Russian plane maker Sukhoi is developing a next-generation single-engine fighter, an industry source has told TASS news agency. According to TASS, Russian state aerospace company Sukhoi is now developing new light tactical fighter aircraft. “The Sukhoi company is developing a single-engine light tactical plane with the takeoff weight of up to 18 tonnes. The plane’s maximum speed will be above 2 Mach. It will also have super-maneuverability and improved takeoff and landing performance, thanks to a thrust vector control engine. The plane’s thrust-to-weight ratio will be above 1,” news agency reported, citing an industry source. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – […]
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Russian media on Tuesday reported that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu instructed the commanders to begin withdrawing troops deployed on the border with Ukraine and in the occupied Crimean Peninsula on April 23. Speaking during snap readiness exercises in occupied Crimea, Shoigu ordered the general staff of the armed forces, military chiefs and the airborne troops to begin returning to their home bases from the Russian-Ukrainian border and Crimea starting April 23. “I believe that the goals of the snap inspection have been fully achieved,” Interfax quoted Shoigu as saying. “The troops demonstrated the ability to reliably defend the country.” – ADVERTISEMENT – […]
According to U.S. officials, Russia trying to find a way to jam and block signals from U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted and unarmed, aerial reconnaissance system. In the past few months, high-flying RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned spy planes have been highly active in the European theater, along the western borders of Russia. The Global Hawk serves as a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted and unarmed, aerial reconnaissance system. The aircraft is designed to provide persistent, day and night, high-resolution, all-weather imagery of large geographic areas with an array of integrated sensors and cameras. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW […]
Data acquired by plane-tracking site FlightRadar confirms redeployment of at least two Russian A-50 Aerial Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the country’s western border. According to an account by a user who posted one of the FlightRadar screengrabs to the Russian Telegram social media site, two Russian A-50 aircraft taking off from Ivanovo (150 miles northeast of Moscow) and landing at Rostov-on-Don (close to the border with Ukraine) and Kaliningrad (Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania). The A-50 AEW&C is intended to detect and identify airborne and sea objects determining their position, bearing, and speed. The object data collected […]
Senior Russian politicians have denied his country has any aggressive intentions in relation to Ukraine, saying that all its large-scale military exercises are aimed only at strengthening the country’s defense. Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russian diplomats in Moscow and Vienna have been calling on partners not to distort reality and not to interpret Russia’s planned combat training events on the Russian territory as a display of aggressive intentions. “Once again, we call on our partners, mainly Germany and France as our colleagues on the Normandy Four format, to stop partaking in the propaganda campaign […]
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it dismayed over Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone systems in the Donbass region of Ukraine. “Obviously, there can hardly be anything to rejoice about given that Turkish drones, as the story goes, are surfacing somewhere in Donbass,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday. Turkish exports to various countries are “a serious issue,” he pointed out. “They buy something from us and ship their products elsewhere. Corresponding arrangements exist, including export controls where all these things are discussed. Through bilateral channels, we are also looking at an entire range of such episodes and will […]
A Russian MiG-31 (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) fighter jet intercepted a U.S. Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint strategic reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in the Kamchatka region, Russia’s National Defense Control Center reported on Friday. “Russian airspace control systems detected an air target over the territory of the Pacific Ocean approaching Russia’s state border. A MiG-31 fighter was scrambled to identify the air target and prevent it from violating the Russian state border,” the Center said in a statement. According to a recent service news release, a Russian fighter’s crew identified the air target as a U.S. Air Force RC-135W […]
Russian Armed Force is reportedly deploying its Iskander (NATO Reporting name: SS-26 Stone) missile systems with R-500 extended-range ground-launched cruise missiles in areas near Voronezh, which’s 250 kilometers away from the border with Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Luhansk regions. Open-source intelligence specialist at Janes Thomas Bullock identified Russian Iskander missile systems that have moved or are moving to the Ukrainian area of operations since late March through open-source intelligence. Thomas Bullock posted a Janes article from 8 April that said he identified the deployment of Iskander short-range ballistic missile systems, likely belonging to the 119 Missile Brigade, to Voronezh from the Sverdlovsk […]
Russia continues to take steps that are designed to destabilize Ukrainian politics and security. Moscow increases its military activity in Crimea and eastern Ukraine and sends more weapons for its separatist proxies in Luhansk and Donetsk regions. In addition to this, the movement of Russian sniper squads and their shelling of the positions of the Ukrainian troops were recorded. Two Ukrainian soldiers were mortally wounded on April 5 by a Russian sniper near the front line city of Zolotogo-4 and Avdiyivky, according to a statement by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Russian sniper squads in […]
A planned “combat readiness” inspection began in the Russian Armed Forces on Tuesday, according to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. The ministry described the drill as a “massive inspection”, to check combat readiness on the territory of all military districts and the Northern Fleet, in the Far North, on the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka. The tests began amid concern over Russian military activity in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – According to CNN, Russia blamed Ukraine for renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this week that Russia was concerned about “Ukraine’s provocations”. “So […]
Russia reportedly has sent additional military equipment and vehicles to its separatist proxies in Eastern Ukraine. On Wednesday, Russia-backed rebels TV channel released video footage that it said showed a new batch of UAZ Patriot light utility vehicles and heavy machine guns donated by Russia. The UAZ Patriot is a Russian light utility vehicle. It was introduced in 2005. A facelifted version is produced since 2015. Originally it was developed as a civilian vehicle. However this utilitarian and affordable vehicle, yet with good cross-country capability, is also used by the military. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The UAZ Patriot […]
