Terrorists with a North Caucasus Islamist group are promising to carry out suicide bomb attacks at the upcoming Olympic games in Sochi next month, including chemical arms strikes.
KIEV—Factions in the Russian government aligned with President Vladimir Putin are pushing to resume a previously canceled sale of five divisions of Almaz-Antey S-300PMU-1 air defense units to Iran.
House Speaker John Boehner joined a growing chorus of critics concerned over President Obama's secret promise of concessions to Russia on missile defense after the November elections. The administration came under fire from an independent, and a senior Pentagon official was sharply questioned at a House hearing.
Russian president Dmitri Medvedev inserted himself into American politics Tuesday, criticizing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney over comments Romney made on Russia’s political relationship with the United States.
Criticism mounted Tuesday over President Obama’s secret promise to Russia to be more flexible in missile defense talks after his reelection. Senate leader Jon Kyl led a group of 43 Republican senators in writing the president to voice concerns about future limits on U.S. missile defenses as part of the administration’s conciliatory approach to relations with Moscow.
President Obama told outgoing Russian President Dmitri Medvedev he would have "more flexibility" after the 2012 election to deal with issues including missile defense, in an exchange picked up by microphones in Seoul Monday.
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