Tag: Russia

Russian, Serbian military pilots kick off joint drills in Serbia (TASS)

Russian and Serbian military pilots kicked off Bars-2021 joint tactical drills in Serbia, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday. "In the course of the drills,...

Orion drones can use any weapons (TASS)

Orion unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Kronshtadt can be outfitted with any weapons as the customer desires, CEO of the drone developer Sergei...

Orion UAV can perform ice reconnaissance in the Arctic — CEO (TASS)

The cutting-edge Orion unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Kronshtadt will be able to perform ice reconnaissance in the Arctic and the Antarctic, CEO...

Two test launches of Sarmat ICBM to be made by 2021 year-end — source (TASS)

Two test launches the latest liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Sarmat are planned to be completed by 2021 year-end, a source in the defense...

Investments under Arctic preferential-terms projects are above $15 billion (TASS)

The wider land borders of the Russian Arctic zone, which were formalized in 2020, and the offered incentives have attracted investors in the Far...

Taliban seek assistance from Russia in Afghanistan’s reconstruction — deputy minister (TASS)

The Taliban (banned in Russia) expressed hope that Russia would take part in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, which had been damaged as a result...

Russia to wait for responsible leaders in Ukraine, says Medvedev (TASS)

Russia will wait until responsible leaders appear in Ukraine, focusing on the buildup of based on equal rights and mutually beneficial relations and not...

The US needs nothing from Ukraine except deterrence of Russia — government official (TASS)

Washington needs nothing from Kiev, except adversarial relations with Moscow, its total deterrence and creation of an antipode image, Russia’s Deputy Chairman of the...

Albanian PM’s statement on unification with Kosovo unacceptable — Russian Foreign Ministry (TASS)

Moscow views the statement made by Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama on unification of the country with Kosovo as absolutely unacceptable, official spokeswoman...

Lavrov to attend jubilee Nonaligned Movement forum in Belgrade (TASS)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part on Monday in the jubilee forum of the Nonaligned Movement - the international organization of more...

Agrarian sector becomes a pillar of Russian economy — Putin (TASS)

The agricultural sector has become one of the flagships of the Russian economy and keeps developing actively, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a...

Repackaging Pandora: How Russia’s information apparatus is handling a massive leak of data on offshore finance (Jessica Brandt, Brookings)

Almost immediately after the authors of the “Pandora Papers” report released it on October 3, revelations of wrongdoing by powerful public figures, including in...

Kremlin Publicizes Its View on Europe’s Energy Crisis (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Kremlin is skillfully exploiting a European energy crisis caused in part by flawed European policies. On October 6, at the TTF Hub in...

Russian Authorities Expand and Tighten Clampdown on Opposition (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

On September 28, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB—one of the main successor organizations of the Soviet KGB) published an official order, Number 376,...

Microsoft: Russia Launched 58% of State-Backed Cyber Attacks (Tim Balk, New York Daily News, Government Technology)

Russia’s relentless hacking efforts accounted for 58% of all state-sponsored cyber attacks observed by Microsoft over the past year, the tech giant said Thursday,...

Le cause della perdita del prototipo del cargo tattico Ilyushin Il-112V (Maurizio Sparacino, Analisi Difesa)

Il quotidiano russo Kommersant ha recentemente pubblicato un’analisi del Ministero dell’Industria e del Commercio e dell’Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) che descrive la causa della...