Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that if the US were to directly engage Syrian government forces, it would lead to “tectonic shifts” in the Middle East, RIA Novosti reported.

"My goal is to explain why it is so important to stay in line with the agreements [between the US, Russia, and Damascus]. If the US carries out direct aggression against Damascus and the Syrian army, it will lead to terrible, tectonic shifts, not only in this country [Syria], but also in the …

Russia and Azerbaijan have signed a memorandum on joint production of air missiles. This was reported by the Azerbaijani military magazine, AzeriDefense.

According to AzeriDefense, the document was signed by the representatives of the Sharg enterprise belonging to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan and the Russian state-owned corporation Tactical Missile Weapons.

The document was signed on the sidelines of the international military expo “Adex 2016” taking place in Baku, the capital of …

The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against the leaders of Ukraine’s Right Sector.

According to the committee’s website, a criminal case has been filed against Dmitry Yarosh and several other members and former members of the Ukrainian nationalist organization.

The case has been initiated under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which addresses extremist activities.

"In the period... from 2014 to the present, leaders and …

The United States gave the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense three mobile laboratories worth 13 million hryvnia ($500,000). These labs will make it possible to promptly and efficiently complete tests, from the simplest to the most complex ones, to identify disease agents and bacteriological studies.

As has been reported, there are no such laboratories in Ukraine yet, although they are urgently needed in the war zone.

It is reported that the cars and medical equipment were purchased by the …

Delfi news portal reports that according to LETA, Latvia’s primary information agency, next year Canada might send LAV 6.0 armored vehicles to an international battalion to strengthen the security of Latvia; Poland might send tanks.

The Ministry of Defense of Latvia did not comment on the plans of the Allies, though in early September, Latvian Defense Minister Raimonds Bergmanis confirmed that the battle group of the multinational battalion led by Canadian forces, which is located in Latvia, …

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia will have to take into account the U.S. approach to nuclear deterrence and respond with measures necessary to ensure national security. This was the Russian diplomatic department’s comment on the statements of the U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on nuclear deterrence.

"A major concern is the willingness to use its nuclear capability in the event of an armed conflict with Russia in order to prevent the possibility of our country using …

There has been a state-monopolistic capitalism in Russia, according to a report by the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, as reported by Vedomosti on 29 September. The distribution of government and state-owned companies in the GDP has increased to 70% from 35% in 2015, the document reads. The FAS notes an increased number of regional and municipal unitary enterprises which are the main enemies of competition in local markets.

The State is not going to abandon corporate control and wants to …

The Press Secretary for the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, said the Kremlin has no information about Libya asking to begin the deliveries of Russian weapons.

"I can neither confirm nor deny," the Kremlin spokesman said, responding to a question whether there was an appeal to Russia to launch a military operation in Libya, TASS reports.

Peskov claims he does not know through which channels such a message could have been sent. "I have no data on whether such an appeal could …