The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has advised the Russian embassy to stop distributing the “questionable assertion” that the Soviet Union liberated Eastern Europe by defeating Nazi Germany.

“Without denying the USSR’s contribution to the defeat of Nazism in Europe, we must not close our eyes to the fact that the Soviet Army brought half a century of repression to the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe,” the department remarked.

The Foreign Ministry released the statement the day before the …

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his speech at the plenary session of World Economic Forum 2019, said that Russia offered to sell its hypersonic weapons to the United States.

Putin noted that, during the last meeting with American partners in Osaka, the US raised a question "how to include newest Russian modern weapons, including hypersonic missile systems, into General agreements."

"This means that no country in the world, including the United States, have such a weapon," Putin said. …

Three submarines of the Russian Navy, which are currently in a Syrian port, cannot perform combat missions, reports Lenta.ru news outlet citing an informed source.

The reason for that was the failure of old Soviet batteries that are installed on the submarines, while new imported batteries are not available due to sanctions. According to the source, with new batteries manufactured oversees, submarines could be underwater for five days, and with the installed Soviet batteries they can be …

On September 5, a court in Moscow sentenced the Russian activist Konstantin Kotov to four years in prison for “repeated violation of the rules for holding rallies” (Article 212.1 of the Russian Criminal Code), Radio Liberty reports.

“The court found that Kotov had repeatedly violated the rules for holding public protests over the past 180 days,” noted Judge Stanislav Minin.

The aforementioned article of Russia’s Criminal Code has become known as the “Dadin” article, after the activist Ildar …

India is set to give Russia a $1 billion credit line, said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum, which is being held in Vladivostok, Russia, between September 4 and 6. The funds will be used to develop the Far East.

The Indian head of state emphasized that it is completely unprecedented for India to give another country a loan. “Today’s announcement on the allocation of a credit line will be a starting platform for us, from which we will grow …

Alexander Korshunov, an executive at the United Engine Corporation (UEC), a subsidiary of the Russian state-owned conglomerate Rostec, has been arrested in Naples at the US’s request.

“We confirm the fact that one of our employees has been detained abroad. We are confident that he was not involved in any illicit activity. The corporation will do everything it can to protect his interests,” the UEC said in a statement as quoted by Interfax news agency.

Rostec said that Korshunov was being …

Three officers of the Russian Armed Forces were killed in Syria, and two soldiers were seriously injured, reports the newspaper Vedomosti citing a source in the military and diplomatic circles. The incident occurred on Wednesday, September 4, in the area of the Dzhurin village.

According to preliminary data, a group of eight people was going in the direction of the command observation post without crossing the demarcation line. There were two explosions of OZM-72 mines about 30 m before the …

A group of US Republican and Democrat senators have sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking his administration to allocate $250 million to security assistance for Ukraine, Senator Rob Portman announced on his website.

The Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative has been approved by US Congress, but the Trump Administration has not yet released the funds.

In their letter, the three Democrat and two Republican senators urged the presidential administration to release the funds that are “ …