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Tehran and Moscow: Alignment and Divergence in the Caspian June 9, 2021 Share The complexities, converging interests, and persistent tensions marking Iranian-Russian relationships are evident in their policies toward the Caspian Sea region. Iran and Russia are the two largest countries that border the sea, the worlds largest inland body of water. The Caspian region therefore provides many opportunities for diplomatic, economic, and military engagement between Iran and Russia. Some issues ...

These Rare Images Show A Soviet Il-38 Maritime Patrol Aircraft Flying in U.S. Navy Markings These Rare Images Show A Soviet Il-38 Maritime Patrol Aircraft Flying in U.S. Navy Markings The Soviet Il-38 in US Navy markings. Take a look at these rare shots of a real Il-38 Dolphin of the Soviet Naval Aviation painted with US insignias. The following images of an Il-38 in U.S. Navy markings were brought to my attention by writer Miguel Vargas-Caba. Author of “Bear: Flight to Liberty”, during res...

You can’t do right for doing wrong‘, as the old saying goes. Then there’s also ‘ no good deed goes unpunished‘.  I had the first-hand experience with this only last week in truly bizarre circumstances; indeed, it was one of those situations which, was so unusual, that you almost have to pinch yourself and ask if it’s actually happening.  My regular readers will know that although my favorite targets of derision are rampant Islamism and Putin’s Kremlin, the EU and NATO come in fo...

Blitzkrieg 2 is a RTS located in WW2. As its predecessor and the similar Sudden Strike games, Blitzkrieg 2 focuses on the battles of World War II rather than real-time strategy aspects like base building and resource extraction. The game features many...

Top 10 Criminals Who Became Incredibly Rich Crime doesn’t pay. Except when it does. And for better or worse (usually it’s worse), it can pay better than any legal job ever could. Although most crime is small-scale and often benign—will that Kroger really miss that pack of Hot AF Slim Jims?—some criminals take it to the next level. For these shall we say ‘aggressive entrepreneurs,’ crime can become a career, and even beyond that, crime can become a lifestyle — a luxurious, lavish l...

Russias most infamous traitors Andrey Vlasov in 1943. Getty Images Of all theVlasov. Through his efforts, tens of thousands of Soviet prisoners of war started fighting on the side of the Nazis against their Motherland. Russian traitors in history, perhaps, the greatest damage was done by collaborator Andrey 1. Ivan Mazepa Portrait of Ivan Mazepa. Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum Ivan Mazepa was one of the few people who enjoyed Peter the Greats unconditional trust. As h...

Were grateful to him. the era of the soviet union as a superpower ended with the reunification of the two germany as. the retreat began. moscow pulled five hundred thousand soviet soldiers out of east germany along. the group of soviet armed forces in germany was the largest permanent army ever stationed by an occupation force abroad. the logistics needed to get them back home or just as fast. poland had also broken with moscow so most of the troops left germany via the ferry