be that President [...]
Russia would consider UK request to interview Novichok suspects September 14, 2018 The Kremlin today said it will consider any request made by the UK to question two Russian men allegedly behind the nerve agent attack in Salisbury. "Without doubt if such a request is made it will be looked at by the Russian side in strict accordance with Russian law,” said Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson. [...]
Russia has banned Wikipedia today in what activists are calling an attack on open internet August 24, 2015 In yet another blow against open internet in Russia, authorities banned Wikipedia today, ostensibly over drug-related content. Officially, this is about a Wikipedia page essentially explaining how to make charas, a kind of cannabis. Kremlin’s surveillance authority Roskomnadzor has been trying to get the page removed, threatening to ban the whole website unless it complied. [...]
Putin is about to win his cynical bet in Ukraine: The West is truly dead August 23, 2015 I am becoming worryingly convinced that Vladimir Putin must be a big fan of this column. Just a few days on from me revealing that he is odds-on favourite to become the super-villain in the next Bond caper, the Russian President confirmed my worst suspicions. Falling back on one of his late-Roger-Moore-era stunts, Putin piloted [...]
Russia enforces ban on Western foods by steamrolling nine tonnes of cheese August 6, 2015 The Russian government has upheld its commitment to its one-year-old ban on Western food by steamrolling tonnes of contraband cheese and destroying fruit with tractors. The government steamrolled nine metric tonnes of contraband cheese and destroyed 60 metric tonnes of peaches and tomatoes, Associated Press reported. The move has been met with protest, according to [...]
Vladimir Putin gets pugnacious about prophylactics as Russia bans foreign condom imports August 6, 2015 It seems Vladimir Putin is getting serious about sex, after he rubber-stamped a new rule banning foreign condom imports. Yep – despite the fact that the number of people infected with HIV in Russia almost doubled from 500,000 to 930,000 between 2010 and 2014, Putin has added prophylactics to a list of banned foreign foreign [...]