Russia and Japan are conducting consultations on the issue of the Kuril Islands and they are carrying them out thoroughly and quietly. Acording to Russian Interfax news agency, this was stated by the the Press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov.

“As far as the issue of the islands is concerned, we are conducting consultations. They are complex, they do not tolerate extra noise, they don’t tolerate any information injections. This is a very meticulous process which needs a lot of …

Poland has uncovered new information about the circumstances surrounding the plane crash near Smolensk. According to the Polish Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz, the former Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, talked to the representatives of Russian leadership on the day of tragedy. Tusk didn’t inform anyone about this talk, Russia's RIA Novosti reported.

Macierewicz said there is a record of a secret conversation between Tusk, Vladimir Putin, Sergey Shoygu and Dmitry …

Egyptian authorities have requested that Russia supply Ka-52 helicopters for the Mistral ships that were made in France.

“We have already received a request from the Egyptian side for the supply of Ka-52 ship-based helicopters. The customer is considering the possibility of forming several helicopter squadrons. The exact quantity will be agreed on in the course of further negotiations,” the deputy director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Anatoly Punchuk, said. …

The Russian Armed Forces have completed a deployment of the military internet communication system officially called “a closed segment of data transmission” (or CSDD). The military network is not connected to the global internet, and all computers connected to it are protected from connections with uncertified USB drives or external hard drives. Within the network, military personnel have deployed their email service by which classified information, including top secret documents, is …

Ukraine is creating both military missile systems and rockets for peaceful space exploration, regaining its   position in the sphere of rocket development. This was announced by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov.

“A few weeks ago, we reported on the successful launches of Ukrainian missiles at a test military site. On the 18th of October at 2:45am, a successful launch of the upgraded Antares-230 medium-class carrier rocket, …

The Rubizh 2016 strategic command and staff exercises for defending the country against armed aggression have begun throughout Ukraine. As reported on Tuesday by the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on its official Facebook page, military administrative bodies at strategic and operational-strategic levels, and also certain military units from all sectors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are involved. “The command and control organizations will train to command troops in armed …

A special session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on the situation in Syria is scheduled to be held in Geneva on the 21st October.

The session was initiated by the UK and a number of other countries. London's proposal was supported by 33 countries including the US, Germany, France, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

The HRC Secretariat noted that the special session is being convened due to the recent deterioration of the situation in Aleppo, as well as the …

The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag and member of the Christian Democratic Union, Norbert Röttgen, stated in his commentary to RND that Germany should refuse to participate in implementing the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which Russia wants to lay on the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

“The Federal Government should give up its stated position that the Nord Stream 2 is not a political project but purely business,” Röttgen said. “Poland, the Baltic …