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Obama proposes the reduction of nuclear wapons. The ballistic missile defense shield NATO is implementing may make it necessary for Russia to keep a higher level of nuclear deterrence.
From behind a bullet-proof glass, U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany June 19, 2013 (Reuters / Kevin ...
Russia promises legal action over NSA surveillance scandal
June 19, 2013 13:06 The scandal over illegal data interception by US security services questions the correlation between the US and international law, and senior ...
Edward Snowden: Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped
Published time: June 17, 2013 15:30 Edited time: June 17, 2013 21:29 Graffiti that is sympathetic to NSA leaker Edward Snowden is seen stenciled ...
Europeans ‘shocked and angry’ by ‘unaccountable’ American surveillance
photo: pumabydesign The recent NSA leaks have awakened many Europeans to the “disturbing” privacy violations regularly committed by the US that their own governments ...
Germany slams US for ‘Stasi methods’ ahead of Obama visit
Germans are expressing outrage as details of a US internet spy program – revealed by a former CIA employee-turned-whistleblower – are prompting comparisons with that ...
Western countries and Russia approaching Cold War to a point of no return due to the West ignoring the rest of the world – Israel get ready, and the rest of the world as well!
Sergei Lavrov Photo: RIA Novosti The European Union’s decision not to extend an embargo on arms supplies to the Syrian opposition is illegitimate, Russian ...
US Universities loans : $100 billion past due – money making machines at the cost of future generation? All inclusive resorts with department for education.
The number and value of overdue student loans has reached an all-time high in the US as nearly a third of 20- to 24-year-olds are ...
AP scandal. According to the agency, the U.S. government seized the records for more than 20 telephone lines assigned to the AP and its staff in April and May of 2012.
© Photo: «Voice of Russia» AP scandal highlights problems with freedom of speech in U.S. – Russia’s FM The situation with The Associated Press ...
NATO moving eastwards – Lavrov
Photo: EPA The NATO military infrastructure is approaching the Russian border, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press-conference in Warsaw summarizing the results of the ...
John Kerry in Moscow: it’s never too late to compromise
US Secretary of State John Kerry © Photo: The Voice of Russia Moscow and Washington have agreed to hold an international conference on Syria later ...
Russia, Japan find the road map for normalization after WWII.
President Putin is to visit Japan. The Russian leader accepted an invitation extended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when he was in Moscow on Monday ...
Lavrov attacks suggestions for arming Syria rebels
Collage: Voice of Russia Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has slammed suggestions for supplying the Syrian opposition with weapons, claiming that such initiatives represent preference ...
Crowd-funded documentary hopes to present Aaron Swartz’s life and struggles
Aaron Swartz.(Screenshot from RT video) A new crowd-funding effort is underway to raise money for a documentary about the life of Aaron Swartz, the late ...
Russia replaces railway-based missiles, “thanks” to U.S. missile defense and rejection to cooperate with Russia. Who needs new nuclear missiles aimed at our cities? Population wasn’t asked – just another corruption by the weaponry lobby?
The combat railroad missile system (Photo: SRF) Russia prepares replacement for soviet-era railway-based missiles Russia has started design works to create a new railroad-based missile ...
U.S. having just two political parties thinks it can teach other countries democracy. Pride comes before a fall.
Photo: EPA U.S. having just two political parties thinks it can teach other countries democracy. Pride comes before a fall. Venezuelan authorities are ready ...
Russia plugged by corruption. It takes long breath and patients to eradicate it from the established culture, but there is no other way. Here an example.
State Duma deputies. (RIA Novosti / Vladimir Fedorenko) About 30 of the 450 Russian lower house MPs have divorced before submitting their income declarations, a ...
In German parlament you may hear similar arguments: ‘US-British foreign policy is never about human rights, Bahrain no exception’
‘US-British foreign policy is never about human rights, Bahrain no exception’ By keeping the dictators of oil rich Arab countries for decades in rule the ...
“Russia is a sovereign country” – Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov Photo: RIA Novosti Russia is one of a handful of sovereign countries one can find in today’s world, President Vladimir Putin’s press ...
US democracy: Look in the mirror first
US State Department Photo: EPA Nearly every Russian knows this popular saying: fools observe no rules. By comparison, the highly experienced and qualified staff of ...
US politicians responsible for torture, Guantanamo may get international attention as Persona Non Grata.
US politicians responsible for torture, Guantanamo may get international attention as Persona Non Grata. One may just wonder why Europe is not acting and ...
Response to the Magnitsky list: The Guantanamo list?!
Sergei Magnitsky. Photo: Vesti.ru Nikonov Vyacheslav Alekseevich, Executive Director of the Russian World Fund and President of the Politics Fund, has given an exclusive interview ...
USAID – The wolf in sheep skin, we help all we want to get rid of? … an example
In a secret US cable published online by WikiLeaks, former ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, outlines a comprehensive plan to infiltrate and destabilize former President ...
Google fighting back on unconstitutional National Security Letters
Google, the world’s largest search engine and primary arbiter of the Internet, is putting up a fight against a controversial and unconstitutional national security inquest ...
Why not earlier – Finally there is a chance for peace in Middle East. Jordan considers confedaration with the Palestinians!!!
Photo: AFP Jordan’s King Abdullah II (R) meets with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Will Palestine unite with Jordan to separate from Israel? On March ...
Tea Party lashes out at ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ – another example of misrepresentation of true American interests
Members of the Tea Party have joined protesters standing up against the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’, calling the provision a ‘special interest loophole’ for friends of ...
Senior Swedish judge backs Assange: ‘Not a crime to make known crime of a state” – even if it’s USA
A top Swedish judge has defended the release of classified information by WikiLeaks, pointing out the case against Assange has turned into a legal “mess.” ...
As predicted, U.S. abandons missile defense in Europe, but Moscow is cautious about new U.S. missile plans. Read more …
© Photo: www.navy.mil NATO Deputy Secretary-General, Alexander Vershbow, has confirmed that the US is abandoning plans to deploy SM-3 Block IIB ballistic interceptors as part ...
Hillary Clinton: thwarting re-Sovietiztion or imposing Americanization?
Photo: EPA Mrs. Clinton, Russian Federation has forgotten to ask you to whom it wants to establish friendly relationships. As reported by the Financial Times, ...
Russia, EU poised to strike 21-century partnership deal – Russian official
The flag of EU. Photo: EPA Russia and the EU are poised to map out a new partnership agreement, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov ...
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