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Thursday that Russia is building up armed forces near Ukraine’s borders. The deployment of the additional Russian troops across the country should not concern other states since this does not pose any threat to them, said Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “The Russian Federation deploys the Armed Forces on its soil as it wants to. This should not concern anyone and this is not posing any threat to anyone,” Peskov added. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Moscow is taking “all the necessary measures to ensure the security of its frontiers,” he stressed. Peskov noted […]
Russian media Friday, reported that Russia is ready for negotiations with Turkey on the possible delivery of Su-35 and Su-57 fighter aircraft, if it receives the corresponding request. Russia hopes to build on its success following a controversial contract to supply S-400 air defense systems to Turkey. “As for Ankara’s potential plans of purchasing Russian Su-35 and Su-57 fighters, it should be noted that the Turkish side has been informed about their technical specifications in full. If there is a request from Turkey for these planes, we are ready for negotiations on this issue,” the Spokesperson for Russia’s Federal Service for […]
The Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has confirmed that it has received a number of requests from foreign customers for the Su-57E multirole fighter aircraft, an official spokesman of the Service told at the IDEX-2021 defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi. “Requests were received concerning the Su-57E aircraft, although there are no Middle East countries among them. Nevertheless, foreign customers of this region show interest in this airplane as well,” the press service said. The top priority task is to supply the Su-57 airplane to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Service said. “However, we are ready to start deliberation of this […]
Russia’s main state-owned industrial conglomerate Rostec has confirmed the development of a next-generation long-range interceptor to replace an aging fleet of MiG-31 fighter jets. According to a press release issued on 22 January by Rostec, the new interceptor already entered the development stage and called the MiG-41. “Development of the next-generation of interceptor aircraft has already begun,” the company said. “The project of the Perspective Long-Range Aviation Complex (PAK DP) under the codename “MiG-41″ is at the stage of the development stage.” – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Beyond the revelation of the name of the new heavy interceptor, Rostec did […]
The U.S. Navy destroyer is back in the Black Sea for the first time since last year. On Saturday, the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Afric has announced that Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) entered the Black Sea. “The first FDNF [Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe] destroyer to visit the Black Sea in 2021, #Donaldcook will work with partners continuing to build maritime security in the region,” the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa said in a Twitter post Saturday. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Black Sea is a critical waterway for maritime commerce and stability throughout Europe. The U.S. […]
Four Russian-made Mi-35 attack helicopters will arrive for the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to sources in the Belarusian Defense Ministry. Minister of Defense Viktor Khrenin in an interview with state-run TV channel Belarus-1 also confirmed that Belarus signed contract with Russia’s arms export company for four Mi-35 helicopters for Armed Forces of Belarus. In addition, earlier on 14 January, Chief of the Air Force and Air Defense Command of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Major-General Igor Golub has announced that contracts on supplying Mi-35 helicopters and another […]
Russian state media is reporting that the 2S43 Malva self-propelled artillery system on the wheeled chassis will begin testing this year. Currently, the schedule of work on the newest self-propelled artillery system 2S43 Malva has been approved. A report from the Russian newspaper Izvestia stated that the document was prepared at the end of last year. According to this schedule, the developers of the unique howitzer, as part of the development work (ROC) “Nabrosok” by the end of 2020, were to conduct the first firing. Testing is expected to begin in spring or early summer this year. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE […]
Russia has delivered a batch of Sukhoi Su-30SM Flanker multirole fighter jets to Belarus with French-made advanced avionics. Multiple news outlets reported that Belarus has received new Su-30SM twin-seat fighter aircraft equipped with an advanced Man-Machine-Interface system developed by the Thales. The fighter jets were designed by Sukhoi Design Bureau on order from the Ministry of the Republic of Belarus based on the upgraded export version of the Su-30. A contract for delivery was signed in 2017. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Belarus’ version differs from the bases Su-30 in the composition of airborne equipment, as some equipment items […]
The Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Fund’ National Center for the Development of Technologies and Basic Elements of Robotics has released a photo of its new version of the modular unmanned ground vehicle called Marker. On Wednesday, the National Center press release said that the prototype of a wheeled unmanned platform autonomous trekked up a 30-kilometer path during the test in the Chelyabinsk region. “The route of the vehicle was laid through an unprepared territory – a forest-steppe with a snow cover,” said in a statement. “The autonomous platform motion control system, having received a route assignment with the coordinates of […]
Russia reportedly has deployed two Mi-8AMTSh Hipp military helicopters to the Central African Republic. On Friday, the heavy-lift An-124 Ruslan (Condor) cargo plane delivered two Russian Mi-8AMTSh Hipp multipurpose helicopters to the Bangui M’poko International Airport in the Central African Republic. According to Radio Liberty, Russia has already deployed hundreds of troops in the deeply unstable country amid an alleged coup bid ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Russia has also sent an additional 300 military instructors to the Central African Republic (CAR) to deal with what its foreign ministry calls a “sharp degradation […]
Western media outlets say Russia has been deploying troops to Central African Republic to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors, or PMCs, operating there. A number of Ilyushin -76 cargo planes from Russia, an ally of President Faustin-Archange, landed in Central African Republic this weekend, the security source and a source at the airport said. Observers identified over a dozen Russian military trucks with soldiers and two armoured personnel carriers at Bangui airport. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Central African Republic officials conformed that Russia sent hundreds of troops into the country after an alleged coup bid that took place ahead […]
American aerospace giant Boeing is on track to overtake Russian defense companies as the Indian biggest weapons supplier as the Indian Navy has expressed interest in potentially purchasing Super Hornets. Boeing’s India division, based in New Delhi, has released new footage that showed an F/A-18E fighter jet launching off a ski-jump ramp in a demo for the Indian Navy. “Our F/A-18 Super Hornet demonstrates the ability to operate from Indian Navy aircraft carriers during its successful and safe launch from a ski-jump ramp,” the company said in a Twitter post Monday. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The demonstrations, held at […]
