The Russian and Syrian Air Forces have completely stopped flights over Aleppo during the last seven days, stated the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, on Tuesday, October 25. “Aircraft do not approach the city and do not attack,” Konashenkov said. According to the colonel, six humanitarian corridors continue to work for civilians on a round-the-clock basis; points providing hot meals and first aid are open.

A representative from the Defense Ministry …

U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft flew along the coast of the Crimea on Wednesday, Interfax reported. A separate surveillance aircraft flew near Russia’s warships in the Mediterranean Sea, according to websites that track the movement of military aircraft.

The first U.S. plane reportedly took off from the Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily, where it proceeded to fly over the Black Sea south of the Crimean coast.

The second aircraft also took off from Signolla, and flew over the eastern …

According to the Russian Izvestia newspaper, Russia is reinforcing its Baltic fleet with a division of small Buyan-M type missile corvettes equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles. In addition a new coastal defense brigade equipped with Bastion and Bal missile systems will be deployed in Kaliningrad.

Russian military experts believe that these modern weapon systems will allow for the strengthening of defense around the Kaliningrad region in the view of the increased NATO military presence in the …

Elina Bazhaeva, 22-year-old daughter to Chechen oil tycoon Musa Bazhaev and a student of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, shared her impressions on the trip across the United States with her subscribers on social networks. Elina visited the U.S. with her husband, 25-year-old entrepreneur Bek Ali Khan Mamakaev.

In response to the question posed by her subscriber, “Where is better, in the United States or in Russia?” Elina answered quite categorically: “Everywhere is better …

The Transnistrian Foreign Ministry does not make any statements recognizing the self-proclaimed LPR or DPR and does not articulate a certain position because of their willingness to develop relations with Ukraine. This was the statement by Foreign Minister of Transnistria Vitaly Ignatiev in an interview with Russian Kommersant newspaper.

“No one set preconditions for us to send some additional signals or make statements. Transnistria does not articulate a position in the context of this …