Matthew Bodner
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What was Russia’s Putin up to after the death of Iran’s Soleimani?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s movements since the recent U.S. killing of an Iranian general have underscored one of the most consequential trends driving events in the Middle East. → Read More
No obliteration: Western arms embargo has little impact on Turkey as it looks east
A number of Turkey’s NATO allies have suspended arms sales to the country in condemnation of its military incursion into Syria. So why are analysts and officials shrugging off the embargo? → Read More
Influence or profit? Russia’s defense industry is at a crossroads
Russia is willing to sell arms to just about anyone, but the Kremlin does have a line drawn in the sand. → Read More
Russia to Turkey: While you’re at it, would you like some jets?
Russia is prepared to sell Turkey some of its most advanced fighter jets, according to the head of Rostec. → Read More
Head of US naval forces in Europe and US ambassador to Russia talk great power competition
The Kremlin has gone all-in on projecting an image of new strength — and part of that has been a rebirth of Russian naval activity across the board. In an exclusive interview with Defense News, a U.S. Navy officer and an American diplomat describe the state of relations between the two nations. → Read More
US rolls ‘100K tons of international diplomacy’ into the Med. Will Russia get the message?
Defense News visited the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, on which the U.S. ambassador to Russia delivered a sternly worded message to Russia: Stand down. → Read More
Russia flexes its heavy-lift helo muscles with new Mi-26 test flights
Defense News was given access to the massive Mi-26 and elements of its production line at a Russian Helicopters plant. → Read More
As NATO banks on Poland, is the country becoming the new face of a nervous Europe?
NATO plans to turn a town in central Poland into a key storage hub for U.S. combat equipment. → Read More
Russia’s Kalashnikov unveils kamikaze drone
But you wouldn’t know that from the English-language press release, in which KUB was introduced simply as a “high-precision unmanned attack complex...designed for defeating remote ground targets.” → Read More
Russia targets Mideast market with first-ever offerings of defense systems beyond its border
The Russian defense and technology company Rostec is set to make a splash at this year’s IDEX show in the UAE. → Read More
Russia is trying to stop millennial habits that are causing security breaches
The Russian government has wrestled for years with operational security breaches that exposed Russian presence in eastern Ukraine and preparations to enter Syria. → Read More
Russia bids farewell to INF Treaty with fresh nuclear development plans
Freed of its obligations under the INF Treaty, Moscow is wasting no time in developing new, once-prohibited weapons systems. → Read More
Russian and Turkish ministers meet for Syria talks
Top Russian and Turkish ministers agreed during a meeting in Moscow on Saturday to maintain cooperation in northern Syria as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw and Turkey threatens to launch a military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces controlling nearly a third of the country. ... → Read More
Nukes, Syria, Trump and Ukraine: Putin tackles topics in marathon Q&A session
Does Russian President Vladimir Putin want to rule the world? He addresses that and more. → Read More
Kremlin candidate wins in repeated vote in Russia's Far East
Russians living in the far eastern region of Primorsky Krai elected a Kremlin-backed candidate for governor on Sunday after a previous election was thrown out due to voting fraud. Local election officials said the acting governor of the region, Oleg Kozhemyako, won 61.4 percent of the votes... → Read More
Russia's most famous human rights activist dies at 91
Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a human rights pioneer and dissident who challenged the Soviet and Russian regimes for decades, demanding that they free political prisoners and establish democratic rights, died Saturday in a Moscow hospital, a Russian official said. She was 91. "She remained a human... → Read More
The Sea of Azov won’t become the new South China Sea (and Russia knows it)
Whereas China’s claims of maritime rights over most of the South China Sea have been rejected by an international tribunal, Russia’s rights in the Kerch Strait are well defined. → Read More
Russia blocks passage in Kerch Strait after Ukraine incident
Russia has blocked passage through the Kerch Strait, a narrow body of water nestled between Crimea and the Russian mainland, after three Ukrainian navy ships made what the Russian coast guard has called an unauthorized crossing through Russian territorial waters. The move comes after months... → Read More
Russian meddling abroad: Does Putin pull all the strings?
As alleged Russian plots, conspiracies and crimes unfold against the West, prosecutors and pundits routinely blame Vladimir Putin or a circle of Kremlin insiders said to be acting on direct orders from the president. Putin may indeed have involvement in some shadowy schemes, but is he... → Read More
Leaked chats show alleged Russian spy seeking hacking tools
Six years ago, a Russian-speaking cybersecurity researcher received an unsolicited email from Kate S. Milton. Milton claimed to work for the Moscow-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky. In an exchange that began in halting English and quickly switched to Russian, Milton said she was impressed by... → Read More