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  • Kremlin would welcome Kissinger as mediator between Russia and U.S.

    Commenting on reports that former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger may act as a mediator between Moscow and Washington under US President Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the decision is not up to Russia, but the Kremlin would welcome such an arrangement, TASS reported.

    "No doubt, Kissinger is still one of the wisest politicians [and] experts who possesses, among other things, the most profound expert knowledge both in the sphere of Russian affairs and in the sphere of …

  • Poland buys long-range cruise missiles from the U.S.

    Poland and the U.S.A. signed an agreement for the purchase of JASSM Extended Range missiles, which have an operating radius of almost 1,000 kilometers. The contract is worth 940 million zlotys ($222.78 million at 1 zloty = $ 0.237).

    "An agreement between the representatives of Poland and the United States was signed a few days ago and guarantees Poland the receipt of the JASSM Extended Range missiles – a modern rocket weapon with a reach of about 1,000 km," the Ministry of Defense of Poland  …

  • Tzipi Livni: Netanyahu’s pro-Kremlin politics harm Israel

    Knesset deputy and former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Naetanyahu's policies towards Russia, saying they are harmful for the Israeli state.

    "Why was it necessary to cancel the visit of the Prime Minister of Ukraine to Israel and how will this help our country? Netanyahu has a close relationship with Russia and he appealed to President Putin to veto an anti-Israel resolution but he received Putin’s refusal," the press release stated, which …

  • The Pentagon reported that Russia tested a new anti-ballistic missile

    Russia successfully tested a new anti-ballistic missile, created in the framework of the research and development initiative Nudol. This was reported by the Washington Free Beacon, citing Pentagon sources. The launch of the missile took place at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. According to Pentagon specialists, Nudol missiles are capable of intercepting satellites.

    The article notes that the missile launch took place on December 16th. This test was the fifth in a row and the third successful one for …

  • The United States will sell five maritime surveillance aircrafts to Norway

    The U.S. State Department has authorized the sale of five P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft to Norway, Defense News reported. The potential sale, with an estimated cost of USD 1.75 billion is still awaiting approval by Congress.

    It is expected that Congressmen will approve the agreement, taking into consideration the growing role of Norway as a partner to the United States and the United Kingdom in monitoring Russia’s activity in the North Atlantic.

    Norway also plans to purchase …

  • U.S drones have proven to be ineffective in the war in the Donbas

    The drones provided to Ukraine by the United States at a cost of millions of dollars, have proven to be ineffective against jammers and hackers. The Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Nathan Khazin, stated in an interview with Reuters that the decision to use these drones in the conflict was wrong from the very beginning.

    In the summer of 2016, Ukraine received 72 Raven RQ-11B Analog mini-drones. However, these mini-drones have proven to be so ineffective …

  • American journalist refused to apologize for his article about the murder of Russian ambassador

    A journalist for the American newspaper New York Daily News, Gersh Kuntzman, refused to apologize for an article about the murder of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, whom he compared with the ambassador of the Third Reich.

    Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry official spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that the agency would send a letter demanding an apology from the New York Daily News for an article in which Karlov was compared to an ambassador of the Third Reich. According to …

  • The U.S Ambassador to Ukraine: Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine has been ongoing for 25 years

    The U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, stated during a presentation of the Foreign Policy Audit study, that the so-called hybrid war being conducted by the Russian Federation against Ukraine began long before the emergence of the current situation, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported. “To be blunt, your country has been involved in a hybrid war with Russia since Ukraine gained its independence 25 years ago,” Yovanovitch said.

    Marie Yovanovitch identified propaganda as one of the main …

  • Kremlin spokesman accuses U.S. of demonizing Russia instead of self-analysis

    During an interview with the Rossiya 24 television channel, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the U.S. of demonizing Russia instead of examining the results of the U.S. presidential elections, TASS reported.

    "It is much easier to spread the image of some devil enemy and to demonize, for example, your and my country and our leader, our President Putin. It is much easier to demonize than, for example, to consider the presidency results, to discuss which of the earlier promises were  …

  • Four western reconnaissance aircraft scouted Russian borders in the Baltic and Black Sea

    Four Swedish, US, and NATO reconnaissance aircraft simultaneously conducted reconnaissance flights on Wednesday near Russia's borders in the south of the Baltic Sea and in the Black Sea, according to data from websites that track the movement of military aircraft, Interfax reported.

    A strategic RC-135W US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft with tail number 62-4138 and call sign FILE10, after taking off from the airbase in Mildenhall, UK approached the Kaliningrad region from the sea to perform …