Russian largest armoured personnel carrier maker, Military-Industrial Company (VPK), is slowly close up to the mass production of its next-generation armored vehicle. On Friday, multiple news outlets reported that testing of Russia’s latest armored vehicle, Atlet, will begin in the spring of 2021 and continue until late summer. “By now, Altet has fully completed preliminary trials and is about to enter state trials. They will begin in the spring of 2021 and will continue until late summer of the same year,” VPK CEO Alexander Krasovitsky told on Friday. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Russian Army Commander-in-Chief Army General Oleg […]
The United States Space Command has reported that Russia has conducted a test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile. On Wednesday, the service press release said that Russia has begun live-fire testing of its new direct-ascent anti-satellite missile. “Russia publicly claims it is working to prevent the transformation of outer space into a battlefield, yet at the same time Moscow continues to weaponize space by developing and fielding on-orbit and ground-based capabilities that seek to exploit U.S. reliance on space-based systems,” said U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Russia’s persistent testing […]
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has reported that a next hypersonic missile system outfitted with the Avangard nuclear boost-glide vehicle has been put into service. The newest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with the hypersonic glide vehicles was assumed “combat duty” in the Dombarovsky division of the Strategic Missile Force, according to a press release from the Russian military released on 16 Dec. The Avangard is a strategic intercontinental ballistic missile system equipped with a hypersonic boost-glide vehicle. According to open sources, the breakthrough weapon was developed by the Research and Production Association of Machine-Building (the town […]
The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday has released a short video of the recently Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missiles test. Video released 12 December by the Russian Ministry of Defense shows the salvo launch of four Bulava ballistic missiles from the Borei-class ballistic missile submarine Vladimir Monomakh in the Sea of Okhotsk. Also added that Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Army General Sergei Shoigu informed Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the final stage of the combat trials to control the strategic offensive forces. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “During them, the Pacific Fleet’s strategic missile-carrying […]
Russia’s FSB state security service has arrested a Russian scientist Anatoly Gubanov suspected of handing over secret aviation development data. Multiple news outlets reported that Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court ruled to arrest Gubanov until February 2, 2021, suspected of committing a crime stipulated by Article 275 of Russia’s Criminal Code (High Treason). If convicted, Gubanov may face up to 20 years in prison. According to a source in law enforcement, Gubanov handed over secret hypersonic development data abroad. He worked on the international project HEXAFLY-INT (High-speed EXperimental FLY Vehicles-INTernational) collaboration with the EU for a civil hypersonic airliner. – ADVERTISEMENT – […]
Russian Black Sea and Baltic fleets are involved in massive Navy drills running at their naval bases, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation’s press office reported on Thursday. On 3 December, all of the Black Sea Fleet ships have kicked off drills at sea or naval bases to practice naval battles and emergency clean-up efforts, the Fleet’s press office reported on Thursday. “A part of the ships is staying at combat training naval ranges and holding comprehensive shipborne drills for conducting a naval battle, air and anti-saboteur defense, eliminating sea and coastal targets, defending a ship during its anchorage […]
U.S. Army M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle deployment to northeast Syria has helped to lower tensions and prevent new conflicts in the region. The U.S. military has sent M2A2 Bradley fighting vehicles to eastern Syria in September to help protect the hundreds of American troops stationed there following series of tense encounters with Russian forces. Tensions with Russian troops in the Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility have since decreased. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – According to the Combined Joint Task Force, the U.S. soldiers are in Syria to support the Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) mission. The mechanized infantry […]
Russia plans to complete the development of its latest S-500 mobile air defense and anti-ballistic missile system in 2021, the Krasnaya Zvezda news agency reported. “It should be noted that the work on developing the S-500 mobile air defense and anti-ballistic missile system is scheduled to be completed in 2021,” Aerospace Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Andrei Yudin told Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda news agency. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said at the Army-2020 international arms show that the S-500 system was already undergoing state trials and work was underway to purchase parts for its serial production. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE […]
Russian aerospace group Rostec has announced on Wednesday that the Central Research Institute for Precision Machine-Building (TsNIITochMash) has successfully completed factory acceptance testing of the new Lotos air-droppable self-propelled artillery gun. “The Central Research Institute for Precision Machine-Building (TsNIITochMash) of Rostec Corporation has completed the acceptance trials of the advanced 120mm Lotos self-propelled artillery gun (item 2S42). The fighting vehicle for the Airborne Force has confirmed its compliance with the stated operational characteristics,” Rostec said. As noted by the Rostec, the trials have helped assess the operability of all of the gun’s assemblies, mechanisms and devices, with their program consisting of […]
Russian National Defense Control Center has reported that the Russian Navy has been monitoring the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) sailing up the Black Sea. “The Black Sea Fleet’s forces and means began monitoring the USS Donald Cook, who entered the Black Sea on November 23,” the Ministry of Defense said. Previously, the U.S. Navy press service announced that guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) transited into the Black Sea in support of NATO Allies and partners – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – This is the seventh time a U.S. Navy ship has visited the […]
On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry told journalists that additional 18 military transport Il-76 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Force with peacekeepers aboard have landed at Yerevan’s airfields. Russian Il-76 and An-124 military transport planes continue airlifting the peacekeepers to the area of the peacekeeping mission. The planes have already made 95 flights since the start of the peacekeeping operation, the Defense Ministry spokesman said. “Another 18 Il-76 planes and two An-124 Ruslan aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Force with equipment and staff of the 15th peacekeeping brigade sent to Armenia to participate in a peacekeeping […]
