President Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the EEF (Eastern Economic Forum), which took place at the Far Eastern Federal University. During the forum, Putin answered a few questions related to domestic and foreign policies.  According ...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu said that Russia was increasing the share of prospective aircraft in aviation procurement, Zvezda TV channel reports. According to Shoygu, a second issue on the agenda is the implementation of priority programs ...

Russia needs to ensure the security of its southern borders against the backdrop of the developing crisis in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio, RIA Novost...

Russia will supply state-of-the-art mobile electronic countermeasure systems Repellent-Patrol abroad for the first time. The corresponding contract to export the systems was signed during the Army-2021 forum, Alexander Mikheyev, the general director ...

Russia considers Turkey's position on Crimea to be incorrect. Moscow is ready to continue explaining the real state of affairs to Turkish colleagues, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated when commenting on Turkey's support for the Crimean Platform ...

Russia's public debt has exceeded 20 trillion rubles as of the first half of 2021, a report from the Accounts Chamber said.  According to preliminary data, Russia's public debt amounted to 20,423,507.6 million rubles as of July 1, 2021, which is 17....

At the opening of Army 2021 forum, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russian shipyards were building four new submarines, two of which were nuclear-powered subs, TASS reports.  “The potential of the Navy is growing. These days, Russia's lead...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) transferred a package of special drawing rights (SDR) worth $18 billion to Russia on Monday, August 23. The IMF made the relevant decision on August 2. Emissions in the amount of $650 billion were distributed bet...

The contract for the construction of Icebreaker 7 class vessel for the Northern Sea Route will be awarded to Turkish company Sefine Denizcilik Tersanecilik Turizm Sanayi Ve Ticaret A S. This is the only company that applied for participation in the t...

Maxim Khramtsov of Russia won a gold medal in taekwondo at the Tokyo Olympics. In the final of the competition in the weight category up to 80 kilograms, the athlete defeated Saleh El-Sharabati of Jordan. The fight took place on Monday, July 26, and ...

Rostec State Corporation (Rostec stands for Russian Technologies) signed contracts totaling  over 230 billion rubles at MAKS 2021 airshow. According to Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov, this amount exceeded all expectations. “The results of the airshow ...

Russia has filed its first interstate application at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), a press release published on the website of the Office of Prosecutor General said. The application concerns a number of violations of human rights and fre...

"Everyone - some out of spite, others with appreciation - understands and acknowledges today that the Russian army holds almost 71 percent of state-of-the-art arms and military hardware.  This is the highest percentage among all armies of the world,...

The naval parade, which will take place in St. Petersburg on July 25, will be the largest in modern history, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu said.  “The fifth in recent history, it [the parade] takes place in the year of the 325th anniversa...

A delegation from the political office of the Taliban (a terrorist organization, banned in Russia) arrived in Moscow for negotiations, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the official representative of the movement, Suheil Shahin. “The delegation...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that Moscow will respond toughly to Washington's unfriendly actions.  In a recent interview with Indonesian newspaper Rakyat Merdeka, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that USA's attempts to conduct a...

During the televised Q&A session with Russian citizens on June 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin answered a question about the transfer of power and the choice of his successor.  Putin stressed that it is the people of Russia who elect the presid...

During his live Q&A session with Russian citizens, which is the 18th televised press conference for the Russian president, President Vladimir Putin answered questions about Ukraine and a possible meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Ac...

On June 30, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his traditional live Q&A session with Russian citizens. It was decided not to cancel the event amid the coronavirus pandemic, but there is no live audience in the studio, where the session is t...

Russia will put into service a new, unique weapon in the near future,  President Vladimir Putin announced at a meeting with graduates of military universities in the Kremlin. Among the new arms systems, the Russian Armed Forces will put into service...