Russia is experiencing a recession this year, so it is too early to speak about the recovery of the economic activity of the country, according to the experts at Russia's National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), RBC reports.

The report states that the compression process of the economy was a "broad front" and has affected all sectors (except for wholesale trade) and, as a result, "the economy has not only reached the previous low, but has gone below it."

Experts note …

Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Yuriy Borisov claimed that the Russian army has already adopted a number of different types of laser weapons, equipping themselves with weapons based on new principles of physics.

According to the Russian media, Borisov spoke at the event marking the 70th anniversary of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics. The Deputy Minister said these are not exotic devices or prototypes, but models that have already passed the testing …

In response to Voice of America’s request for comment regarding US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s statement about Crimea and the Donbas, the US Senator from Tennessee, Bob Corker, stated that the United States should continue to respond to Russia’s aggression related to the invasion into eastern Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea.

“I have supported providing lethal weapons to Ukraine and believe we should help our allies resist efforts to change borders by force,” Bob …