Many Russians still share warm memories of Communist organizations
Wednesday, 30 October 2013 08:25
On October 29, 1918 the Russian Communist Youth League was established. Eight years later, it was transformed into the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, also called Komsomol. The organization became history with the collapse of the Soviet Union, but people still remember it two decades later...
 
Nuclear shield: A change of priorities
Tuesday, 29 October 2013 07:53
Russia's strategic rocket forces (RSF) by 2021 will be re-armed with universal defense systems of the fifth generation by 98 percent. Will Russia be able to re-arm the Strategic Missile Forces over a fairly short period of time? According to the majority of military experts, it is quite likely. There are no reasons for delay...
 
Soldiers of future to be armed with Kalashnikov guns
Monday, 28 October 2013 07:20
There is no revolution in small arms in Russia (as well as in other countries). Apparently, it is not even expected. Most military experts on small arms believe that Kalashnikov weapons system was a revolution in the middle of the last century. rifle systems based on the idea of ​​Kalashnikov will remain the main weapons of mass armies...
 
NATO attacking Russia is just a fantasy
Friday, 25 October 2013 09:13
Russia has a powerful nuclear deterrent. NATO will never attack nuclear Russia, and Russia will never launch any military action against NATO. The Army exists, it is capable of local, limited combat actions. Although, of course, not with the efficiency that could be achieved with the right reforms. There are many technological problems...
 
Situation with orphans in Russia improves dramatically
Thursday, 24 October 2013 16:17
Commissioner for Children's Rights under the Russian President, Pavel Astakhov, gave an interview to Pravda.Ru. "Five years ago, we did not have people lining up to adopt orphans. In the beginning of this year, we have nearly 20,000 people lining for foster children," the official said....
 
Chinese dragon's breath fresh for Russia
Wednesday, 23 October 2013 10:38
Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev arrived to the People's Republic of China with a visit. At this stage, is China a reliable political and economic partner of Russia or a potential colonizer of Siberia and the Far East? Where will the vector of Russia-China cooperation turn and will the situation at the border impede the development of the relations?...
 
What Vladimir Putin didn't tell the American people about Syria | Anna Neistat
Thursday, 12 September 2013 15:52

Russia's leader poses as a champion of the rule of law in a New York Times op-ed, but his record as Assad's backer is shameful

It's not what Vladimir Putin's New York Times op-ed says that's so worrisome; it's what it doesn't say. As a Russian and as someone who has been to Syria multiple times since the beginning of the conflict to investigate war...

 
Russia sends missile carrier to Mediterranean as Syria tension mounts
Thursday, 12 September 2013 15:22

Country's biggest naval deployment since USSR days sent to sea's east as US also beefs up maritime presence in region

Russia has dispatched a "carrier killer" missile cruiser and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean in its largest naval deployment since Soviet times.

The move comes as the US secretary of state, John Kerry, and his Russian...

 
A plea for caution from Russia | Vladimir Putin
Thursday, 12 September 2013 13:40

Read more...What Vladimir Putin has to say to Americans about Syria
• This article was first published in the New York Times

Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies.

Relations between us have...

 
Abu Dhabi to invest record $5bn in Russian infrastructure
Thursday, 12 September 2013 13:01
Published time: September 12, 2013 11:01
Edited time: September 12, 2013 13:10
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (RIA Novosti/Aleksandr Yurev)

The UAE will invest up to $5 billion in Russian infrastructure...

 
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