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Moments ago, the Russian Justice Ministry officially labeled the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, the Russian-Canadian Democratic Alliance, and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs "undesirable". This follows the Russian Prosecutor-General' Office's March 18th announcement that the aforementioned groups would be added. This action by the Justice Ministry confirms the designation. The announcement reads below: "The...

As this publication reported on yesterday, an unofficially attributed Israeli airstrike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria resulted in the death of seven persons including several Iranian diplomats and most notably, IRGC Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi. Further on in the afternoon, several other high ranking IRGC members were reported killed including Deputy of General Zahedi, Sardar Haji...

More than two years into the Russian Federation invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces are now forming mobile air defense teams to combat the use of adversary drones. Izvestia, in speaking with sources inside the Russian military, have confirmed that tacticians between Russian Ground Forces and the Aerospace Forces are working to form mobile air defense teams armed...

Update (1150 EST): Pro-Ukrainian Channel Crimean Wind claims that Russian air defenses shot down their own Su-35. According to local Russian sources in Sevastopol, a Sukhoi-variant fighter of the Russian Aerospace Forces has crashed into the sea right outside of the city. In videos taken by eyewitnesses, burning debris can be seen in the wake of the aircraft falling. However,...

As this publication covered this morning, Russian Federation Security Council Secretary Patrushev leveled the first official accusations of Ukrainian involvement in the March 22nd Crocus City Hall terror attacks which left hundreds dead and wounded. However, as is typical with the Putin administration, a whole-of-government doubling down on these claims has commenced. Putin and Lavrov Offer Restrained Comments Immediately following Patrushev's...