According to Russia's TASS news agency, on Monday, aircrafts from the air forces of the United States, German Naval Forces and Swedish Air Forces made a simultaneous approach to the maritime borders of the Kaliningrad region to perform operational reconnaissance tasks. According to the agency the information was initially reported by western websites monitoring the movement of military aviation.

As was reported, at approximately 12:30 an aircraft from the US Air Forces was recorded near the …

NATO’s aggressive nature is impossible to eradicate, despite the fact that there are no blocs opposing them. This was said by the press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov. He said this in response to statements made by NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, on the strengthening of the Alliance’s forces in response to the development of Russian activity.

“Stoltenberg’s statements once again testify to the aggressive nature of the organization,” Peskov began. “Despite the fact …

The President of internationally unrecognized Transnistria, Yevgeny Shevchuk, stated that Transnistria expressed its strong opposition to the withdrawal of Russian troops from the region, TASS reported.

“Russian troops, who play a key role in peacekeeping operations in Dniester, represent a unique example of peacekeeping that is recognized by many experts in the world. This operation is a guarantee of peace and stability in Transnistria,” Shevchuk said.

“We believe that it makes no sense to …

The Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Alexander Fomin, stated that discussion on supplying anti-aircraft systems to Turkey remains on the agenda of the Russian-Turkish military technical cooperation. According to him, when it comes to large air defense systems, they can be utilized as anti-missile systems, Interfax reported.“These large air defense systems, are simultaneously anti-missile systems. Today, even mid-range Buk systems can shoot down missiles, as …

NATO is preparing for a "major strengthening" of collective security in response to the growing aggressiveness of Russia. On Monday, November 7th, the head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, made this announcement to the British newspaper The Times.

According to him, NATO is forced to respond to the challenge because Russia has significantly increased its military capacity for several years. Since 2000, they increased defense spending thrice. They use military force against its neighbors and they …

The Kremlin stated that the ceasefire introduced by Russian military in Aleppo will continue as long as members of the Syrian opposition who are stationed in the city do not undertake aggressive actions, the Press Secretary for the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov said, as reported by Interfax.“The humanitarian pause has a clearly defined time frame, but the policy of temporarily halting the operation of the Russian Aerospace Forces continues. This decision was made with …

Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation announced that they will build new nuclear power plants in China, TASS reported.

In a statement released following a meeting between Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, Rosatom announced that, "Several power units are planned to be built on new sites in China.”

Russia and China have already been cooperating in the sphere of nuclear energy for several years, and Russian specialists were active in the …

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, posted on Facebook that the FBI is exerting direct pressure on Russian diplomats to prohibit them from coming to the polling stations of the US presidential elections on the 8th of November.

According to Zakharova, FBI agents “with undisguised threats” made it clear that it is better for Moscow not to show interest in the US elections.

Zakharova asked “what would a foreign diplomat see at the polling stations and …