Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers are part of Russia’s “Ocean-2024” drills. Exercises involve over 90,000 servicemen, 400 vessels, and 125 aircraft. Exercises run until September 16 across the Pacific, Arctic, Mediterranean, Baltic, and Caspian Seas. On Wednesday, the state-run RIA news agency quoted the defense ministry, stating that Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers flew over the Barents … Read more
Putin will run for re-election in March 2024. Putin chooses to run solo, raising questions about his motives. Victory is considered a formality due to government support. Vladimir Putin will seek the presidency once more as an independent with a sizable following, but not on a party ticket, according to two prominent pro-Kremlin MPs quoted … Read more
63 Japanese citizens, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, have been barred from entering Russia “indefinitely,” according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. Members of Kishida’s cabinet, including Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, and Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, as well as members of the parliament and the military, have been prevented from … Read more
