Tag: Russia

(Russia/Defense/Military) Russian sappers test explosives search equipment based on new principles (TASS)

Russia’s International Antimine Center is testing explosives search instruments based on new principles, the center’s chief Vladimir Sidorenko told TASS. "Together with the Central Research...

(Russia/Military) Russian Airborne Troops to receive new Klesch minelayer in 2021 (TASS)

Russian Airborne Troops will receive the newest Klesch minelayer, built on the Taifun-VDV chassis, Airborne Troops engineer service commander Colonel Ilya Shatin told Krasnaya...

(Russia/Cryptocurrency) Nearly half of Russians are ready to pay with digital ruble — survey (TASS)

About half of Russians are ready to use the digital ruble for payments and only 15% of respondents do not trust the digital currency,...

(Renault/Russia) Renault to release five new models on Russian market by 2025 (TASS)

French automaker Renault plans to launch five new car models in Russia by 2025, the first of which will be the updated Duster, CEO...

(USA/Russia) Situation in US to require aggressive rhetoric against Russia from Biden — expert (TASS)

Inaugural US President Joseph Biden will use confrontational rhetoric against Moscow for his domestic political goals, but this will not necessarily be fully backed...

(Russia/Georgia/EHCR) ECHR dismisses Georgia’s claims over 2008 events as unfounded (TASS)

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that a number of Georgia’s claims against Russia in connection with the August 2008 events in...

(USA/Russia/Iran) Can Russia Help Biden Get a Comprehensive Agreement with Iran? (Hanna Notte, Hamidreza Azizi, The National Interest)

Though Moscow’s stance on Iran’s regional activities might be ambivalent, Russian competition with Iran in Syria, as well as their military-defense cooperation, will afford...

(Russia/West/Alexey Navalny) What the Navalny Arrest Means for Russia and the West (Mark Episkopos, The National Interest)

Overt Western threats in the Navalny affair risk having a paradoxical effect on Russian civil society: with every subsequent demand from Brussels or Washington,...

(Russia/Military/Defense) Russian Su-57 jet to win over US F-35 in one-on-one dogfight, test pilot says (TASS)

Russian Su-57 fifth generation fighter jet should be able to win over the US-made F-35 in case of a one-on-one dogfight, thanks to its...

(Russia/Norway/Far North/Military) Lavrov warns Norwegian counterpart about negative impacts of Oslo’s military activities (TASS)

Oslo’s military activity and NATO infrastructure’s movement closer to the Russian borders may adversely impact the Arctic region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said...

(India/Russia/Military) Indian military consider S-400 training a step in development of partnership with Russia (TASS)

The visit of the Indian military delegation to Russia for training in operation of the S-400 air defense systems is a step in development...

(USA/Russia/Arctic Region) Pentagon nominee hopes US-Russia cooperation in the Arctic region will continue (TASS)

Nominee for appointment to be Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that he hoped cooperation of the US and Russia in the Arctic region...

(USA/Russia/New START) Biden administration to seek extension of New START Treaty – secretary of state nominee (TASS)

The Biden administration plans to extend the New START Treaty, Secretary of State Nominee Antony Blinken told the Senate Foreign Relations committee holding a...

(Russia/USA/New START) Gorbachev: Russia, US should extend New START, work on next treaty (TASS)

What do you think, should we expect changes in Russian-US relations now that Biden moves into the White House? Is it possible to reboot...

(Russia/Petrochimical Sector/Arctic) Putin tasks to expand petrochemicals roadmap with Arctic projects (TASS)

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to update the roadmap of the Russian petrochemical sector development by 2025 and complement it with implementation of promising...

(USA/Russia/China) Trump orders to restrict purchase of unmanned aircraft systems from Russia and China (TASS)

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday restricting the purchase of unmanned aircraft systems from the so-called "adversary countries," namely Russia,...