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Media: Russia has spent more than $900 million on military operations in Syria
According to the calculations of the RBC news portal, Russian military activities in Syria over the past year cost the Russian budget no less than $900 million. Most of the funds, were spent on 13,000 aircraft flights and towards launches of Kalibr cruise missiles, 56 of which have been launched in the past year.
During the past year of hostilities, Russia lost one Su-24 aircraft, shot down by the Turkish Air Force, and three helicopters (Mi-8, Mi-28N and Mi-35).
Maintenance of Russian …
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Lavrov refuses to apologize for MH17
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, didn’t bother to apologize for the crash of a Malaysian Boing airliner in 2014 or the death of the passengers of flight MH17, ВВС reports.
An English journalist, Stephen Sackur, suggested Lavrov apologize for what happened in the Donbas.
“Apologize for what?” Lavrov asked and added that Moscow intended to wait for the final results of the investigation as it is not yet complete.
The Minister also stated that “a hundred names” appear in the …
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Russia is developing a autonomous missile system to deploy in the Arctic
Russia is developing a fully autonomous missile system for deployment in the Arctic, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, Colonel-General Oleg Salyukov, RIA Novosti reported.
“In order to ensure defense in the Arctic region and the Far North... the fully autonomous short-range air defense system Thor M2DT is being developed, which will be adapted to the particularly harsh climatic conditions and capable of performing combat missions in extremely low temperatures …
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NATO acknowledged that it is losing the information war with Russia
The NATO Command called on its allies in Western countries to actively combat the spread of misinformation that accompanies Russian military adventures, the Voice of America reported. The Director of NATO’s Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, Jānis Sārts, stated that the West is trying to catch up to the Russian Federation in this area.
“The technology is ours. The powerhouses of the market are located in our countries. However, we are holding this discussion, feeling that players …
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Dutch Ambassador to be summoned by Russian Foreign Ministry over MH17 investigation
The Ambassador from the Netherlands to the Russian Federation will be summoned on October 3 to the Russian Foreign Ministry for “further explanation of the reasons for Russia’s rejection of the methods of work of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT).” On Friday, September 30, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said that according to her, the Dutch will not accept any criticism against the intermediate results of the investigation into the cause of the crash of the …