The Russian military is sending attack helicopters to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone following the start of the peacekeeping operation. According to a press release issued Thursday by the Russian Defense Ministry, An-124 Ruslan military transport aircraft delivered eight Mi-8 transport and Mi-24 attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces army aviation to the airfield in Yerevan, Armenia. “Helicopters will be involved in the peacekeeping operation to monitor the ceasefire and military operations control areas in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone,” the ministry said. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – According to the Defense Ministry, helicopters will also be involved in transporting […]
Russia is immediately deploying about 1,960 soldiers to the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan. According to a press release issued Tuesday by Russian Defense Ministry, the first five Ilyushin Il-76MD Candid airlifters with Russian peacekeepers are heading to Nagorno-Karabakh from Ulyanovsk “The first four Il-76 planes, which are redeploying Russian peacekeepers to the area of performing tasks in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, have taken off from the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airfield. The aircraft are carrying the personnel of the peacekeeping formation, vehicles, armored vehicles and material resources,” the ministry said. The fifth plane also departed later. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Russian […]
Russia is moving its one of the most powerful electronic warfare (EW) systems, called the Murmansk-BN, to military bases in Arctic territory near the Finnish border. This week, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has released a short video showing deploy of the Murmansk-BN ground mobile radio interference complex to areas located along the border to Finland. Murmansk-BN is a unique Russian long-range communications jamming system specially designed to take out NATO and United States high-frequency military satellite communications. The powerful EW system is aimed at disrupting radio communications at a maximum range of more than 5,000 kilometers (3,106 […]
A Bangladesh Air Force C-130 transport plane made an emergency landing at Khabarovsk airport in Russia. Local officials said two of the plane’s four turboprops failed and it landed safely at Khabarovsk International airport in the Russian Far East. Damage to the aircraft has not been determined. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – It is specified that there are no casualties as a result of the incident. The Hercules is the Bangladesh Air Force’s primary tactical transport aircraft in its current C-130E and C-130J versions. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built […]
Russia has deployed a significant disinformation campaign against the Ukrainian defense industry to drive out the independent competitor. The Russian disinformation campaign has pushed fake news online in Egypt, Algeria, India, Peru, Nigeria, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia to discredit Ukraine as a reputable and reliable partner. Russia is actively intervening in the information space of other countries where Ukraine claims to win a tender for the supply of goods intended for military use and dual-use items. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Just last month, Russia, through its curators, transmitted false reports and information that Ukraine allegedly […]
The SBU, Ukraine’s state security service, has reported on Tuesday that it blocked a systematic steal of aircraft components from the strategic aerospace enterprise. According to a press release issued on 3 November by the SBU, the security service has blocked the illegal supply of helicopter engines to Russia. The stolen spare part and engines were exported abroad by intermediaries outside customs control. According to forged documents, the equipment was sold to defense companies from the Middle East and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Special service carried out an operation prepared […]
JSC CSTS Dinamika, part of Technodinamika Group, has successfully passed the state trials of the latest target simulator with a rotary-wing target drone system. This is the first unmanned rotorcraft belonging to this size group ever designed, built and tested in Russia. With takeoff weight at an impressive 315 kg, its flight endurance makes up at least 1 hour, altitude ‑ 2,500 m and operational range ‑ at least 100 km, while operating ambient temperature can vary from ‑30°С to +40°С. “The Dinamika Center for Scientific and Technical Services has successfully completed the trials of the simulator with unmanned aerial vehicles. […]
The Russian military said Tuesday it has successfully test-fired a new missile of the country’s anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system at the Sary-Shagan proving ground in Kazakhstan. “The next launch was successfully carried out by a combat crew of the air and missile defense forces of the Aerospace Forces at the Sary-Shagan proving ground (Republic of Kazakhstan),” the ministry said in a statement. “The new interceptor missile of the ABM system reliably confirmed its stated characteristics after a series of tests while the combat teams successfully accomplished the task, striking the notional target with the pre-set accuracy,” Commander of Aerospace Force […]
Citing a source from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Izvestia reported that Russia plans to deploy its T-72B3 main battle tanks to the disputed Kuril Islands. The Kuril Islands, referred to as the Southern Kurils by Russia and the Northern Territories by Japan, were captured by Soviet forces following Japan’s surrender to Allied Forces in 1945. The resulting disagreement over who has rightful ownership of the islands has soured relations between the two countries, contributing to their continued failure to sign a World War II peace treaty. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – On the Kuril Islands, […]
Russia has launched Oniks anti-ship cruise missile during military exercises in the Arctic. The missile firings from the coastal defense missile system deployed on the Alexandra Land Island were performed for the first time as part of the Northern Fleet’s planned combat and operational training measures for the summer training period, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. “Today the personnel of the Bastion coastal defense missile system of the Northern Fleet’s tactical group stationed at the Arctic Trefoil military base on the Alexandra Land Island of the Franz Josef Land archipelago […]
