The mega-yachts and luxury real estate seized from Russian oligarchs is worth billions of dollars, yet the Justice Department is limited in what it can do with those assets. Now, the Senate is working on a bipartisan bill to allow proceeds from sanctioned assets to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction. “This illegal amount of money is marked…

A day after Reuters reported Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom had warned customers in Europe of a potential halt in its oil supply, the company penned a $40 billion memorandum of understanding with an oil company in Iran. The deal with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) was reported on by Iran’s oil ministry’s news…

Putin visits Iran – Russian President Vladimir Putin began just his second trip abroad since the Ukraine invasion began on Tuesday. The trip is to Iran, where Putin is scheduled to meet with Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The three leaders are expected to deepen ties and shore up support…

Headlines for July 14, 2022 include: Russia’s latest deadly attack on Ukraine: At least 20 people died and 90 others we wounded after a Russian missile strike on a town southwest of Kyiv. Three missiles hit an office building, damaging nearby places and setting dozens of cars on fire. The country’s president called the attack “an…

President Joe Biden will be in the Middle East this week to visit Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia. It’s an important trip for the President, as he’ll be discussing regional stability, Russian aggression, oil production, and more with the heads of those countries. While on the trip, the President will meet with a…

A major gas pipeline from Russia to Europe has been shut down for what have been called routine repairs, but there is concern that it may not be restarted anytime soon. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline runs beneath the Baltic Sea and delivers much of Russia’s natural gas to the continent. No country is more…

Teams of snipers from more than 30 countries could be headed for Venezuela. They’ll be taking part in “Sniper Frontier,” one of the events in the 2022 International Army Games (IAG). It’s not uncommon for militaries from different countries to participate in war games together. What sets the IAG apart are the founding countries; Russia,…

The Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) is a working group within the Department of Homeland Security with a stated function to “disseminate guidance to DHS agencies on combating misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation that threatens the security of the homeland.” However, only three weeks after its creation, the task force — led by the controversial Nina Jankowicz —…

Russia is threatening to disconnect Lithuania from a regional power grid in retaliation for the blockage of shipments of certain goods to and from Kaliningrad. That area sits in between Lithuania and Poland. The Lithuanians said they had to enact the ban on shipments to comply with EU sanctions. As Straight Arrow News contributor Peter Zeihan explains,…

Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced visit to Ukraine focused on alleged Russian war crimes during the ongoing invasion. He met with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova to discuss the topic. “The United States is sending an unmistakable message. There is no place to hide,” Garland said Tuesday. “We will we and our partners…