Crew from the Tu-160 and Tu-95 Russian strategic bombers at Engels airbase, located in the Saratov region in the Russian Federation, are preparing the bombers for combat use, a military-diplomatic source informed TASS on November 13.

According to the source, “currently, engineering staff from the base are setting cruise missiles on planes and preparing missile carriers for combat use. Air strike groups from the airbase are ready to perform tasks including operational launching of cruise …

US President Barack Obama will visit Athens on the 15th and the 16th of November. It is presumed that while there, he will request that Greek authorities prohibit the Russian Navy from entering their ports. This was reported by Greek militaire.gr news portal, which is dedicated to military issues and politics.

It is known that the Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, would like to ease sanctions against Russia, and even cancel them.

The article states that Obama and Tsipras will discuss …

The President-elect of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, stated at his first press conference that he looks forward to developing dialogue with Russia. “The in-depth dialogue with Russia will give a chance to reduce the level of opposition, escalation of tension and normalization of the situation in Syria and Ukraine. We all want it,” Radev said.

“The policy towards sanctions is the responsibility of the government,” Radev noted, speaking about anti-Russian sanctions. “However, as the President of …

Iran is interested in buying Russian weapons including-90 tanks, artillery systems, aircraft and helicopters. The deal is expected to be worth around 10 billion dollars. This has been reported by several Russian news agencies with a reference to the chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Council of Federation of the Russian Federation, Victor Ozerov.

“These negotiations are underway. We have a base for it, the portfolio is worth around 10 billion dollars,”  said Ozerov after a …

The EU “will not change its policy towards Russia” even if the US does. This was stated by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, after an emergency meeting of foreign ministers convened to discuss the outcome of the US election.

“The EU has a very principal position on the annexation of the Crimea and the situation in Ukraine. This position will not change, regardless of possible changes in the positions of other countries, particularly, the …

Kulindorovsky baker's comany, located in Odessa, has signed a contract with an American company for the supply of high-grade flour to the United States, the Dumskaya news agency reports.

According to the publication, this is the first trans-Atlantic agreement for the supply of flour in the history of Ukraine.

The company’s management said that the conclusion of the contract was preceded by a long and laborious work, because the American food market is considered to be relatively closed to …

Detectives of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine received additional evidence of illegal payments from the "black cash" fund of the Party of Regions for an American political consultant, Paul Manafort, as reported by Dzerkalo Tyzhnia.

"According to the weekly, recently NABU received additional evidence of payments for Manafort from the accounts affiliated with the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych. The evidence was indicative of financial transactions in the European banks …

Latvian authorities are planning to start the construction of a fence at the border with Belarus, modeled after the barrier erected at the border with Russia. This was reported by Delfi with reference to the head of the State Border Guard of Latvia, Normunds Garbars.

Garbars noted that the expenses are already built into the budget for the following year. "The project will be realized on the same principles", the news agency writes. According to it, the construction of the fence will begin no …