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MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that there was nothing unusual in a planned exercise involving the practice deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in southern Russia along with ally Belarus. Russia said on Monday it would practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons as part of a military exercise after what the Moscow said were threats from France, Britain and the United States. "There is nothing unusual here, this is planned work," Putin said, state news agency TASS reported. "It is training." Russia's defence ministry, in its announcement on Monday, explicitly linked the nuclear...

There was a striking lack of military hardware on display after major losses in Ukraine. VLADIMIR Putin has vowed Russia is "always" ready to strike the West and snubbed Britain in a snarling World War 2 rant at Russia's annual Victory Day parade. The Russian tyrant instead lavished praise on China and declared Russia was "combat ready" in these "difficult" times as nuclear missiles rumbled through Moscow's streets. -snip- However, today was a much pared-down parade indicating the strains of war. For the second year in a row, it featured just one measly tank - reportedly an 80-year-old T-34.

Russia's Foreign Ministry condemned on Saturday what it called Ukraine's "terrorist attack" on the Crimean Bridge, ..."There can be no justification for such barbaric actions and they will not go unanswered," ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to India to visit salt pan workers and stump for "alternative clean energy" shows the 2016 presidential nominee is "envious" of President Biden, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, told Fox News. Gabbard, who since left the Democratic Party, told "Jesse Watters Primetime" Clinton appears envious of President Biden, who sits in the role she wanted seven years ago. She told Jesse Watters she wished Clinton was also sitting for their interview so she could debate her as she has long sought. Clinton notably suggested Gabbard is a "Russian asset," which resulted in the...

John Durham Puts Hillary Clinton On Notice In New Filing: ‘Active, Ongoing Criminal Investigation’ Special Counsel John Durham put Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Jake Sullivan and others on notice by calling his investigation into the Trump Russia story an ‘active, ongoing criminal investigation’ 3 times in a new court filing. Durham has been following the evidence and all signs point to the Hillary Clinton campaign. A former Clinton lawyer, Michael Sussmann, will stand trial for lying to the FBI this spring. Senior Legal Affairs Reporter at POLITICO, Josh Gerstein, said: “Special Counsel John Durham court filing calls his probe ‘active,...