Tag: Russia
Trump orders U.S. Department of War to resume nuclear weapons testing, after 33-year moratorium
No nuclear power other than North Korea has carried out actual test detonations in over 25 years. Although, Russia just tested a nuclear-armed underwater drone.
$15 million reward offered for the arrests of those smuggling U.S. drone technology to IRAN
The alleged Chinese smugglers have been charged with smuggling thousands of U.S.-origin electronic components with military applications from the U.S. to Iran,
Paul Whelan’s brother slams Trump following Brittney Griner’s release from Moscow prison
“Trump appears to have mentioned my brother #PaulWhelan’s wrongful detention more in the last 24 hours than he did in the 2 years of his presidency…”
Excerpt from Joe Biden’s remarks on Brittney Griner’s release, RE: Paul Whelan
Brittney Griner lands in U.S. – “This was not a choice of which American to bring home.” ~ Biden
Record-breaking astronaut Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth aboard Russian spacecraft with cosmonaut crewmembers
… at a time when political tensions between the US and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are at an all-time low
Death of 20-year-old Olympic skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya in Moscow shrouded in mystery
Several reports state that the beloved skater committed suicide by jumping out of a window
Mariia Butina released from U.S. federal prison and deported to Russia
She was arrested in 2018 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent in the U.S. She was facing up to 15 years in prison.
