The following is the July 19, 2023, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Libya and U.S. Policy. Read More
Category Archives: Russia
Chinese, Russian Warships Meet Near Japan for Naval Exercise
PLA Navy Ships Underway off Japan
Chinese and Russian warships linked up in the Sea of Japan Wednesday for the People’s Liberation Army Northern Theatre Command led Chinese-Russian “Northern Interaction 2023,” reported the PLA Daily. Read More
Russia Lays Mines in Black Sea to Block Ukrainian Ports, NSC Says
Former Coast Guard cutters transit the Bosporus into the Black Sea in 2019. Photo by Yörük Işık used with permission
Russia has laid sea mines in the Black Sea that could interfere with Ukrainian grain exports, the White House announced Wednesday.
Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Makes Port Call to Bali; Russians, Chinese Start Naval Drills
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), anchors in Bali, Indonesia, for a scheduled port visit, July 16, 2023. US Navy Photo
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) made a port call to Bali, Indonesia, Sunday for a port visit following routine operations in the Indian Ocean. Read More
Russia Withdraws From Turkey-U.N. Brokered Grain Deal
Wheat fields in midsummer in Ukraine, Oblast Lviv in 2012. Raimond Spekking Photo
Russia pulled out of a United Nations-Turkey brokered agreement that allowed both Russia and Ukraine to export grain and foodstuffs, officials said on Monday.
Cavoli: NATO Increased Ready Troops By 700 Percent
The NATO flag flies aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in support of Neptune Strike 2022 on Jan. 29, 2022. US Navy Photo
NATO’s new force model has already given its top commander a 700 percent increase in fully ready troops, Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli said this week on the first day of the alliance conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. Read More
U.N., U.S. and Japan Lodge Protests After North Korean ICBM Launch, Russian Ships Near Japan
North Korean ICBM. KCNA Photo
North Korea launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Wednesday morning that landed in the Sea of Japan, drawing criticisms from the U.S. and the United Nations. Read More
Russian, Chinese Warships Prepare for Joint Pacific Naval Exercises
Russian Navy corvettes RFS Sovershenniy (333) and RFS Gromkiy (335). JMSDF photo
Two Russian warships are now in Shanghai ahead of an at-sea exercise with People’s Liberation Army Navy vessels in the Pacific, according to Chinese state media. Read More
Report to Congress on Changes in the Arctic
The following is the July 5, 2022, Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
More Trouble Coming Post Wagner Group Mutiny, Former U.S. Envoy to Russia Says
President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the BRICS+ meeting on June 24, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot allow the leader of the Wagner Group mercenaries to go freely about Russia following the “extraordinary mutiny” that loosened his grip on power, a former ambassador to the Kremlin said Thursday. Read More
