You Searched For "Russian bounties" and got 20 results
Sort By:
3 mins read
Russia's former president is calling for a 'maximum reward' bounty to be put on the heads of any NATO troops sent to Ukraine
In a social-media outburst on Thursday, Medvedev advocated for a "no prisoners taken" approach with…
Matthew Loh
2 mins read
A Russian businessman has put a $1 million bounty on Vladimir Putin's head, calling for military officers to arrest him as a war criminal
Russian crypto investor Alex Konanykhin, who is based in California, told Insider the million-dolla…
Cheryl Teh
2 mins read
Russian think tank offers $16,000 bounty for the capture 'by any means' necessary of a robotic vehicle deployed in Ukraine
The think tank's director said Russia is "lagging behind" in unmanned technology, arguing that snat…
Charles R. Davis
3 mins read
How Iran tried to bribe Taliban operatives with bounties on US soldiers, according to a former Taliban commander
In recent months it has emerged that both Russia and Iran offered to pay Taliban commanders to atta…
Mitch Prothero
3 mins read
Iran reportedly paid bounties to the Taliban to target US troops in Afghanistan
The suspected Iranian bounty plot was reportedly cited by US officials as a partial justification f…
John Haltiwanger
2 mins read
Top US general in the Middle East questions bounty killing reports but warns 'Russians are not our friends'
The general said the intel was "very worrisome" but expressed skepticism that the secret Russian pa…
Ryan Pickrell
3 mins read
Trump spends most of his time in the Oval Office watching TV instead of listening to his advisers, John Bolton suggests
The president trusts "a combination of television and listening to people outside the government" o…
Tom Porter
1 min read
A Russian pilot landed a Mi-8 helicopter on a Ukrainian airbase in a daring defection, Ukrainian official says
Ukraine's military intelligence service said the Russian pilot's daring defection was part of a sec…
Alia Shoaib
3 mins read
Trump was briefed on suspected Russian bounties on US troops, according to two reports
According to the Associated Press, former national security adviser John Bolton told colleagues tha…
Rosie Perper
4 mins read
Moscow's promise of big payments to its troops is creating a new headache for the Russian military
A retired Russian general said "experienced warriors" are receiving "several times less" pay than t…
Michael Peck
3 mins read
Biden pressed Putin on SolarWinds hack, Navalny, and the bounty plot on US soldiers in first call with Russian leader
Biden has pledged to take a far more assertive stance with Russia than Trump, who was frequently ac…
John Haltiwanger
8 mins read
Russian roulette: Is Putin serious about nuclear war, or bluffing?
Putin insists war in Ukraine is "still going according to plan." But Russia is facing setbacks and …
Jason Corcoran
3 mins read
Former US ambassador to Russia says Trump 'always sides with Putin' after the president said the Russian bounty intelligence is 'Fake News'
A former US ambassador to Russia excoriated President Trump for suggesting intelligence on a suspec…
John Haltiwanger
4 mins read
NATO officials say they were briefed on Russian bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan — even though Trump claims he wasn't
Three NATO officials told Insider they were briefed on the matter by US intelligence. Trump claims …
Mitch Prothero
2 mins read
Trump says US intelligence did not find reports about Russian bounties on US troops 'credible' and therefore did not report it to him
The New York Times detailed the allegations on Friday and said President Donald Trump was made awar…
Rosie Perper
3 mins read
Former national security officials are questioning the White House's claim Trump never knew about a Russian bounty on US troops
The report has again raised questions about Trump's relationship with Russia, which has dogged him …
Tom Porter
3 mins read
Former national security adviser says the Russian bounty reports show Trump is 'surrounded by sycophants and weaklings who aren't doing their jobs'
"We have a president who is doing our arch-adversary's bidding, it would seem. And he is surrounded…
John Haltiwanger
2 mins read
Ukraine is getting more THeMIS robots, ground vehicles that Russian troops have been offered $16,000 to capture
THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles can be used to evacuate battlefield casualties. It is also possible…
Charles R. Davis
1 min read
The US is offering bounties of $10 million to anyone who can catch hackers meddling in the presidential election
State-backed hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have already been detected trying to interfere wi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
2 mins read
Putin's former speechwriter says Russian political system in 'shock' following Moscow's recent defeats in Ukraine
"Nobody could expect that [Ukrainian forces] would advance so rapidly," Abbas Gallyamov, a former s…