Defense representatives from NATO’s 30 member states are slated to review a proposal that seeks to construct a centralized coordination point for an allied space surveillance center prior to a virtual meeting on Thursday. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg revealed early this week that Ramstein Air Base in Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate will likely be the location of the intergovernmental military alliance’s space center, according to the German Press Agency (DPA) and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Toulouse, France, and Kalkar, in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia – the municipality which is home to the Joint Air Power Competence Center – were reportedly discussed as potential locations. Stoltenberg believes […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107861/88/1078618855_0:24:3072:1752_1200x675_80_0_0_3c3e8eaa134f93a0243f2a048c96bcec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010191080820643-us-charges-10-defendants-with-smuggling-50-million-in-apple-products-into-russia/ The US Department of Justice charged 10 conspirators with allegedly smuggling more than $50 million in Apple products from the US into Russia by exploiting their relationship with employees of Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship air carrier. A pair of complaints filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York and unsealed on Monday outline how federal investigators believe 10 people illegally exported more than $50 million worth of Apple devices, including iPhones, Apple Watches and iPads, from the US to Russia. They allegedly did this by smuggling the […]
Russia plans to develop a new highly specialized aircraft to replace Cold War-era Il-80 “doomsday“ plane. New Airborne Command Post aircraft will be built on the basis of an Il-96-400M long-range airliner, TASS reported. “It is scheduled to replace it with an Il-96-400M. It will allow to significantly increase the period of airborne combat duty and to extend the radius for troop command,” an aircraft industry source told TASS. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The new aircraft will be protected against the effects of electromagnetic pulse and has an electrical system designed to support advanced electronics and a wide variety of communications […]
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Russian authorities have no powers to open a case against a Moscow-born attacker who beheaded a teacher in France, an embassy spokesman has said, adding that his origin is not as important as the place of his radicalization. Russia has no plans to launch its own investigation into the brutal murder committed in the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, not far from the French capital, the Russian embassy said on Saturday. This is because there are no legal means to investigate a murder on French soil, Sergey Parinov, the embassy’s spokesman, told RT France. However, the embassy has contacted the French Interior Ministry over the case […]
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MOSCOW—For the third year in succession, a Russian teenager has done something that Europeans previously believed was the sole preserve of disaffected American students. Danila Monakhov, 18, embarked on a mass shooting in the city of Nizhny Novgorod on Monday, shooting seven people before turning the gun on himself. Handsome but socially awkward, the teen shooter had watched videos of the Columbine massacre linking him to a Russian social media trend of so-called “Columbiners,” who fetishize the U.S. high school shooting that took the lives of 12 Colorado students and a teacher in 1999. “Both his teachers and school mates knew […]
Officials in Baku claim an Armenian rocket strike left 12 people dead and dozens more wounded amid ongoing clashes over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, as the region’s ombudsman says Azerbaijani shelling has injured two in its capital. The death toll claimed in the Armenian strike rose to 12, also leaving 40 wounded, according to the Azerbaijani prosecutor general’s office. Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, shared footage on social media purporting to show the scene of the attack, saying that rescue efforts were still underway while insisting “Armenia’s policy of state terror must be stopped.” Further update: More than 10 civilians […]
Russian journalists are facing prejudice and routine harassment by American authorities, Russia’s Embassy in Washington has warned, after US security services questioned an RT filmmaker for hours and combed through his devices. RT documentarian Konstantin Rozhkov was stopped by US federal agents at a New York airport soon after arriving in the country on Wednesday, where he was subjected to a three-hour interrogation and forced to provide access to his electronics. “The journalist was requested to open all electronic media, as well as explain publicly available information, including about him receiving the Russian-made vaccine, Sputnik V,” the embassy said in a […]
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton repeatedly told his staff to actively remove themselves from conversations and meetings with Rudy Giuliani after Bolton received warnings from intelligence officials that the president’s personal lawyer was propagating conspiracy theories that aligned with a Russian operation to undermine the 2020 presidential election. Bolton even warned his subordinates to avoid meetings in which Giuliani or his agenda might be raised. According to three sources with direct knowledge of the situation, Bolton told his team not to attend an Oval Office meeting May 23, 2019 with President Donald Trump following the inauguration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/10/1080795841_0:9:3148:1779_1200x675_80_0_0_94094f6a4f215886ad89f2bf039385c5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010161080795930-us-negotiator-accuses-russia-of-backtracking-on-nuclear-agreement/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Special Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea on Friday called it a disappointment that Russia “backtracked” on the American proposal to conclude an agreement that would cover all nuclear warheads. Earlier on Friday, Washington rejected Moscow’s proposal to unconditionally extend New START, which expires in February, for one year and continue negotiations on the new pact to replace the only arms control regime between the two countries. The United States made every effort. It is disappointing that the Russian Federation backtracked on an agreement covering all nuclear warheads for the […]
When he was released from a Soviet prison in 1990, Yevgeny Prigozhin went to work as a hot dog salesman. Soon, the budding entrepreneur—who had just served nine years for robbery and fraud—began moving up in the world of gastronomy. He became the manager of a chain of grocery stores in St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hometown, and eventually expanded into the restaurant business. In the late 90s, Prigozhin opened New Island, a floating restaurant on St. Petersburg’s Vyatka river. It became popular with the local elite, and a few years after its launch, Putin showed up for dinner at […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010161080792366-netherlands-hopes-to-continue-contacts-with-russia-on-mh17-in-trilateral-format/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Netherlands expects to continue contacts with Russia on the case of the Malaysian Boeing flight MH17 crash in Ukraine in 2014 in the format of trilateral consultations, which also includes Australia, the country’s foreign ministry told Sputnik. “The Dutch government is ready to continue trilateral negotiations to find a solution”, the ministry said, answering about further cooperation between the countries over the plane crash. On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia considered it impossible to further participate in trilateral consultations with Australia and the Netherlands on the Boeing […]
