On August 24, the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-14, with a humanoid robot on board, was supposed to dock to the International Space Station (ISS) at 8:30 (Moscow time) but could not do it and significantly moved away from the docking site, reports Interfax.

Piloted spacecraft Soyuz MS-14 with the robot FEDOR on board was expected to dock to the ISS on Saturday morning, but at the appointed time it was at 96 meters from the station. Then the spacecraft flew around the ISS and stopped in front of …

On Saturday, August 24, Russia launched ballistic missiles Sineva and Bulava, reports the Russian Defense Ministry.

It is noted that the launch of the missiles was made from strategic submarines Tula and Yury Dolgorukiy in the polar region of the Arctic Ocean and from the Barents Sea.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the tests were carried out for educational purposes by the military form Chizha base in the Arkhangelsk region and Kura in Kamchatka. The missiles completed the flight …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the fighting in Idlib threatens Turkey's national security, reports Anadolu News Agency.

The Turkish president noted that the escalation of the conflict in Idlib also undermines the possibility of a peaceful settlement. In his opinion, the actions of Assad’s army lead to a humanitarian disaster. Erdogan and Putin also discussed the Russian-Turkish relations and the situation in Libya.

Earlier, it became known …

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council ordered "to take comprehensive measures to prepare a symmetrical response" to the test of the US cruise missile.

Commenting on the US test of the Tomahawk type missile, Putin noted that the United States made a gross violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). In his opinion, the Americans "orchestrated a propaganda campaign" around Russia's non-compliance with the …

After the explosions at the military test site near Severodvinsk, "several control stations of the international nuclear test monitoring system located in Russia, stopped working." This suggests that the Russian authorities are hiding the true scale of the incident, writes Deutsche Welle with reference to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).

Experts note that there are seven radiation monitoring stations in Russia operating under contract with the CTBTO. After the …

The budget of the National Institute of Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad Polonika in 2019 is about 6 million zlotys ($1.52 million USD). 3.8 million zlotys ($1 million USD) are intended for the restoration of monuments in Ukraine, reports the newspaper Rzeczpospolita.

Polish restorers have already removed six statues of the apostles from the fence of the Latin Cathedral in Lviv (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) to restore them.

Other projects include the …

A revision of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) that takes into account all of Russia’s prospective weapons is not possible, because several prototypes are not yet combat ready, Dmitry Novikov, First Deputy Chairperson of the State Duma International Affairs Committee, told Russian RT news agency.

“Russia has a number of developments, but, as a rule, there is quite a long period of time between the development of a new kind of weapon and when is placed on combat duty. And in …

The Estonian Defense Ministry is not worried about Russia’s deployment of a helicopter base on Gogland Island in the Gulf of Finland, err.ee writes. In fact, when discussing this base, former Estonian Defense Forces Commander Ants Laaneots predicted the collapse of Russia.

On Wednesday it was learned that Russia has established a helicopter base on Gogland Island in the Gulf of Finland which it intends to make permanent. Five helicopter pads and all the related infrastructure have been added …