After a year and a half of negotiations, the Saudi Arabian national oil and gas company Saudi Aramco has decided not to buy a share in Novatek’s Arctic LNG-2 project, four informed sources told the Vedomosti news agency.

Saudi Aramco, which was expected to invest around $5 billion in the project, was unhappy with the terms offered by Novatek. In addition, the Saudis were concerned by the risk of sanctions against the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, which would have been the largest in …

Russia has signed a military and technology cooperation agreement with Sudan, a country that has been under western sanctions for more than 20 years.

The document, which was signed by Russia on 8 May and Sudan on 9 May, came into force on Friday. Its text was published on Russia’s official legal information portal.

As part of the agreement, Russia and Sudan will collaborate in the training of soldiers and engineers, in military education, field medicine, the study of military history, …

Indian authorities decided to buy S-400 missile system from Russia since these systems are used in China, reports Moneycontrol news website.

According to the publication, India doesn't intend to use the Russian S-400 missile system for defense purposes but plans to research their tactical and technical capabilities. The country also plans to test its Rafale fighter aircraft — in particular, their ability to penetrate China's airspace, which is protected by the S-400 missile systems.

Also, it …

For the first time in recent decades, NATO’s military experts have reconsidered the alliance’s military strategy in connection with the “growing nuclear threat” from Russia, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

“Our military experts adopted a new military strategy for the alliance this week,” Stoltenberg said.

He observed that since 2014, a “new security situation has emerged”, with new challenges in eastern and southern Europe.

“We need to …

A representative office of the Russian Military Department is established under the Ministry of National Defense and Restructuring of the Army of the Central African Republic (CAR), as reported on the Kremlin’s website.

The representative office, which consists of five people, will be financed by Russian side.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to send a group of 30 Russian soldiers to Central Africa. Before that, he said that Russia is interested in cooperation with African …

The UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered Russia to release three Ukrainian ships and 24 sailors of the Ukrainian Navy who were captured in the Kerch Strait in November 2018, reports Interfax-Ukraine.

"Russian Federation shall immediately release the Ukrainian military ships Berdyansk, Nikopol and Yany Kapu and return them to Ukraine", — stated in the decision of the Tribunal, which was read out in Hamburg by the judge Jin-Hyun Paik.

Nineteen judges voted for this decision. …

President Nicolás Maduro during his speech at the exhibition of innovations and technologies of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces said that Venezuela wants to increase country's telecommunications capabilities and create a 4G communication system with the help of Russian and Chinese technologies, reports Venezolana de Television TV channel.

Maduro  stated that the National Corporation for telecommunications and postal services was established. It will be headed by Jorge Marquez who is the …

Since 2014, the U.S. has allocated more than $1.1 billion for military training and equipment to help Ukraine boost its defense capability and protect its borders, reported the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv on its Facebook page.

It is also reported that Colonel Bob Peters on behalf of the U.S. Embassy and the United States European Command, along with the General Mykola Malkov who is a commander of the Ukrainian State Special Transport Service planted a tree in commemoration of a strong partnership …