Once one of Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s closest advisors, he had been sidelined after mercenaries under his command seized control of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on June 23, 2023, in the strongest challenge to Putin’s presidency since Russia’s invasion of ...
The lesson of the entire affair is clear: A malignant alliance between powerful national security bureaucracies and the Middle Eastern allies with whom they enjoy mutually profitable relations are pressuring the White House to approve actions that threaten the real interests of the American people — ...
That's why the US needs to implement country reports on corruption to increase transparency and encourage change.Corruption in many foreign countries, ranging from Pakistan to Mexico, directly threatens American security interests. It's high time for the US government to recognize this and attack ...
Savic warns that “they” – referring to the Democratic Party though never mentioning it directly – will try to steal the elections, just as, he claims, Milošević did in 2000. He also reassures viewers that they will be called “fascists,”“traitors,” and “foreign mercenaries.” ...
To get into the game, Diveroli knew he would have to deal with some of the world’s shadiest operators — the war criminals, soldiers of fortune, crooked diplomats and small-time thugs who keep militaries and mercenaries loaded with arms. The vast aftermarket in arms ha...
passed off as “foreign mercenaries” sent to intervene in Ukraine. Likewise, @PicPedant recalls where dramatic images of Brazil’s 2013 mass riots were passed off as new images ofVenezuela's 2014 government protests. This kind of misinformation could very well have incited further violence on ...
Bergen: The quasi-private Wagner Group is the force that Putin sends into the meat grinder of the toughest battles. Any thoughts on using mercenaries, many of whom are convicts, as a tactic? Petraeus:What Russia has done with what are, in essence, mercenaries, as you note, is somewhat in...