Defence and security 

Barbarism, not military necessity

August 6 marks the World Day for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This very day in 1945, a US air force aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, the same …

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• 19.08.2019 11:03

  US to perform observation flight over Russia

  The US military will carry out an observation flight over Russia’s territory from August 19 to August 24, while Russian specialists will conduct an observation flight over the UK from August 19 …

• 08.08.2019 12:54

  Cross that survived US atomic bombings returned to Nagasaki

  A wooden cross recovered from the Urakami catholic cathedral in 1945 following the US atomic bombings, has been returned to Japan’s Nagasaki, Japanese television reported. It is noted that …

• 05.07.2019 11:20

  Su-27 fighter jet intercepts US spy plane near southern Russian border

  A Russian Su-27 fighter jet of the Air Force in the Southern Military District was scrambled to intercept a US Boeing P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft approaching Russia’s border, the Defense …

• 19.06.2019 10:55

  Moscow ready to respond if US stations military bases near Russian borders

  Moscow is ready to respond if the US stations military bases near Russian borders, chairman of the Russian State Duma’s International Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky told Rossiya-24 TV …

• 07.06.2019 11:26

  US cruiser impeded Russian warship’s passage in East China Sea

  Russia has voiced a protest to the US command after its guided-missile cruiser hindered the passage of the Admiral Vinogradov anti-submarine destroyer some 50 meters in front of it, forcing the vessel …

• 06.06.2019 16:17

  Putin: New weapons to defend Russia, even if New START Treaty terminated

  Russia’s most advanced hypersonic weapons will be capable of defending the country, even if the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the New START …

• 29.05.2019 17:44

  US-Russia direct communication lines for cyber incidents are operating

  The channels of direct communication between Russia and the US for cyber incidents, the agreement to create which was reached back in 2013, are working and deserve positive evaluation from both sides, …

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  30.04.2019 15:29

  Press review: Moscow’s ‘Butina List’ and Russia no longer among top five defense spenders

  Izvestia: Russian MPs to introduce 'Butina List' to punish US officials Authorities in Moscow may compile what they dub as a 'Butina List' to include US officials who violate the fundamental rights …

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  30.04.2019 12:40

  Gorbachev says there is urgent need for strategic engagement between US and Russia

  There is an urgent need for strategic engagement between the US and Russia on nuclear deterrence, former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev said in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, TASS …

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  30.04.2019 12:20

  Russia sends new S-400 missiles to China to replace those damaged in 2017 — source

  Russia has sent several dozens of new S-400 Triumf missiles to China in place of those damaged in 2017 on a ship that got into a storm, a military-diplomatic source told TASS on Tuesday. "At the …