Ryabkov claimed the U.S. wanted to focus solely on resuming inspections under the New START treaty and stonewalled Moscow's request to also discuss specifics related to the weapons count under the strategic arms reduction pact. This week's meeting of the Bilateral Consultative Commission establishe...
“We face serious and existential challenges at regional and international levels, a matter that necessitates consensus among major countries. We count on this economic bloc (BRICS) to be a voice for the Global South and developing countries,” said Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in an ...
The air alert lasted almost seven hours in the capital, said Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, on Telegram. He accused Russia of unleashing "almost all types of their air weapons" from Iranian-made drones to "almost all types of cruise missiles." CNBC wasn't able...
The availability of seismic and infrasound data, however, is now at its most prevalent. The International Monitoring System (IMS), a global network to detect nuclear explosions as part of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, now stands at more than 200 seismic and infrasound stations combi...
Vladimir Putin has already said that long-range weapons striking targets in Russia means war between Russia and NATO. I don’t think he’s bluffing. And, lest we forget, Russia has nearly 6000 nuclear warheads in its inventory. Why is the U.S. and NATO allowing Ukraine to use missiles ...
“Within 150 hours, [Kurdish formations] the People’s Protection Units must leave the 30-kilometer zone. The countdown will begin tomorrow at 12:00 [local time, same as Moscow time — TASS]. After the 150 hours run out, Turkey and Russia will begin joint patrolling of the area to the...
The International Atomic Energy Agency's mission has arrived at the Russian-occupied nuclear plant after a delay lasting several hours.
"It is unlikely that President Putin is threatening to launch nuclear weapons against the West," but it is still "very much a threat directed to Ukraine" as weapons are being deployed to the Western part of Russia, she said. However, Putin isn't showing "victories in the battlefield" and...
The country has long achieved full autarchy in the manufacturing of nuclear weapons, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and submarines, including nuclear-powered ones. Hence, while several branches of the conventional arms industry are suffering from the sanctions, the bulk of Russia’s nuclear ...
….Fast forward to 2019, I decided to return to journalism as I was feeling the pressure to have “a grown-up job” and could not count on my ability to be a novelist as a means of long-term career stability. So when I joined Newsweek in September, I was extremely thankful for the...