Yesterday, on August 20, a Belarusian media outlet “Nasha Niva” published a transcript of a leaked recording of a speech by the Belarusian Minister of Defence Major General Viktor Khrenin, who spokeRead More…
21Aug/20
27Sep/19
Russia’s “Afrika Korps”: “Wagner” mercenaries on the frontline in Libya
On September 25, Bloomberg reported, citing different, including Russian government sources, that a group of Russian mercenaries from the so-called “Wagner Private Military Company” (PMC) had arrived to Libya. According to theRead More…
Russian Ministry of Defence Displays Cluster Bombs at Syria Exhibition Despite Earlier Denying Their Use
We found yet another piece of evidence of the Russian Airspace Force using cluster bombs in Syria. Exhibits confirming this were displayed at the Russian Ministry of Defence’s “Patriot” park in aRead More…
09Apr/19
Russia’s Syria trophy exhibition: mistakes and manipulation
On February 25, an exhibition of Syria War trophies “Syrian Breakthrough”, organized by the Ministry of Defense, started its railway journey across Russia. Visitors can see vehicles and weapons captured in SyriaRead More…
28Mar/19
Vega: a new PMC in Syria with ties to Russia and Ukraine
Recently surfaced photos and videos surfaced show a Russian-Ukrainian company training a pro-Syrian government Palestinian group “Liwa al-Quds”. Unlike the so-called “Wagner PMC”, this company better fits the description of a privateRead More…
07Feb/19
All quiet on the Syrian front: Russian special operations forces suffer another combat loss
On Tuesday, February 5, a local newspaper from the town of Tikhoretsk in Russia’s Krasnodar region reported that Tikhoretsk-born Maxim Pletnyov [Максим Плетнёв] had been killed in Syria. According to the publication,Read More…
11Jan/19
From Russia with Wagner: are Russian mercenaries suppressing the Sudan protests?
In late December 2018, photos appeared on social media suggesting Russian kremlin-linked “Wagner PMC” mercenaries were present in Sudan’s cities. Around the same time, Sudan saw a wave of anti-government protests causedRead More…
11Oct/18
Whose apartment? Russian journalists were likely greeted by an impostor at Salisbury suspect address
Читать этот пост на русском On Tuesday, October 9, Russia’s independent TVRain channel reporters, using our tip, visited the registered adress of Skripal suspect Aleksandr Evgenyevich Mishkin. A man opened the doorRead More…
09Oct/18
What’s in a number: how love for expensive cars and number plates revealed the second Skripal suspect’s indentity
Читать этот материал на русском Yesterday, on October 8 2018, the Bellingcat investigation team, Russian publication The Insider and British paper The Telegraph disclosed the identity of the second Scripal poisoning suspect.Read More…
23Apr/18
Russian presence in the Central African Republic
Читать этот пост на русском On March 22, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) told about Russia’s cooperation with the Central African Republic. This was the Ministry’s reply for a requestRead More…