• Media: Russian officials and deputies were advised to bring their children and parents home from abroad

    The presidential administration has advised Russian officials, up to the highest levels, to bring their children who are studying abroad back home. This was reported by Znak.com news portal citing five sources who are directly affected by this request.

    This recommendation concerns employees of the presidential administration, regional administrations, deputies of all levels, as well as employees of state corporations.

    The website added that the children are required to return even if they …

  • Stoltenberg presents NATO’s position on Russia’s deployment of Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad

    The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, expressed the opinion that Russia has followed a habitual course of action by deploying Iskander-M missile systems to Kaliningrad.

    “We saw that they deployed missile systems in the Kaliningrad region. This is all part of a mosaic that is being assembled over a certain period of time,” TASS quoted Stoltenberg as saying.

    According to him, the military bloc has already conducted the strongest program of …

  • 'Main part' of Syria is protected by Russian S-300 and S-400 systems

    The main area of Syria is protected by a battery consisting of the S-300 in Tartus and the S-400 Triumph air defense systems in the Hmeymim base. This was announced by the head of the Council of the Federation Committee on Defense and Security, Viktor Ozerov.

    “I believe that the main part of Syria is covered. This is protection not only for the Russian contingent, but also for the Syrian forces,” Interfax quoted Ozerov as saying.

    The Russian Defense Ministry had previously said that Russia …

  • US reconnaissance aircraft approached Russian Navy ships in the Mediterranean

    Interfax.ru reported that on Tuesday, the US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft conducted another reconnaissance flight in the area of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. According to websites that track the movement of military aircraft, this is presumably where the ships of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy are situated.

    According to their information, the aircraft, which had the tail number of 168859, left the Sigonella airbase in Sicily on Tuesday morning. The aircraft then …

  • Turkish Trade Minister: Russia remains our main trade partner

    According to Turkish Minister of Customs and Trade Bulent Tyufenkchi, Russia remains Turkey’s main trade partner despite the tumultuous relationship between Moscow and Ankara over the last year, RIA Novosti reported.

    "In spite of the cyclical reduction in bilateral trade, which previously reached $ 38 billion, Russia remains Turkey’s main trade partner,” Tyufenkchi said in an interview with the Turkish Anadolu news agency.

    The minister explained that the two countries have taken important …