Russia

I can never go back to the terrorist state of Russia

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More than a decade ago, Vladimir Jurowski, one of Russia’s best-known musical sons, began to realize that things in his native country were taking a sinister turn. “It was a feeling, a premonition that things would get worse, especially after Russia annexed Crimea,” says the 52-year-old conductor. “The irony was that at that exact moment … Read more

Russia is constantly targeting our planes, pilots say – that’s how it happens

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It sounds like every pilot’s worst nightmare: hijacking a plane’s GPS while it’s hovering some 40,000 feet above the ground, with hundreds of passengers on board. Yet this kind of scenario, it has emerged, is remarkably common, with new data showing that 46,000 planes flying over the Baltic Sea have recorded GPS problems since August … Read more

Does Russia plan to place nuclear weapons in space? This would undermine global stability and unleash an arms race against satellites

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New US intelligence circulating in Congress reportedly indicates that Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite weapon with a nuclear component. News reports speculated about what weapon might be in abundance after Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, released a cryptic but alarming statement on February 14, 2024 about the information, which … Read more

Russian planes are falling apart as Western sanctions block airline repairs

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Aeroflot On a modest patch of farmland next to a forest in Novosibirsk, Siberia, a Ural Airlines Airbus A320 with 165 people on board had to make an emergency landing in a wheat field last September. The plane was flying from Omsk to Sochi when its hydraulic systems failed, forcing the pilot to take drastic … Read more

Ukrainian drone production versus Russian capabilities – interview with UAV developers

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The occupiers Oleksandr Chendekov, known in Ukraine as “the father of drones,” tells NV about the convergence of Russian raw materials and Chinese production in equipping the Russian military with modern UAVs, and how Ukraine could counter it. Coincidentally, our interview with Chendekov, recorded in a cafe in Kiev, was accompanied by an attack by … Read more

NASA wants to conduct another one-year astronaut mission. But when will it happen?

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NASA wants to fly more year-long astronaut missions, but it’s unclear when the agency will be able to do so next. NASA’s Frank Rubio recently became the first American to spend more than 365 consecutive days in space, after his Russian Soyuz spacecraft suffered a leak, forcing him (and his two Russian crewmates) to end … Read more