Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Saudi Arabia. Putin brought a special present to King Salman bin Abdel Aziz – an Arctic falcon that can be found in Kamchatka, in the Far East of Russia. The bird’s name is Alpha. This is a Red Book bird species. There are only a few thousands of them […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to dismiss five generals. The document was published on the official website of legal information. According to the document, Major General Andrei Vinogradov was dismissed from the post of the head of the Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) in the Vladimir region. In addition, the head […]
Russia will give a record volume of loans to foreign countries, the Izvestia newspaper reports with reference to materials for the draft budget for 2020-2022. In three years, governments and organizations from other countries will receive more than a trillion rubles in loans from Russia. This amount is larger than in the previous five years. […]
Not a single forest fire has been recorded in Russia as of September 30, representatives of the Federal Forestry Agency (Avialesohrana) said. Over the past 24 hours, firefighters eliminated seven forest fires on the area of 94 hectares. As many as 100 people, 24 units of equipment and 13 aircraft were involved in the operations […]
Dmitry Peskov, the official spokesman for President Putin, commented on the introduction of new fire safety relations, which include a ban on smoking on balconies. The new regulations are to come into force from October 1, 2019. “The Kremlin shares a positive attitude to any decisions that can help save lives. We know how many […]
Dmitry Peskov, an official spokesman for Russian President Putin, said that the situation, in which the USA refused to issue visas to members of the Russian delegation for their participation at the meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York was “unacceptable and alarming.” Both the UN and Moscow are supposed to show a […]
The state of affairs in the field of strategic stability in the world continues to deteriorate. There is a potential risk for a nuclear war to break out, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov said. According to Ryabkov, the risk for a nuclear war to break out prevails even if parties have […]
The talks between Russia and Ukraine about the mutual exchange of captivated individuals are entering the final stage, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Based on considerations of humanity, we are approaching the finalization of the negotiations that we have been conducting, without limitation, with official authorities. I think this will become known in the near […]
India signed a contract with Russia for the supply of arms and military equipment. The contract is evaluated at $ 14.5 billion, Dmitry Shugaev, the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said. Russia and India currently continue negotiations for the supply and licensed production of the Igla-S portable air defense system. In addition, […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to visit Beslan on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on School No. 1, Kremlin’s official spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. On September 3, Russia marks the Day of Solidarity in the fight against terrorism. “This is a memorial day, and it is on this day that we […]