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The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to reports that their website was hacked
The Russian Foreign Ministry’s website is operating normally and has not been compromised. The message from the TV channel CNN about the alleged hack was in reference to the old website, which is no longer in use. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, reported about this on October 23, 2016, TASS news agency reported.
“The Russian Foreign Ministry’s website, which CNN reported had been hacked, worked and works normally. The website is subject to regular …
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Moldovan Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador due to troop rotations in Transnistria
The Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Chișinău, Farit Mukhametshin, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova due to the announced rotation of Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria.
“Moldovan authorities are outraged to learn of an official statement by the Russian Defense Ministry regarding the first round of a rotation of the so-called battalion of peacekeepers from the Russian Task Force in the Transnistrian region of Moldova,” …
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Smolensk investigative committee accuses Russia of manipulating data in Tu-154 crash
The Polish Smolensk Crash Commission, which has been investigating the causes of the Tu-154M aircraft crash in Smolensk that killed former Polish President Lech Kaczynski, presented the results of its work that indicate that data about the crash was manipulated by Russia and previous Commissions, Polish Radio reported. The Minister of National Defense of Poland, Antoni Macierewicz, stated that Russians found the black box of the presidential aircraft a few minutes after the crash, listened to …
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Kremlin: Russia is interested in a united Ukraine
Russian leadership is interested in Ukraine being a peaceful and predictable country within its internationally recognized borders, as stated by the Russian President's Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, on Russian TV Channel 24, on Saturday.
"Everybody has a common interest for the Minsk Agreements not to be an empty document. Russia is interested because, as President Putin has repeatedly stated, we want a stable, prosperous, friendly, predictable Ukraine because the people of our two …
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Russia's military is creating a new satellite communication system
Russia is working on creating a unified system of satellite communication for military use, the deputy chief of staff of the land forces on communications, Alexander Galgash, said.
He explained that development work is being conducted now on the third stage of the United System of Satellite Communication 3, with space complexes in geostationary and highly elliptical orbits and terrestrial satellite communications complexes of various positioning.
According to him, Russia is also working on a …