• Putin: Russia is ready to sell advanced weapons to foreign governments to fight terrorism

    Speaking at a meeting of the commission for military-technical cooperation with other countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow is ready to sell advanced weapons and equipment to foreign governments to help fight terrorism, TASS reported.

    "We are prepared to offer our customers the most advanced anti-terrorist means," Putin stated, noting that this includes not only light weapons, but also military aircraft, air defense weapons, rocket launchers and armored vehicles.

    "In …

  • Bipartisan group of Republicans and Democrats calls for probe of Russian role in the 2016 US elections

    A group of senators, both Republicans and Democrats, released a statement in which they called on their colleagues to reject inter-party differences and to work together to develop defense measures against external cyber attacks, Interfax reported.

    The Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Republican John McCain, a member of the same committee, Republican Lindsey Graham, as well as the leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate, Charles Schumer and a Democrat member of the Senate …

  • Media: US and Russia propose creating corridor for militants to leave Aleppo

    On Sunday, December 11th, a proposal was sent to militants in Aleppo to open a special corridor for those wishing to leave the city, Reuters reported, citing sources in Aleppo. The corridor would ensure a safe passage out of Aleppo for militants as well as members of their families and other civilians.

    According to a copy of the proposal, the plan will be implemented within the next 48 hours; UN representatives will be involved to facilitate and oversee the passage.

    Militants are allowed to …

  • Speaker of Russia's upper house: Russia has no plans to deploy regular ground forces to Syria

    According to Valentina Matviyenko, the Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Moscow has no plans to deploy regular ground troops to Syria, TASS reported.

    "Russia had no plans to participate in the ground operation in Syria, we don’t plan to send troops to Syria, we have made it clear from the beginning," Matviyenko told reporters. "Our goal is not to conduct a ground operation in Syria but to provide our Aerospace Force’s support to the Syrian government forces.”

    Nevertheless, Matviyenko …

  • Trump denies that Russia intervened to help him win the election

    President-elect Donald Trump said that he does not believe the CIA’s report that Russia intervened in the election to help him win.

    Trump told Fox News Sunday, "I think it's ridiculous. I think it's just another excuse. I do not believe it," Reuters reports.

    In addition, the Republican President-elect accused Democrats of leaking media reports as he does not believe that those reports came from the Central Intelligence Agency.

    The Washington Post wrote on Friday, December 9th, that the CIA …

  • John McCain called on Trump to admit that the Kremlin intervened in the U.S. elections

    The senior United States Senator from Arizona, John McCain called on the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump to admit Russia’s intervention in the U.S. presidential elections. “There are facts,” McCain said while speaking on CBS TV’s “Face the Nation” program.

    The Washington Post previously wrote that the Central Intelligence Agency concluded that Russia’s hacker attacks on the official institutions of the United States were aimed at supporting Donald Trump but not discrediting …

  • Russian military inspectors to perform observation flight over Italy

    The Chief of the Russia’s National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, Sergei Ryzhkov stated that Russian military inspectors would perform an observation flight in An-30B over Italy in keeping with the Open Skies International Treaty.

    “A Russian group of inspectors plans to perform an observation flight on a Russian An-30B over the territory of Italy within the implementation of the Open Skies International Treaty. An observation flight with a maximum flight distance of up to 2015 km will be …

  • Polish Foreign Minister: Russia violates international norms more than USSR did

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Witold Waszczykowski, stated that Warsaw was very wrong when it thought that Russia would conduct its policy in line with international norms, as stated in a report, published on the website of the Polish Foreign Ministry.

    Witold Waszczykowski assured that Poland’s critical attitude towards Russia derives not only from their complicated history but also from a sober assessment of the revisionist tendencies of the Russian Federation.

    “In the 1990s, …

  • Belarusian Ministry of Information accuses Russian media of insulting the Belarusian people

    The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus calls on Russian authorities to take measures against media outlets that are challenging the sovereignty of the Republic.

    “An analysis of the information space revealed a recent increase in the emergence of information that is biased and, on occasion, blatantly destructive, towards Belarus, the authority of the country, and the Belarusian people, in a number of media and internet resources,” BelTA News quoted the Minister of Information, …

  • Joint Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade to take part in Common Challenge 16 military exercises

    The Command of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade and staff officers assigned to these battalions arrived at the Demba combined range of the Polish Armed Forces to participate in the certified command-staff drills - Common Challenge – 16, which began on the 11th of December and will last five days, according to the Government website.

    Eighteen Ukrainian officers from the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade under the leadership of the Deputy Commander of the Brigade, Colonel Vladimir …