They dominated much of the frozen north for 350,000 years before dying out at the end of the last ice age, but woolly mammoths could soon return to Siberia if Russian scientists …
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; Russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) Rossíiskaya akadémiya naúk) consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals.
An Initial Set of Sites That Reliably Echo Russian Propaganda We have used a combination of manual and automated analysis, including analysis of content, timing, technical indicators, and other reporting, in order to initially identify (“red-flag”) the following as Russian propaganda outlets.
Russian Scientists Explain ‘Novichok’ – High Time For Britain To Come Clean (Updated) A week ago we asked if ‘Novichok’ poisons are real. The answer is now in: It is ‘yes’ and ‘no’. Several Russian scientist now say that they once researched and developed lethal poisons but they assert that other countries can and have copied these.
The UK would respond “robustly” to any evidence of Russian involvement in the collapse of former spy Sergei Skripal, Boris Johnson has said. Mr Skripal, 66, and his teen Yulia, 33, are critically ill in hospital after being found unconscious in Salisbury, Wiltshire. The foreign secretary said he
DEADLY AGENT What is Novichok, was the nerve agent used in the Russian spy poisoning and what did the Foreign Office deleted tweet read?
Is nationalism what really drives Russian politics? Many politicians and political scientists (including, for example, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Zbigniew Brzezinski) argue that the 2014 annexation of Crimea showed President Vladimir Putin’s desire to construct the “Soviet Union 2.0” — and direct
As international chemical weapons traveled to Great Britain this week to study samples of the nerve agent used to poison Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his teen, Yulia, Moscow decided to go on the offensive and accuse London of orchestrating the apparent assassination attempt and stockpiling the toxin in secret laboratories.. On Tuesday, …
Congressional Research Service Reports on Foreign Policy and Regional Affairs Policy Issues. Withdrawal from International Agreements: Legal Framework, the Paris Agreement, and the Iran Nuclear Agreement, May 4, 2018; OPIC, USAID, and Proposed Development Finance Reorganization, April 27, 2018; Foreign Aid: An Introduction to …
The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (Russian: Слу́жба вне́шней разве́дки, tr. Sluzhba vneshney razvedki, IPA: [ˈsluʐbə ˈvnʲɛʂnʲɪj rɐˈzvʲɛtkʲɪ]) or SVR RF (Russian: СВР РФ) is Russia’s external intelligence agency, mainly for civilian affairs.The SVR RF succeeded the First Chief Directorate (PGU) of the KGB in …