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Medics from as far away as France who travelled to help as fighting between Armenians and Azerbaijanis erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh, have told RT they weren’t fully prepared for the atrocities and called for the fighting to stop. Intense clashes between ethnic Armenian and Azeri forces over Nagorno-Karabakh have been raging since late September. The mainly Armenian-populated region, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, declared independence from Baku in 1991 and has since been backed by Armenia, which has stopped short of officially recognizing it. Azeri authorities consider Nagorno-Karabakh illegally occupied by Yerevan, proclaiming that they want to get their […]
Technical workers, attached to Lufthansa, at Germany’s Hamburg Airport have declined to service the state plane of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, accusing him of “giving the order to shoot at demonstrators in Belarus.” In a Facebook post on the page of the Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft workers union, a statement explained that technicians for Lufthansa Technik would not service the presidential Boeing 737 as an act of “international solidarity” and “standing side-by-side with Belarusian workers.” In addition, the union demanded Lukashenko’s resignation, and called for democratic elections and the release of political prisoners. The post also drew parallels with a situation 31 years […]
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Anonymous clubbing in party hotspot Moscow will have to go on pause for a while after the capital’s mayor decreed that visitors to nightclubs will have to register upon entry using a QR code or by SMS starting from Monday. Sergey Sobyanin said that new restrictions are designed to counter the spread of Covid-19 and are being trialled in the hope of avoiding the sort of severe lockdowns currently being imposed in similar large European cities. By scanning the code or sending an SMS to a designated number, guests will be making themselves available for a track-and-trace contact, should one of […]
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The New York Times, whose article last month on Donald Trump’s tax filings set off a firestorm of accusations, now says there’s no evidence the president owes money to Russia, and any suggestions otherwise are conspiracy theories. David Enrich, the newspaper’s business investigations editor, detailed in an article Tuesday some of the rumors that have been lobbed around by Democrats since the Times reported that Trump has $421 million in personally guaranteed debt. Some of the theories involve Germany’s Deutsche Bank making loans to Trump because they were backstopped by Russians. Also on rt.com Read the New York Times’ ‘scoop’ on […]
Moscow doesn’t believe the New START treaty with the US can be continued, as achieving common ground is impossible against the backdrop of ultimatums employed by Washington, the Russian Foreign Minister said on Wednesday. In his interview with three Russian radio stations, Sergey Lavrov was asked if he saw any prospect of the two countries agreeing to prolong the landmark deal until 2026. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, obliges Russia and the US to reduce the number of their strategic nuclear missile launchers by half, and it expires in February. “There is no such prospect. I personally […]
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Is it a desperate last roll of the dice or the confident declaration of a woman poised to assume power? Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the runner-up in the disputed Belarusian election, considerably upped the ante with a bold warning. The exiled former candidate, who believes the contest was rigged to prevent her from claiming victory, has announced that the opposition she aspires to lead from her Lithuanian exile intends to move to more active measures in two weeks’ time, if her demands are not met. READ MORE: Police use stun grenades & water cannons during anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus, multiple journalists detained (VIDEOS) Tikhanovskaya […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the European Union had adopted the US style of threatening and punishing states with sanctions. “People who are responsible for the Western foreign policy and do not understand the need for mutually respectful dialogue, we probably have to suspend dialogue with them for a while. Especially since [President of the European Commission] Ursula von der Leyen is saying that the geopolitical cooperation with the current Russian authorities is not working. So let it be if that’s what they want,” Lavrov said at a session of the Valday discussion club. […]
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BERLIN (Sputnik) – Russia has “done little” to establish truth over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, leaving an impression that it is not interested in it, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told RIA Novosti in an interview. “We do not see the Russian government publicly analyzing the circumstances of the case on the merits. And the circumstances are such that a military nerve agent from the Novichok group was used on the territory of Russia, which is a serious violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention,” Maas said. According to the minister, many members of the international community demand that […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Germany remains interested in maintaining good or “at least reasonable” relations with Russia, despite the incident with opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told RIA Novosti in an interview. Germany, where Navalny was transported to after falling ill aboard a Russian domestic flight, claims to have evidence of his poisoning with a nerve agent from the Novichok group “What happened to Alexey Navalny does not change the geography and therefore does not change our principled interest in good or at least reasonable relations with Russia. We are a country that lives by trade and scientific exchange. […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – One of the world’s largest fancy vivid purple-pink and internally flawless diamonds from Russia will be sold at Sotheby’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels auction on 11 November, media reported on Monday. The 14.83-carat diamond, named “The Spirit of the Rose,” is the largest vivid purple-pink diamond ever offered at auction and it is estimated to be worth $23-$38 million, according to Forbes. The Gemological Institute of America graded the diamond with the highest colour and clarity and classified it as a Type IIa diamond, which is the purest of all diamond crystals. This classification is usually […]
It was the most expensive divorce battle ever seen on British shores, likened to epic Hollywood movie The War of the Roses about a feuding couple starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. But now it turns out that, for Tatiana Akhmedova, winning a record £453 million ($590 million) settlement in London’s High Court against her husband, Russian oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov, in 2016, may have been the easy bit. Collecting the cash is turning out to be an altogether trickier proposition, not helped by her husband’s peripatetic existence. Akhmedov, 65, has simply refused to pay up, meaning that all Akhmedova has managed […]
