Tag Archives: Russia

  1. A C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft takes off at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, March 26, 2005 (US Air Force/Master Sergeant Scott T. Sturkol)

    Russia Helping United States Get Out of Afghanistan

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    Russia and the United States are negotiating a transit agreement for the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.

  1. Russian oil tankers (Gazprom)

    Putin’s Port Project to Divert Russia Urals Oil to Baltic

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    Shifting oil transports away from Belarus and Ukraine will afford Russia greater control over costs and delivery.

  1. A Norwegian Army solder from Telemark battalion in the snow

    Norway, Russia Strengthen Arctic Relations

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    The two intend to deepen cooperation in the Arctic region. The reason? A country far away from the North Pole.

  1. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, November 15, 2011

    Medvedev Predicts Eurasian Union By 2015

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    It may prove a tough sell to non-Russian peoples that they will not be junior partners in orbiting Kremlin interests.

  1. A Russian tankers arrives in Istanbul, Turkey, October 19, 2008 (Ivan Safyan Abrams)

    Russia Has Not Sent Troops to Syria

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    The routine deployment of a Russian tanker vessel to a Syrian port is misinterpreted as a show of force.