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Russia scraps world’s largest strategic submarines
The Severstal and the Arkhangelsk Akula-class submarines (project 941, NATO reporting name: Typhoon), the largest strategic nuclear submarines in the world, are to be turned into scrap metal, reported RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the ship construction sector.
The USSR built a total of six submarines of this class. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia’s Navy retained three submarines – the Severstal and the Arkhangelsk from project 941, and the Dmitry Donskoy from project …
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Azerbaijan receives new batch of military equipment from Russia
On 19 January another batch of new military equipment was delivered from Russia, as stated on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
“A large batch of modern military equipment and ammunition delivered by sea from Russia to the port of Baku will be soon transferred to military units stationed at the front lines”, — the Ministry said.
The Ministry stated that the deliveries of modern military equipment to Azerbaijan from the Russian Federation continue under the …
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Moldova to assess damages caused by the ‘Russian occupation’ of Transnistria
The Moldovan authorities plan to hire an international law firm to assess the damage from Russia's military presence in Transnistria, as stated by the Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, Andrian Candu, in an interview with the Latvian newspaper Latvijas Avize.
According to him, Moscow might be presented with a bill which will amount to billions of dollars. "We intend to hire an international law firm to calculate the losses caused by the Russian presence in Transdniestria for 25 years. The …
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Lavrov: line of communication between Russia and US helped defeat ISIS
At the UN press conference in New York, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that a line of communication between the United States and Russia “largely” contributed to the eradication of the Islamic State (ISIS), Interfax reports.
“We established a line of military communication with regard to Syria; this cooperation has largely contributed to the fact that ISIS did not materialize as a caliphate and was destroyed,” said Lavrov.
The Russian Foreign Minister noted that the United …
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Russia calls new US defense strategy 'confrontational'
Sergey Lavrov, the Head of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Russian Federation, described the new U.S. National Defense Strategy as "confrontational," at a press conference in New York, Interfax reports.
"It is regrettable that instead of engaging in a normal dialogue, instead of using the basis of international law, the United States is indeed striving to prove their leadership through such confrontational concepts and strategies," Lavrov said.
It was reported earlier that the Russian …