The chief executive officer of Techmash, Sergei Rusakov, reported that Russia’s Aero Space Force will soon receive next-generation air bombs equipped with proximity fuzes. According to him, tests of the fuze developed by Techmash’s Electronic Instruments R&D Institute in Novosibirskhave have passed successfully.

“Currently, the institute is preparing for the launch of the product into serial production. I think that this new generation of air bombs will enter into service with the Russian Army …

According to leaked documents, a British military study has determined that Russian weapons, including missile defense systems and artillery, are more powerful than their British equivalents, The Guardian reported.

The report, which was seen by The Times, noted that the UK and its NATO allies are “scrambling to catch up” with Russia’s electronic warfare capabilities.

The report, which was produced in March by General Sir Nick Carter, outlined how Russia uses Ukraine as a testing ground for …

The Russian FSB claims to have thwarted a terrorist attack in the Crimea prepared by Ukrainian military intelligence, TV Dozhd reported. The Russian intelligence service reported that one of its agents was killed in a raid on a premises where homemade bombs, guns, ammunition, mines, and grenades were found.

“As a result of search operations on the night from August 6 to August 7, 2016, a group of saboteurs was discovered near the town of Armyansk in the Crimean Republic. An FSB officer died as …

On August 9, R-330 Zhitel and Leer-3 radio-electronic jamming systems from the Separate Military Unit of Electronic Warfare (Donetsk) of the 1st Army Corps were deployed from Donetsk towards the line of contact in the Donbas, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported. In addition, a deployment of weapons, military equipment, oil and lubricants was recorded from Russian territory.

According to intelligence, between August 5 and August 7, four rail cars …

Residents of Russia have become less sympathetic to Vladimir Putin, but continue to treat him with confidence, according to a study conducted by the Levada Center and published on their website on Monday, August 8, 2016.

According to the researchers, in July of this year, 29% of respondents said that they have a sympathetic attitude towards Putin. In March 2016, 30% of the population agreed with this sentiment and in March, 2015, 37%. The people of Russia had the greatest sympathy for the …

Between July 27 and August 2, 2016, investors withdrew $32 million from funds associated with Russia.

A week earlier, the net outflow of investments amounted to $6.9 million, RBC reports, referring to data from the Emerging Portfolio Fund Research, an organization that monitors the inflow and outflow of investment funds and their allocation.

Two-thirds of the mentioned capital outflow occurred in exchange traded funds. Such results were not unexpected because, until recently, oil prices have …

The Federal Agency for State Property Management, Rosimushchestvo, is being required to reduce their operating expenses by at least 10%. They only have one month to develop the plans and schedules to accomplish it.

The Federal Agency for State Property Management Rosimushchestvo has demanded that Russian state-owned companies reduce their operating expenses by at least 10%. Expense reduction plans have to be developed in one month, as reported by Vedomosti on Monday, August 8, 2016.

According …

The head of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Jan Petersen, has refused to answer the question of whether the observers will be sent to the occupied Crimea.

As a UNIAN correspondent in Russia reported, at a press conference in Moscow, Petersen said, “We are currently working on where our observers will be sent, so at the moment I'm not going to answer this question... We can't say anything specific about where the observers will be sent," …