An article drafted by military commentator Il'ya Kramnik for Izvestiya  was abruptly withdrawn from publication. Clearly the government did not like what was written. It  had criticised Sergei Shoigu, the notoriously immodest Minister of Defence, for lying about who is responsible for the reform of the armed forces and the overall improvement in conditions. Shoigu, true … Continue reading Russia’s Military Leadership Targeted

For a long time after the discovery that the Soviet Union had been given the secrets of the atomic bomb by men on the Manhattan Project - German, American, Canadian and Italian - an argument raged as to whether this factor was more important than the indigenous efforts of Russian physicists. No one could deny … Continue reading Atomic Spying Documents Given to the Kurchatov Institute, Where they Built the Bomb

At a time when both political parties in the United States, the Democrats and the Republicans, have attorneys general in various states launching legal assaults on the big tech media giants like Google and Facebook backed by threats from both parties in Congress, it is salutary to learn that now Mr Putin is equally upset. … Continue reading The Kremlin Upset at Tech Giants Interfering in Moscow Elections