Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he hopes US-Russian relations will improve after the US presidential election.

“I hope that when this debate and this difficult period in the political life of the United States end, I hope that there will be chances to restore the relations of Russia and the United States," Putin said after the BRICS summit on Sunday, October 16.

Putin also suggested that the United States is using the “tried and tested scheme” of diverting voters’ attention …

The RQ-4 Global Hawk strategic unmanned surveillance aircraft of the US Air Force has conducted a reconnaissance flight near the Crimea. It approached the peninsula from the side of Ukraine and the Black Sea. This was reported by Interfax news agency with reference to portals that track the movement of military aviation.

According to the media, the unmanned  aircraft departed from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily and flew to the Crimea from the western side of the Black Sea at an altitude of 15, …

The foreign ministers of the United States and Britain, John Kerry and Boris Johnson, said their countries are considering imposing new economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and the Syrian government, DW reports.

In particular, punitive measures should be taken in response to the events in Aleppo, where hundreds of civilians were killed as a result of air strikes by the Syrian and Russian militaries.

Kerry and Johnson expressed hope in the effectiveness of diplomatic tools to …

Separatist commander Arsen Pavlov, known by the call sign ‘Motorola,’ died in Donetsk. This was reported by local separatist media with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. The information was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the DPR itself.

As reported in the microblog “Reports of militia of New Russia,” Motorola died in an elevator, where an improvised explosive device went off. According to separatist media, it is suspected that the …

A prototype of a jet reconnaissance drone, able to reach speeds of up to 800 km/h and overcome uneven terrain at low altitudes, was created in Russia. This makes the device similar to the jet rocket, but the difference is that after the drone completes the mission, it is able to return, as reported by TASS, citing a source in the Russian military-industrial complex. The source of the agency said that currently, the prototype is being prepared for testing.

The unmanned jet is equipped with …