Russia may reinstate death penalty in the future, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, Valery Zorkin wrote in his book “Constitutional Justice: Procedure and Meaning”. He explained that the decision of the Constitutional Court, which made it impossible to apply capital punishment in Russia at this historical stage of its development, did […]
The Baltic Fleet has launched the training of the crews for Sukhoi Su-30SM2 multipurpose fighter jets. The jets will be used to provide additional protection for the air group that stands on guard of Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave, The Izvestia newspaper reports with reference to sources in the Defence Ministry. The new aircraft will enter service […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] By the end of December, the average daily number of oil and petrol tank cars abandoned on the Russian Railways has reached 9,000 and continues to grow. This is a record number in five years. It is also 2.4 times more than in late 2020, RBC reports. As of December […]
28.12.2021 19:21 Russia will deploy hundreds of Zircon hypersonic missiles in the Black, as well as in the Mediterranean Seas to make NATO more agreeable. NATO’s flat refusal to discuss Russia’s conditions on non-expansion to the east may force Moscow to take extremely harsh measures. According to unconfirmed reports, Russia is seriously considering an option […]
27.12.2021 16:47 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes that Western countries want to arrange a “little war” in Ukraine and blame Moscow for it. Having orchestrated a war in Ukraine, they will hold Russia accountable for it to subsequently deprive the country of its competitive opportunities, the minister said on the air of Soloviev Live […]
24.12.2021 13:56 If Ukraine chooses to use military force to resolve the crisis in Donbas, Russia will defend the region and the people living in it, Sergei Tsekov, a Senator of the Federation Council said. This is not a likely scenario, though, because the Ukrainian Armed Forces are unlikely to proceed to such a dramatic […]
24.12.2021 15:36 Tokyo’s provocative policy against Moscow caused by Japan’s struggle for the Kuril Islands, which the Japanese consider their territory, caused Russia to practice an attack on Tokyo not only from the air, but also from the sea. Caliber missile launch On December 22, the Russian diesel-electric submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky launched a Caliber cruise missile […]
23.12.2021 17:36 On December 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin held his 17th (consecutively) annual Q&A conference with Russian and international journalists. In 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic, a little more than 500 journalists were allowed for the conference with Putin, which is half as much as usual. The event was at Moscow’s Manezh Exhibition […]
22.12.2021 15:09 The recent combat test of Russia’s new Orion unmanned aerial vehicle has marked an important milestone in the development of Russia’s air defenses. The experiment showed that the Orion is capable of hitting enemy drones, the Russian Defense Ministry announced. According to MilitaryWatch, this was a clear signal of Russia’s capability to outstrip […]
20.12.2021 18:30 The Russian Foreign Ministry declared two German diplomats persona non grata in a mirror response to Berlin’s decision to oust two Russian diplomats. Representatives for the Foreign Ministry pointed out that Russia expressed a decisive protest to Germany’s Ambassador to Moscow, Geza Andreas von Gaire, in connection with the unfriendly decision of the […]