Iran shipped components of heavy weapons to Russia despite the UN Security Council sanctions. As Welt am Sonntag (the Sunday edition of Die Welt) reported with reference to sources in western intelligence agencies, the Iranian weaponry came to Russia through Syria.

According to the article, in June two Iranian planes landed at the air base in Khmeimim, Syria, where the Russian aviation forces are based. The planes brought heavy weaponry components for further transportation to Russia. The …

The Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, and General of the Russian Army, Sergei Shoygu, is counting on the growth of military and military-technical cooperation with Serbia after the appointment of the Minister of Defense of that country, Aleksandar Vulin.

“In recent years, we have started and done a lot. This also applies to military-technical cooperation, our assistance in the supply of arms and military equipment. Including, of course, military cooperation, joint exercises, and …

Ukrainian sunflower oil produced under the local brand, Jinlongyu, accounts for 40% of the domestic market in China, as indicated in an article written by Alexei Koval for ZN.UA, citing representatives of Delta Wilmar.

Koval points out that this success was possible through a proper marketing strategy and an advertising campaign that the Chinese consumer understands.

At the same time, importers of Ukrainian oil earn the added value which could have remained in Ukraine if Ukrainian producers …

The total trade between Russia and the separatist territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2016 is estimated at about $1.4 billion, as stated in an investigation conducted by LIGA.net.

According to insider data of the Federal Customs Service and Russian Railways, in 2016, goods and products worth $1.2 billion were shipped from Russia to the separatist-held territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Last year, companies from Russia supplied goods to separatist republics for a total …

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has included funding for an investigation of the 2008 Russian-Georgian war in its 2018 budget, reported by Georgia Online, quoting an interview with ICC press spokesperson Fadi El-Abdallah.

"The Assembly of ICC member countries is responsible for ensuring that the Court has sufficient financial resources within its mandate, and that all member countries are making a financial contribution to the ICC budget, which includes mobilizing the resources …

The General Prosecutor's Office found out that at the end of 2016 the receivables of the supply companies to the Defense Ministry tripled by 2.4 billion hryvnia ($90 million USD) and thus reached a record total amount of more than 6.1 billion hryvnia ($240 million USD), reported Zerkalo Nedeli (Ukrainian Weekly Newspaper).

According to the publication, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko sent a letter containing the data on these findings to Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman and the …

Lithuanian cyber security experts are searching for replacements for software developed in Russia, reported Interfax news agency.

As stated by Vice-Minister of National Defense Edvinas Kerza, such software leaves security gaps  that allow hacking systems to gain entry. This poses problems for software used in government departments and enterprises. Lithuanian Railways, for example, uses the Klub-U navigation system developed by Izhevsk Radio Plant, which belongs to the military-industrial …

Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin has stated that the country has no plans to join NATO, reports RIA Novosti.

At the same time, the head of the country's defense ministry called on Serbia's partners in the international arena to respect the neutrality of Belgrade.

"We, of course, communicate with NATO within the framework of the ‘Partnership for Peace’; this is the optimal level of cooperation for us, and we are satisfied with this. We always tell our partners in NATO that we maintain …