Tag: Russia

Two Russian Tu-22M3 bombers fly over Belarus to check Union State air defenses (TASS)

Two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers practiced interoperability with command posts of the Russian and Belarusian armed forces and checked the Union State’s air defenses,...

Moscow hopes Sudan is to ink agreement on Russian military base — Russian diplomat (TASS)

Moscow hopes that the new government of Sudan will approve an agreement on a Russian military base in the African country, Russia’s Special Presidential...

Russia tracked US surveillance plane during flight near border — Defense Ministry (TASS)

The radars of Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces tracked a US E-8C surveillance and target attack radar system plane, which approached the Russian border over...

US spy plane E-8C spotted 35 km away from Russia’s border, says Defense Ministry (TASS)

A US E-8C reconnaissance aircraft that took off from Germany’s USAF Ramstein Air Base was spotted 35 kilometers away from Russia's border, the Russian...

Development of cooperation with Africa is profitable strategy, expert says (TASS)

Cooperation with Africa, which several years ago was a costly affair, is now a profitable strategy, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and...

Russia could act as security provider, sell railroad equipment in Africa — report (TASS)

Russia needs to compile its various ideas for cooperation with Africa into a single comprehensive and publicly available strategy to achieve more success, according...

Kremlin slams Polish PM’s statements blaming Russia for migration crisis as unacceptable (TASS)

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the statements by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that Russia is allegedly responsible for the situation at the Belarusian-Polish...

Putin discusses migrant situation on Belarusian border with EU in phone call with Merkel (TASS)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel have held a telephone conversation, discussing the migrant situation on the border between Belarus...

Policy towards containing Russia, Belarus may reflect NATO’s long-term strategy — Lavrov (TASS)

Moscow and Minsk have serious grounds to believe that NATO’s policy towards deterring Russia and Belarus reflect the bloc’s long-term strategy, Russian Foreign Minister...

China’s alliance with Russia is solidifying (Loro Horta, Think China)

Even though several analyses have it that the China-Russia relationship is filled with underlying tensions and can break without warning, Loro Horta believes that...

Disarming Putin’s energy weapon: Ukraine must connect to EU grid (Anders Åslund, Atlantic Council)

Ukraine is at war with Russia. Unlike the more conventional conflicts of previous centuries, this hybrid war cannot be understood via flags on maps...

The Russian Military Buildup Around Ukraine: Routine, Seasonal Maneuvers (Volodymyr Havrylov, The Jamestown Foundation)

Recent publications in the Western media about the Russian military buildup along the border with Ukraine (Kyiv Post, October 31) provoked a new round...

A Stability Check in US-Russian Relations (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia has not entirely avoided contravening international laws and norms since the Geneva summit in mid-June, but its behavior has been an improvement compared...

Russian Navy forces hunt down enemy sub in drills as NATO warships enter Black Sea (TASS)

The crews of the Black Sea Fleet’s small anti-submarine warfare ships practiced hunting down and eliminating a notional enemy submarine during drills in the...

About ten service centers to be created abroad — Russian Helicopters (TASS)

About ten service centers for maintenance of helicopters are being created and upgraded overseas at present, CEO of Russian Helicopters Andrei Boginsky said on...

First ‘Terminator’ tank support combat vehicles to enter service with Urals tank division (TASS)

The first nine ‘Terminator’ tank support combat vehicles will enter service with armored units of the Central Military District’s 90th Guards Tank Division stationed...