Russia may soon reinstate a general who criticized Russia's top military leadership for blunders in Ukraine on Tuesday.

It’s yet to be confirmed that the military court has agreed to the deal, but Popov’s supporters among Russian military bloggers rejoiced. “The legendary combat general returned to the front!” ...

Russian General Chuikov was, for him, quite polite in rejecting U.S., French and British protests over the downing of an unarmed British bomber and the death of its crew of seven (see below).