The website of Russia’s Dozhd TV channel revealed new information about the possible cause of a shootout in the Crimea on the night of the 7th of August.

It was reported that during the shooting in Armyansk, a car with two civilians came under fire. Russia says that the shooting was part of an attempt to detain saboteurs. This was said by a representative of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People in the Crimea, Muzafar Fukala, citing witnesses and a friend of the victim, Bakha Aliyev.

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According to Gazprom’s forecast, gas production by the end of this year will amount to 417.2 billion cubic meters. In 2015, the company’s enterprises reached the lowest level of production to date, 418.47 billion cubic meters.

According to a forecast, presented in a report for the second quarter of this year, natural gas production by the end of this year will be 0.3 percent lower than it was last year. Last year’s gas production by the enterprises of Gazprom reached the lowest level in the …

A Russian naval strike group has launched a tactical exercise in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Defense Ministry.

Two small missile ships, Serpukhov and Zeleny Dol, participated in the exercise which saw them interacting with ships of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. “The exercise will test the Russian Navy’s ability to act in crisis situations of a terrorist nature,” the press service said.

The …

The Russian DefenSe Ministry has requested the use of Iraq’s and Iran’s airspace to launch cruise missiles, Russian Interfax news agency reports citing a military-diplomatic source.

"The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation sent a request to Iraq and Iran regarding the use of their airspace for cruise missiles last week," the representative from the Russian Ministry of Defense stated.

Previously, The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation announced the start of tactical …

The heads of the German and Russian Foreign Ministers discussed the situation in Syria and Ukraine at a recent press conference. Sergey Lavrov did not support Frank-Walter Steinmeier's proposal on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Aleppo by air.

The German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, appealed to Russia with a call to promote the signing of an armistice between the conflicting parties in Syria to deliver humanitarian aid to the Syrian city of Aleppo. "I think guns …

Ukrainian Intelligence is taking all necessary measures to detect the possible preparation of an offensive by Russia. The representative from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Vadim Skibitsky, stated that the Intelligence Office isn’t excluding the threat of an open offensive from the Russian Federation.

“We are not excluding such a threat. Nevertheless, we are implementing all measures to detect the movement and possible preparation for large-scale …

Five injured Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Estonia for medical rehabilitation, Postimees reported.

The servicemen had been wounded fighting against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

This is the fifth group of servicemen from the Ukrainian Army undergoing treatment in Estonia. Since last year, 28 soldiers have undergone medical rehabilitation in Estonia at the expense of Tallinn.

Similarly, Lithuania is planning on hosting 50 wounded Ukrainian soldiers this year while they undergo …

The Russian Command deployed an anti-aircraft missile battalion from the 60th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 5th Combined Army of the Eastern Military District under the command of Major Yuri Korchinskiy to Ukraine. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the anti-aircrarft battalion is intended to ensure air defense for the future deployment of a new motorized rifle brigade.

It was noted that the anti-missile …