• Media: Turkey may cancel purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia

    The Bild newspaper, citing Turkish diplomatic circles, reported that Turkish authorities, apparently, intend to reconsider their decision to purchase the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia.

    According to the newspaper, in Ankara, it is associated with a sharp deterioration of the country’s economic situation, decrease of Turkish lira rate and fear of the possible sanctions by the United States because of this deal with Russia.

    “The matter of supplying S-400 in July, as the Turkish …

  • Experts: North Korean missiles look very similar to Russian Iskanders

    The three new missiles recently tested by the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un look very similar to the Russian missiles that have been used in Syria, and which Russia has been trying to sell over the years, wrote the Associated Press.

    After a pause with the ballistic missiles launches, which began in late 2017, the head of the DPRK personally supervised the launch of the first missile on Saturday and two more on Thursday.

    According to experts, these missiles are very similar to the Iskander …

  • Russia complains to NASA about the smell of alcohol on International Space Station

    Russia sent request to the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in connection with the isopropyl alcohol emissions on the International Space Station (ISS), announced the head of The Yuri A. Gagarin State Scientific Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Center, Pavel Vlasov, in an interview with RIA Novosti.

    According to Vlasov, this emission was recorded after the reusable Dragon 2 spacecraft of the Ilon Mask company SpaceX docked to the ISS.

    As the head of …

  • Japan: it has not been possible to overcome disagreements with Russia on the Peace Treaty

    Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said that it has not been possible to overcome disagreements with Russia on the Peace Treaty.

    At the same time, the Taro Kono noted that the country is strategically interested in solving the problem and "becoming real partners." The parties continue to meet regularly to this end and are "sparing no effort to negotiate."

    In return, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the agreement on the Kurile Islands could be made "only as a result of long …

  • Latvia recognizes deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide

    Latvian Parliament (the Saeima) published a statement dedicated to the anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944,  recognizing it as an act of genocide, reported the news agency Delfi.

    The statement of the Latvian Saeima says that the Soviet authorities carried out genocide against many peoples and ethnic groups, in particular, against the Crimean Tatars, to "move them out from their homeland." Also, the Parliament recalled that five years ago Russia annexed Crimea.

    "Those …