Day: February 21, 2023
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Explainer: What Is New START and What Does Russia’s Suspension Mean?
Accusing NATO of openly seeking to attack Russia’s nuclear facilities, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced that Moscow would suspend its participation in the New START treaty, the last surviving arms treaty between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers, which caps the size of both the U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles. The announcement, made ahead of…
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Wagner Head Accuses Russia’s Defense Ministry of Treason
The founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin on Tuesday accused the country’s Defense Ministry and the Chief of the General Staff of intentionally depriving his fighters of munitions in Ukraine. According to Prigozhin, the Defense Ministry and the Chief of the General Staff gave orders not to supply the controversial mercenary group with…
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Russia Demands U.S. Withdraw ‘Soldiers and Equipment’ From Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador on Tuesday over what it called “Washington’s expanding involvement” in the war in Ukraine, the Interfax news agency reported. The Foreign Ministry served a notice to the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Lynne Tracy, accusing Washington of supplying weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine as well as…
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Putin Suspends Russia’s Participation in Key Nuclear Pact With U.S.
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia was suspending participation in New START, its last nuclear arms limitation treaty with the United States. The announcement, made ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, follows months of veiled threats by the Russian leader that have stirred fears of nuclear war in Europe. In…
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Leaked Document Outlines Russia’s 2030 Belarus ‘Annexation’ Strategy – Report
A previously unreported Kremlin strategy document purports to lay out in detail Russia’s plans to absorb neighboring Belarus by 2030, U.S. and European media reported Tuesday. The 2021 Russian presidential administration paper spells out Minsk’s political, military, defense, humanitarian, trade and economic integration with Moscow as part of a so-called “Union State,” according to Yahoo News.…
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The training course on IAEA Safeguards and Nuclear Security has been completed at the Technical Academy
The training course “Global Nuclear Safety and Security: IAEA Safeguards and Nuclear Security” has been completed at the Rosatom Technical Academy. It was organized by the Institute of Global Nuclear Safety and Security of the Rosatom Technical Academy for experts working at nuclear industry enterprises and dealing with issues of international cooperation with the Agency…
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Putin Vows to Fight On in Wartime State-of-the-Nation Address
Recasts throughout and updates with reaction and analysis. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to press onward with Russia’s war in Ukraine and railed against the West for a litany of wrongdoings in his first state-of-the-nation address since invading Ukraine one year ago. Addressing lawmakers from both houses of parliament alongside other members of the…
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Putin Lashes Out at West, Vows to Continue Fighting in Wartime State-of-the-Nation Address
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to press onward with Russia’s one-year war in Ukraine and railed against the West for a litany of wrongdoings, including allegedly escalating the war by offering Kyiv support. In his first wartime state-of-the-nation address, Putin relied on familiar talking points as he pledged to continue his offensive on Ukraine…
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‘Everyone’s Tired’: Acceptance and Exasperation in Russian Elite as Invasion Anniversary Looms
While most members of Russia’s political and business elite have come to terms with the invasion of Ukraine one year in, some are frustrated by the Kremlin’s apparent inability to act more forcefully against Kyiv — and others said the mood is downbeat. The Moscow Times spoke with more than a dozen top Russian officials…
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Fake ‘Fact-Checks’ Seek to Obscure Russian Role in War
A Russian missile smashed a Ukrainian apartment complex, killing dozens. Pro-Russian propagandists offered a slick counter-narrative that shifted the blame away from Moscow — using pseudo-fact-checking as a tool of disinformation. Since the start of its invasion one year ago, Russia and its supporters have sought to aggressively distort Moscow’s role in Ukraine with what experts call a…
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Russian Attack on Ukraine Station a ‘War Crime’: HRW
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Russia of committing a “war crime” with a missile attack that killed some 60 fleeing civilians at a railway station in eastern Ukraine. The attack on the Kramatorsk train station in April is one of the deadliest targeting civilians since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 last year. Russia…
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China Says Deeply Concerned Over ‘Out of Control’ Ukraine Conflict
China’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Beijing is “deeply concerned” about the conflict in Ukraine, which is “intensifying and even getting out of control.” China has sought to position itself as a neutral party on the war in Ukraine, while maintaining close ties with its strategic ally Russia. Beijing has pledged to publish a proposal…
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Anti-Kadyrov Chechen YouTuber Reappears After ‘Assassination’ Claims
A dissident blogger who is a vocal critic of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov turned up alive Tuesday after going missing for more than two months. Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a YouTuber based in Sweden, disappeared in late November as the Chechen opposition claimed he had been shot dead amid a string of politically motivated murders of ethnic…