Despite over a year of failing to stop hostilities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that he will be able to end the war in Donbass, and says someone else should lead the country if he can’t. Speaking to the BBC, Zelensky also claimed that he will be able to make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin and return Crimea to the control of Kiev. “I believe in this. Otherwise, I would not have run for Ukrainian President,” Zelensky said. “This is very difficult, and we need the help of the whole world, that’s true. But I’m not losing faith.” The […]
This is a preview of Right Richter, our newsletter about the extreme right wing. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox, sign up for it here. It’s hard to stress how much effort the pro-Trump media has devoted over the last year-and-half to John Durham. The top federal prosecutor in Connecticut with a bushy, meme-ready goatee, Durham was appointed by Bill Barr in May 2019 to investigate the origins of the 2016 Russia probe. Or, in other words, to try to make something of what the president hears every night on Sean Hannity’s show. Durham’s much-awaited report was supposed to […]
The first of two Russia-built reactors at the Belarusian nuclear power plant has reached criticality. Its Baltic neighbors pledged to stop electricity trade when the plant launched. The Astravets nuclear power plant (known in Belarus as BelAes) is a joint project with Russia’s state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom. On Sunday, the first chain reaction was launched at one of the VVER-1200 type reactors and sustained at the minimum controlled power level, Belarus’ energy ministry reported. The reactor is expected to pass through several tests before becoming fully operational and start supplying electricity to the power grid sometime next year. Also on […]
The notorious ‘Novichok’ nerve agent described as Russia’s lethal weapon has been first presented to the world by Americans and has since been replicated by 20 of their allies, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The structure of a substance that has since been known to the world as ‘Novichok’ has been first unveiled by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology back in 1998 on the basis of the data provided by the Pentagon, the Russian Ministry said on Saturday, replying to yet another damning statement by the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Over the years, the formula was used […]
With coronavirus running through his body in competition with a heavy steroidal dose, President Trump is frustrated that a country where over 210,000 people have died from the virus seems uninterested in the “hoax” of Russiagate. Trump spent part of his week demanding the latest version of his Russia counter-narrative—that the intelligence officials teamed up with Democrats to invent Russian collusion in 2016—be used to prosecute his political enemies. “I say, ‘Bill [Barr], we have plenty [of evidence], we don’t need any more,” Trump told Maria Bartiromo on Thursday. On Friday, he fumed to Rush Limbaugh that Republicans are “afraid they’re […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has paid an unexpected visit to a detention center in Minsk, meeting incarcerated members of the so-called ‘Coordination council of the opposition’. The unusual move was reported by local media on Saturday, with a short video from the meeting emerging on social media later in the day. Members of the opposition ‘council’ were detained over calls to overthrow the government amid the unrest that followed the contested August 9 presidential election. The activists are currently being held at the pre-trial detention center of the Belarus State Security Committee (KGB) in Minsk. Among other things, Lukashenko touched upon […]
The mediated ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region cannot be considered a solution to the conflict, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has said, reaffirming its support for Baku. The suspension of hostilities in the contested region, brokered by Russia on Friday, is “an important first step,” but it “will not replace a permanent solution,” Ankara said on Saturday. Turkey “will continue to stand by Azerbaijan on the battlefield and at the negotiations table,” the statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry added. Hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway part of Azerbaijan supported by Armenia, reignited on September 27. Each of […]
Back in 2016, the Democratic National Committee suspected a breach in its computer systems and hired California-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to investigate the potential hack. The company eventually accused Moscow of malicious activities, setting off a multiple-year-old saga that later became known as Russiagate. Recently-filed financial disclosures from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi showed that the couple had invested between $500,000 and $1 million in CrowdStrike, the company that pioneered accusations that Russia had sought to tamper with the US presidential election back in 2016, according to a report by by RealClear Investigations journalist Aaron Mate. The […]
10 Oct, 2020 00:12 Follow RT on Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to halt hostilities in contested Nagorno-Karabakh after marathon talks in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The armistice is set to take effect at noon on October 10. Follow RT on Source link
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have confirmed they will send delegations for talks in Moscow in a bid to reach a ceasefire in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. “Baku and Yerevan have confirmed their participation in the consultations in Moscow. Active preparations are underway,” Maria Zakharova told reporters on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier invited the foreign ministers of bitter rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks in Moscow on October 9. He called for a ceasefire and a prisoner swap. Also on rt.com Putin invites Azerbaijani & Armenian FMs to FRIDAY talks in Moscow, urges halt […]
Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov has announced that country’s Defense Ministry to receive new serial Ilyushin Il-112V aircraft from 2023. “We should additionally transfer two prototype aircraft to the Defense Ministry for subsequent state trials by 2021 year-end and upon completion we expect to supply first serially made aircraft to the Defense Ministry since 2023,” the minister said. The Il-112V is the first military transport plane developed in Russia from scratch in the post-Soviet period. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “We have modern aircraft, with the good export potential in place. Therefore, we will work in […]
…from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Color me surprised. This is the first time I have ever seen a missile ‘disappear’ on launch due to its speed being faster than the eye could see. But it is a long way from having the technology and a good launch, to have enough produced and deployed to enjoy the added defense fruits of the labor. Russia has to operate under the reality of having significantly fewer weapons than the US and NATO. Russia actually decreased its defense budget for the year. The flip side to that is it has significantly lower production costs […]
Samara Mayhub, a Syrian postgraduate student at Samara University, has won a Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant to develop special software systems to detect Internet network anomalies, including preventing hacker attacks, the university press service said. Samara Mayhub is going to deal with the problem of insufficient Internet network bandwidth, which is especially important for those who have switched to remote work and study due to the coronavirus pandemic. Data set delays have become especially noticeable in video conferences, when the picture on the screen, as well as the speaker’s sound, is distorted. The Samara National Research University postgraduate student […]
