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Royal Navy Escorts Russian Frigate
HMS St Albans Escorts Yaroslav Murdy in English Channel The Royal Navy’s frigate HMS St Albans today escorted a Russian warship through the English Channel and Dover Strait. The Portsmouth-based […]
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The Russian Federation is the world’s largest country covering over 17m2 km, with a population of over 143 million. Military conscription is compulsory, giving Russia a total of over 1 million active service personnel. Military spending is at approx $70bn per year (2014 figures), putting Russia into third place behind the USA and China, although expenditure is expected to rise substantially. Russia is the world’s largest exporter of arms, with a 30% share of the total export trade. Russia is a founder member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
USA, UK and France Launch Joint Strike Against Syria
U.S., Allies Strike Syrian Targets in Response to Regime’s Chemical Attacks U.S., French and British forces have struck targets in Syria as punishment for Syrian leader Bashar Assad using chemical […]
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Syrian Regime Forces Use Chemical Weapons in Douma
US Blames Russia for Latest Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack Syrian opposition activists and rescuers said Sunday that a poison gas attack on a rebel-held town near the capital has killed […]
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1 YORKS Deploying on Op CABRIT
Yorkshire Soldiers Heading for Estonia this Summer During his first visit to NATO’s Baltic ally, Estonia, the Defence Secretary revealed that 1 YORKS will deploy on Op CABRIT this summer, […]
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Information War between Britain and Russia Over Skripal
Novichok Poisoning Leads to Toxic Exchanges on Social Media Britain and Russia have been waging a fast and furious information war since former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter […]
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RUAG Accused of Selling Arms to Russia
Switzerland’s State Arms Producer Co-Operating with Criminal Investigation Swiss prosecutors said Thursday they have opened a criminal investigation into state arms producer RUAG following a tipoff, reportedly over suspect weapons […]
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US Army Report on Russian Information Warfare
General Scaparrotti Briefs Reporters on Russian Disinformation Operations Russia is using all aspects of government power to overthrow the existing international rules-based infrastructure and especially trying to subvert NATO, US […]
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