A prime-time news show talks about deploying nuclear submarines along the coast of the United States, and a church choir sings about nuking America.
Author: NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Threatening U.S., Putin Promises Russians Both Missiles and Butter
President Vladimir V. Putin, facing falling popularity, talked of huge social spending and updated weapons. He did not say how he would pay for it all.
Threatening U.S., Putin Promises Russians Both Missiles and Butter
President Vladimir V. Putin, facing falling popularity, talked of huge social spending and updated weapons. He did not say how he would pay for it all.
Russians, Feeling Poor and Protesting Garbage, Suffer Winter Blues
Plans to ship Moscow’s trash to the provinces are aggravating economic unrest. Confidence in Russia’s direction and in President Vladimir V. Putin have dropped.
For the Kremlin, Venezuela Is Not the Next Syria
It is too far away and intervention would be too costly. Moscow will probably content itself with hurling insults at the U.S. from the sidelines.
For the Kremlin, Venezuela Is Not the Next Syria
It is too far away and intervention would be too costly. Moscow will probably content itself with hurling insults at the U.S. from the sidelines.
Russia Shows Off New Cruise Missile and Says It Abides by Landmark Treaty
American officials, who say the weapon violates the 1987 I.N.F. treaty, argued that inspection of a stationary missile would not prove compliance.
Russia Says He’s a Spy. His Lawyer Says He Just Wanted Photos of a Cathedral.
Paul N. Whelan, a former United States Marine, was arrested after being given a thumb drive of state secrets, believing it to contain vacation pictures, his lawyer says.
Explosion and Fire Off Crimea Kill 11 Sailors
Two tankers performing a fuel transfer near the contested Kerch Strait caught fire, leading to the deaths. The strait is a sticking point in relations between Russia and Ukraine.
Death Toll in Russia Apartment Blast Rises to 28
Hope of finding alive about a dozen missing people was fading after a building in Russia partly collapsed.