The THAAD missile system deployed on the territory of South Korea violates the strategic balance in the region, as well as damages the security of several countries, including China and Russia, TASS quotes Chinese President Xi Jinping as saying.

"The Chinese side has already expressed strong protest and serious concern," the Chinese leader said, adding that the US anti-missile defense system "will not help denuclearization on the Korean peninsula."

"The Chinese side has put forward a 'two- …

Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy of the Iranian Parliament Alaeddin Boroujerdi announced plans for Tehran to spend about $300 million to strengthen the missile program, Iranian news agency Mehr as its source.

“Approximately $300 million were allocated for the development of the missile program, while the same amount was sent to a special unit of the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, without which the terrorists would already have control of Damascus and …

Russia feels that there is no positive dynamic in its relationship with the U.S., as stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov in an interview with Russian newspaper Izvestia.

“I would not say that the relationship is in a greater crisis than it was at the time that Barack Obama left office. But really, it is very difficult to improve the relationship. By and large, we have not achieved the necessary dynamic to improve it,” he said.

The reason for this, according to Ryabkov, is that “ …

Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that an information and propaganda campaign has begun against Syria accusing Assad's government of allegedly using chemical weaponry against civilians.

“As we warned several days ago, an information and propaganda campaign regarding ‘Damascus using chemical weaponry’ has begun… There will be more and more of that kind of newsreel, they will be different in the quality of execution – both low grade and at a Hollywood …

Serbia needs Russian weapons to ensure its own security, President Alexander Vučić said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to him, Belgrade is awaiting a visit soon from Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and the “arrival of tanks and reconnaissance vehicles” from Russia. “This is of great importance to us, although some ignoramuses say, ‘Why do we need it?’” Vučić said.

According to him, the supply of weapons from Russia will strengthen the defense capacity of Serbia and prevent …

The strategic state program for the development of the Arctic, which is overseen by the Ministry of Economic Development, was conceived as a large-scale project for the development of the region. The department asked to allocate 209 billion rubles ($354 million) for its implementation through 2020, the Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Alexander Tsybulsky, said at the end of January. However, as RBC wrote in May, following a series of meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, …

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the federal constitutional law "On amending the federal constitutional law ‘On martial law’." The corresponding document was published on the Kremlin’s website on Saturday.

"The federal constitutional law ‘On martial law’ is a supplement to Article 101, which allows for territorial defense to be conducted in the Russian Federation or in its separate areas, where martial law has been introduced, taking into account measures applied during periods of …

Two American companies, Frontera Resources and Longfellow made a proposal to the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine to extract hydrocarbons in the Odessa and Poltava Oblasts, as reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy.

“The Interdepartmental Commission has accepted for consideration the appeal of Frontera Resources (USA), as well as Longfellow (USA) for the implementation of hydrocarbon exploration and production projects including the non-traditional …