Russia's military rejects U.S. Criticism of new Baltic encounter:
Russia's military rejected criticism by U.S. European Command on Sunday that a Russian jet had made aggressive maneuvers near a U.S. Reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea, a second incident in the region between the Cold War-era foes in the past week. Ref. Source 9u.
Russia: We will respond to entry of U.S. Naval vessel into Black Sea:
Russian state media reported that the USS Porter, a U.S. Naval destroyer, entered the Black Sea a few days ago on a routine deployment, a move it said raised hackles in Moscow because it had recently been fitted with a new missile system. Ref. Source 9y.
Second U.S. Aircraft carrier enters Mediterranean - US Navy:
The U.S. Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the Mediterranean late on Monday, the U.S. Navy said, at a time when U.S. Officials are raising alarm over Russia's maritime expansion Ref. Source 1r.
U.S. State Department Threatens to Send Islamic Terrorists into Russia:
Because the "Extremist groups" in Syria are supported by the United States and its Gulf Emirate partners, this remark can only be interpreted as a threat against Russia by the State Department. Ref. Source 5y
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Russia's Big Guns Go to War;
The two largest ships of the Russian Navy, are steaming toward the eastern Mediterranean. Their mission is to stop the planned American war on Syria and to prevent the US Navy from launching airstrikes or Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Syrian Arab Army or the Russian forces in Syria Ref. Source 6f.
We had a couple of years to get it right but we didn't. We only have ourselves to blame for the new Russian presence in the middle east.
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Half of Russians fear Syria standoff could spark WW3, poll shows:
Almost half of all respondents in a recent Russian opinion poll said they feared that the aggravation of relations between Russia and the West caused by the ongoing crisis in Syria could develop into a global military conflict. Ref. Source 4l.