The UK Ministry of Defence announced that it deployed fighter jets to monitor a Russian military aircraft detected near British airspace. The incident involved a Russian Tu-95 "Bear-F" strategic ...

"The planes were identified as Russian Bear aircraft which were escorted by the RAF Typhoon fighters until they were out of the UK area of interest." "At no time did the Russian military aircraft ...

Le Charivari. April 17–18, 1854. LD 2493. “The Northern Bear, the most disagreeable of all the known bears.” The bellicose Russian Bear as an autocrat with all of its subjects kneeling at its feet.