De-escalation Or Calm Before The Storm? Russia Orders Troops Back After Massive Crimea Drills

AP Photo Russian troops, together with Chinese and Mongolian forces, will participate in the largest Russian military exercise in decades. The drills will include hundreds of thousands of tr.....»»

Israel Orders "Massive Reinforcement" Of Reserve Troops To Quell Riots; Ground Forces Amass Near Gaza On Thursday Israeli troops have begun amassing at Gaza's border amid widespread rumors of preparations for a.....»»

Russia Tells West All Troops Now "Back At Permanent Bases" After Ukraine Buildup .....»»

This abrupt announcement came just one day after President Vladimir Putin warned tha.....»»

US Intelligence Officially Walks Back Claim Russia Paid Bounties For US Troops In Afghanistan.....»»

AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev Russia is quarantining thousands of troops who have been rehearsing for a massive military parade.....»»

Gold prices fell to intraday lows, falling sharply, on Wednesday after briefly bumping above $1,600 an ounce after an late-morning speech from President Donald Trump, appeared to calm fears about an escalation o.....»»

Back in January we reported that president Trump was planning the roll out of a new US weapons sales policy, which could result in a massive uptick in arms proliferation and conflict escalation around the world. What Reuters describ.....»»

President Donald Trump, heading to a Group of Seven summit set to be dominated by trade tensions, called for Russia to be let back into the group, four years after it was expelled over its annexation of Crimea......»»

Former US President Barack Hussein Obama Lost Crimea to Russia Hussein Obama lost Crimea to Russia, time to move on with President Putin President Trump is a businessman, Russia back in the G7 to be G8 .....»»

The U.S. intelligence agency tweeted a map of Russia that Moscow was not happy with, and not for the first time, the state-run account snapped back......»»

Chinese and Mongolian military personnel will join the 300,000 Russian troops in Vostok-2018. Russia will hold its largest military exercise since the 1980s next month, with 300,000 Ru.....»»

US Marine Corps US-led coalition forces are conducting live-fire exercises in the At Tanf deconfliction zone, US Central Command (CENTCOM) revealed Friday. The drills come just one day after Russia accused coalition forces of harboring terroris.....»»

With the US military announcing that it is preparing for "options" in Syria ahead of what appears to be an imminent battle for Syria's last rebel stronghold of Idlib - which may or may not include another false flag chemical attack  - and.....»»

More details have emerged revealing just how extensive the joint China-Russia week long 'Vostok' war games will be, set to kick off Tuesday, which is to involve a combined total of 300,000 troops, 36,000 militar.....»»

Cryptocurrency prices are in recovery mode Thursday, with all major coins clawing back from recent losses. However, the current state of play could be the calm before the storm, according to one crypto analyst......»»

AP Photo/Sergei Grits The Chinese military says that joint war games with Russia toughened up Chinese troops "for battle." The Chinese People's Liberation Army also vowed to bo.....»»

Sergei MalgavkobackslashTASS via Getty Images Russia confirmed that its ships attacked Ukrainian vessels off the coast of Crimea, but claims the ships entered Russian waters illegally and .....»»

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, Washington insists sanctions will remain until Russia returns the peninsula to Ukraine, but this will never happen. For Moscow, Crimea is back to where it belongs, an.....»»

At least 11 sailors have died after two ships caught fire while moving through the Kerch Strait separating Crimea from mainland Russia  - the location of the latest escalation in tensions between Russia a.....»»