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Swedish reconnaissance jet approached Russian flotilla in the Atlantic
A Swedish reconnaissance jet approached the Russian flotilla headed by the flagship of Russian Navy Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft cruiser. This was reported by the web sites tracking the aircraft flights data.
At the moment the Russian ships are sailing along the western shores of Norway. The aircraft of the Swedish Air Force Gulfstream 4 with the call sign SVF623 took off from Sweden and while flying along the coast of Norway approached the Atlantic where the Russian ships are taking part in a …
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Peskov: Russia is quietly conducting negotiations with Japan on Kuril Islands
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 …
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Poland has found recording of conversation between Donald Tusk and Russian leadership on day of Tu-154 crash
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 …
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Egypt ordered helicopters from Russia for the French-built Mistral carriers
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. …
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Russian Armed Forces launch new internet communication system
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 …