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has posted the video of the recent Tsirkon hypersonic missile test. In a video posted by Russian MoD said that it is the launch of a new Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from Admiral Gorshkov frigate. “Yesterday, at 7:15 a.m., the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov test-fired for the first time a Tsirkon hypersonic missile against a sea target located in the Barents Sea as part of flight tests,” Chief of Russia’s General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov said. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – As […]
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Worries about life in the oceans around Russia’s north-eastern Kamchatka region have increased sharply, after scientists discovered that 95 percent of all organisms living on the seabed of the peninsula’s Avacha Bay have died. The alarm was raised last weekend when piles of sea life began washing up on Kamchatka’s beaches. Pictures of dead octopi, crabs, and starfish went viral on Russian social media, and local surfers reported that they’d experienced problems with their eyes after being in the water. Now, the latest revelations seem to have confirmed ecologists’ worst fears. After studying the water of the Avacha Bay, researchers discovered […]
NIZHNY NOVGOROD—A funeral was held Tuesday for Irina Slavina, a celebrated local journalist, who set herself on fire outside the police headquarters in Nizhny Novgorod and died. But this is not a story about a reporter committing suicide. Hundreds of thousands read Slavina’s website, Koza.Press, the bravest media outlet in the city. Her readers knew exactly what she meant in her final Facebook post: “Blame the Russian Federation for my death,” it said. The authorities have been persecuting, investigating and interrogating this sensible and dignified woman for years. On October 1, local law enforcement broke down the door to her apartment […]
How Russia’s five-year long involvement in Syria war changed balance of power in Mid East & beyond …from Sputnik News, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: VT has had to do most of our work at long distance due to budgetary and time constraints, plus the physical wear and tear of road trips, which can include having to get through Homeland Security when coming back. The Stew Webb attempt to set us up with being searched on one return blew up in their faces when the “leak” that Gordon had traveled to Syria to train ISIS snipers and that he was running guns […]
Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched cruise missiles and conducted mid-air refueling during drills in Russia’s Far East, the press office of the Aerospace Force reported on Monday. During the drills, long-range aviation pilots practiced employing airborne weapons against ground targets at the training range and also performed mid-air refueling while accomplishing flight assignments, the statement says. “The strategic missile-carrying bomber Tu-95MS of the Aerospace Forces carried out practical launches of air-launched cruise missiles at ground targets at the range in the Komi Republic. All cruise missiles successfully hit the assigned targets, which was recorded by means of objective control,” the military […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202010041080663195-russia-us-to-hold-strategic-stability-consultations-on-monday-deputy-fm-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Representatives from Russia and the United States will hold consultations on the issue of strategic stability in the Finnish capital Helsinki on Monday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. “A single day of consultations will be held on October 5 in Helsinki, continuing the discussions that took place in the summer,” Ryabkov said on Sunday. When asked if the New START treaty, the last remaining arms control agreement in force between Russia and the United States, would be on the agenda, the deputy foreign minister replied in the affirmative. “Yes, […]
Iran’s Air Defence Troops already operate four battalions of upgraded S-300PMU2s, including launchers themselves plus the accompanying target detection and designation radar equipment. Furthermore, the country’s domestic defence industries have created a range of first-rate air defence systems, including the Bavar 373 and the Khordad-3. Moscow would have “no problem” selling its S-400 air defence system to Iran, Russian Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan has said. “As you know, S-300s have already been delivered. Russia has no problem delivering S-400s to Iran. This was never a problem from the very beginning,” Dzhagaryan said, speaking to Iran’s Resalat newspaper in an interview published Saturday. […]
Hordes of sea animals were washed up at a popular tourist beach in Kamchatka after surfers complained about suffering from eye burns. A probe was launched as tests showed an increased presence of petroleum products in the water. The first signs that something was wrong at the picturesque Khalaktyr beach, a popular tourist and surfing spot, became apparent when people started to develop symptoms after taking a dive in the ocean. “For weeks now, all surfers have been experiencing eye problems after coming back from the water,” Yekaterina Dyba, an administrator at a local surfer school, wrote on social media. She […]
For the first time in three decades, residents of Stepanakert, the capital of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, have hidden in bomb shelters as rocket fire from the Azeri forces hit the city, RT’s crew on the ground has found. Nagorno-Karabakh – a predominantly ethnic Armenian mountainous region – split from Azerbaijan and, with Armenia’s help, fought a bloody war in the 1990s. Amid the ongoing escalation of hostilities, the city now finds itself affected directly by the fighting, which has not happened in three decades. RT’s Igor Zhdanov arrived at a location in Stepanakert which was hit by fire that apparently came […]
“Built-in instruments transmit information from the helicopter’s weapons control system to the payload, be it controlled detonation missiles, guided missiles, mini-drones or suicide drones. For instance, it can charge the drone’s battery, transmit the activation command, and turn the drone on to send it on a pre-programmed mission,” the source said. Originally, the new unguided aviation missile cluster was designed for the helicopter Mi-28NM, but it will be usable on all of Russia’s combat helicopters equipped with a weapons control system, such as Mi-28, Ka-52 and attack configurations of the Mi-8. “Roughly speaking one flash drive is capable of reprogramming the […]
Russia has delivered the first batch of its Covid-19 vaccine to Venezuela, making it the first Latin American nation to participate in Sputnik V’s clinical trial. “We are the first country from the Western Hemisphere which will start the Phase III trial of this vaccine against Covid-19,” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro tweeted, expressing his gratitude to Russia. Red crates containing doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to immunize 2,000 people arrived at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas on Friday. Vice President Delcy Rodríguez accepted the cargo during a short welcome ceremony, after which it was moved to a lab. […]