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Russia sends another free arms shipment to Tajikistan
The Russian Defense Ministry has sent the Armed Forces of Tajikistan a free shipment of military equipment and weapons worth around $5 million, the Central Military District (CMD) announced in a press statement.
The Tajikistani military held a ceremony in Dushanbe to receive the shipment. The handover took place at the Hisor airport after contingents from member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization completed the Inviolable Brotherhood 2019 exercise.
According to the Russian …
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NATO calls on Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine
Representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian government in Kyiv on Thursday. The topics of the meeting included matters related to the NATO-Ukraine partnership, the situation in eastern Ukraine, and Russia’s significantly increased military presence in Crimea, which is “part of the larger model of Russia’s aggressive actions in the region”.
In a statement, the NATO-Ukraine commission emphasizes the illegality …
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Reinforced armor fails to save Russian T-62 tanks in Syria
Doubts have arisen regarding the defensive capabilities of modern and “modernized” Russian military vehicles following the destruction of three T-62 tanks in a single battle in Syria, writes the Vietnamese news outlet BaoDatViet.
In battles with rebels in Idlib and Latakia last week, Syrian government forces lost five tanks, and many other military vehicles were damaged. Three of the destroyed vehicles were identified as T-62M tanks.
The published pictures clearly show that the tanks were hit …
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Putin’s nephew’s net worth estimated at $1.2 billion
The Russian news outlet “Proekt” estimates that Mikhail Shelomov, the 51 year-old son of Vladimir Putin’s cousin, has a net worth of $1.2 billion. This is the value of his share in the Sogaz insurance company and in Rossiya Bank, which he owns through the company “Accept”.
Shelomov also holds another 2.1% package of shares in Rossiya Bank through the company “Platinum”. He told Novaya Gazeta previously in an interview that his president uncle has nothing to do with the Accept company.
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Russia is concerned about number of US satellites in space
During a speech at United Nations General Assembly First Committee, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva Andrey Belousov said that Russia is concerned about the number of American satellites in space.
"At the same time, we have serious concerns about the American group of satellites," said Belousov, as quoted by RIA Novosti news agency.
He noted that the grouping of US satellites "has more than a thousand units and has the same number of satellites as …