Press TV Iran’s State Run Islamist media Organization The Russian navy has sent four more ships to the eastern Mediterranean, near the Syrian coast, as the United States considers launching a military offensive against the Arab country. The… more »

rt.com Russia’s air force will get 1,600 new warplanes and choppers by 2020, announced President Vladimir Putin. The program will cost Moscow some US $723 billion. ­“We are talking primarily about providing our forces with state-of-the-art modern… more »

Associated Press By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press Writer MOSCOW Deaths in Moscow have doubled to an average of 700 people a day as the Russian capital is engulfed by poisonous smog from wildfires and a sweltering heat wave, a top health official… more »

By DAVID NOWAK, Associated Press Writer David Nowak, Associated Press Writer – 22 mins ago MOSCOW – Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least… more »

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Obama administration is poised to ban offshore oil drilling on the outer continental shelf until 2012 or beyond. Meanwhile, Russia is making a bold strategic leap to begin drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. While the… more »