• Russia completes official tests of its new S-400 long-range missile

    Russia has completed official tests of the 40Н6Е long-range missile for its S-400 surface-to-air missile system, TASS reports, citing a source in the defense industry.

    "Official tests of the 40Н6Е long-range missile for the S-400 surface-to-air missile system were completed at the Kapustin Yar test site. The intergovernmental commission recognized them as successful. The relevant act has been signed,” an agency source said. It was specified that the missile could be put into service as early …

  • Ukraine submits lists of foreign mercenaries who fought in the Donbas to the International Court of Justice

    Ukraine handed over the lists of all identified foreigners who were fighting for Russia in the Donbas to the International Court of Justice, as stated by Chief Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios on 112 Ukraine TV.

    "We handed over the lists of all individuals identified during the criminal proceedings regarding the war against Ukraine by the northern neighbor to the International Court of Justice through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We handed over the lists of not only Serbians but all …

  • Russia preparing for independent internet

    A “parallel internet” may be created for Russians if the West continues its policy of imposing double standards, said Ilya Rogachev, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for New Challenges and Threats (DNCT).

    According to Rogachev, all the capabilities for disconnecting Russia from the global internet and transitioning to its own local equivalent are already in place, and the government may use them “in the worst-case scenario”.Russia’s own policy is not aimed at internet …

  • Russian foreign currency reserves in danger

    The assets and currencies which the Bank of Russia holds funds in are depreciating rapidly, reports Finanz.ru. For example, gold, which the Central Bank of Russia has been actively purchasing for several years, has hit its lowest price since last year, dropping by roughly 8.5% compared to its April high.

    Recently published data showed that last year the Bank of Russia began to actively accumulate reserves in Chinese yuans, tripling these investments. However, as part of its “trade war” with …

  • Ukrainian Klikh imprisoned in Russia found in psychiatric hospital in Magnitogorsk

    Ukrainian political prisoner Stanislav Klikh, sentenced by a Russian court to 20 years in a penal colony on charges of participating in the Chechen war, was found in Magnitogorsk in the regional psychiatric prison hospital, reported Russian human rights activist Tatyana Shchur. “He was discovered there by Catherine Burian, a lawyer of the Ural Human Rights Group, after Stanislav’s lawyer in Ekaterinburg, Roman Kachanov, reported that he was promised that his client would be sent there …