The Kerch Strait incident is one of several recent developments that have ratcheted up U.S.-Russia tension in recent weeks. This week, ...

Due to the accident involving Russian oil tankers in the Kerch Strait, large patches of fuel oil have been spotted near ...

There are questions about several of Putin’s claims. On November 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed Sunday’s incident in the Black Sea. When a Russian coast guard vessel rammed a ...

The Kerch Strait incident has the makings of a geopolitical emergency. The clash at sea Sunday between Ukrainian and Russian vessels already prompted an emergency UN Security Council meeting and ...

Russia has blocked passage through the Kerch Strait, a narrow body of water nestled between Crimea and the Russian mainland, after three Ukrainian navy ships made what the Russian coast guard has ...

In particular, this is because the dispute concerns military activities, Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Lobach explained THE HAGUE, October 11. /TASS/. The incident in ...

Recent events in the Kerch Strait remind us that Russia has a geostrategic interest in retaking control over its “near abroad” and re-awaken questions about what role nuclear weapons should play in ...

The ongoing construction of a Russian dam far out into the Kerch Strait, aiming to change its geography and the maritime border to Ukraine’s detriment (see IASPS Policy Briefings, no. 29 ...

As the incident unfolded, Russia blocked the Kerch Strait -- the only passage to and from the inland Sea of Azov, which is jointly controlled by Russia and Ukraine -- by anchoring a freighter ...

The 12-mile Kerch Strait Bridge links the Crimean Peninsula to Russia and is not just a primary supply route for Moscow’s forces fighting in southern Ukraine. It is also deeply symbolic for ...

THE HAGUE, October 11. /TASS/. The incident in the Kerch Strait of November 2018 does not fall under the jurisdiction of international arbitration, Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign ...