Putin: 'If a fight is inevitable, go and fight first'
Friday, 23 October 2015 11:10
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the final plenary session of Valdai discussion club in Sochi. According to Putin, one can not use sanctions against allies. "Is this how one acts with allies? No. This is what one does to their vassals, who dared to act at their own discretion," Putin said...
 
Syrian President Assad conducts closed talks with Putin in Moscow
Wednesday, 21 October 2015 15:38
On October 20, Syrian President Bashar Assad visited Russia to conduct a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. According to the Kremlin website, the talks were conducted in both extended and narrow formats. Putin and Assad decided to continue the operation in Syria. On October 22, Russian MPs are going to Syria for talks as well....
 
Russia to help Iran upgrade nuclear equipment for peaceful purposes
Tuesday, 20 October 2015 12:27
The joint comprehensive action plan on the Iranian nuclear program has come into force. The basic idea of ​​the talks is that Iran must execute certain obligations before the sanctions can be lifted. The amount of uranium in Iran's disposal is miserable from the industrial point of view and can not affect the market...
 
Where will Russia go after Syria?
Friday, 16 October 2015 18:07
The attacks of the Russian aviation on ISIL terrorists in Syria have become the starting point for countless predictions regarding "Putin's plan in the Middle East." The most "emphatic" analysis of what is happening in Syria came from former chess player Garry Kasparov. Mr. Kasparov traditionally unveiled many secrets of the Kremlin administration...
 
7 promising new developments by the Russian defense industry
Thursday, 15 October 2015 13:13

1. Smart bombs

This high-explosive guided bomb, KAB-500S-E, weighing half a ton (hence the number 500), is being used by the Russian Air Force to carry out precision strikes on militant positions in Syria. It is fitted with satellite guidance equipment, which ensures it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy.

 

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Instant messaging apps: Social resource or security threat?
Thursday, 15 October 2015 13:10

Click to enlarge the image. Drawing by Dmitry Divin

While young, the instant messaging software market already boasts some impressive figures, like the 800 million users of WhatsApp, the 600 million users of the Chinese-developed QQ or the 250 million users of Viber. The messaging apps' functionality is expanding – you can find g...

 
Should the Nobel Prize for shape-shifting neutrinos have also gone to Soviet scientists?
Thursday, 15 October 2015 12:46

Last week the Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Takaaki Kajita from Japan, and Arthur B. McDonald from Canada, for the discovery of neutrino oscillations between different `flavors' in flight.

Kajita and McDonald observed the shape-shifting effects, presuming the existence of neutrinos with mass. It was the...

 
Moscow to Tighten Security of Russian Armed Forces in Syria
Thursday, 15 October 2015 12:45
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia will step up the security of its military forces operating in Syria after a Ukrainian call to help terrorists track them down, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.

Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser and lawmaker Anton Herashchenko has called for the disclosure ...

 
Putin, Nazarbayev sign agreement on joint development of Tsentralnaya oil-bearing structure in Caspian Sea
Thursday, 15 October 2015 12:31

Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev. Source: Kremlin.ru

Presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev have signed a protocol which introduces some changes to the agreement on the delimitation of the seabed in the northern part of the Caspian Sea to execute the sovereign rights for the subsoil use as of July 6,...

 
Ukraine has restructured all Eurobond issues, except for 'Russian' issue, says Yatsenyuk
Thursday, 15 October 2015 11:46

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Source: Reuters

The holders of 13 of the 14 issues of sovereign Eurobonds guaranteed by the Ukrainian state supported their restructuring at meetings in London on October 14, and no agreement was received only with regard to the 'Russian' Eurobonds due to the creditor's absence, Ukrainian Prime Minister...

 
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