At least seven Russian military personnel died as a result of the explosion at the headquarters of the Russian troops near Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria, reported EBAA news outlet.

"Seven Russian military, as well as representatives of the Syrian regime, were killed on Friday after an explosive device was detonated at the headquarters of the Russian troops in the Criminal Court building north of the Panorama junction on the Deir ez-Zor-Damascus road," EBAA writes.

It is noted that the Russians …

The Belgian air company Brussels Airlines expressed its disappointment with their Russian planes. The company leases SSJ-100 Sukhoi Superjets in a contract that expires on March 2019, but they are already replacing them with Canadian CRJ-900 Bombardier, reported the newspaper L’Echo.

According to L’Echo, the airline cancelled several flights because of operational issues with the Russian planes. The airline also complained about the lack of maintenance manuals properly translated from Russian. …

An OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) drone was attacked at in the territory of the Donbas which is not under Ukraine’s control, according to a mission report published on Friday, November 2. The OSCE drone came under small arms fire when flying over the southern outskirts of the town of Zhovte.

“According to the mission’s assessment, small arms fire was again directed at the SMM unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). While conducting a mini-UAV flight in the southern outskirts of Zhovte, the SMM …

Russia considers creating “cyber squads” that should help law enforcement officials to search for extremist materials on the Internet, reported the website Roskomsvoboda.

The authors of the relevant draft law are deputies of the Russian State Duma from the party United Russia.  According to their idea, "cyber squads" should be volunteer social organizations which would be created by Russians and would be staffed with only Russian citizens who have reached the age of 18.

The project’s goal is “ …

Yuri Ushakov, advisor to the Russian president, reported that the leaders of Russia and the US would conduct a “substantial meeting” on the sidelines of the G20 summit which will be held from November 30th to December 1st in Argentina.

Ushakov added that the planned meeting between Trump and Putin on November 11th in Paris would be short. The presidents of Russian and the US will fly to the French capital for the commemoration of the 100-year anniversary from the end of the First World War …

A court in Moscow arrested Russian military expert Vladimir Neyelov on suspicion of high treason, reports TASS. The expert wrote several articles on the activities of Russian private military companies.

Neyelov, who is held in the Lefortovo detention facility, worked with the "Center of Strategic Conjunctures” and specialized in the activities of private military companies.

Russian media have repeatedly reported about the "the private military company the Wagner group", which, according to …

Large-scale navy and air forces exercises "Ocean Shield" will be held on a permanent basis, said the Russian Defense Minister and General of the Army Sergey Shoygu during the conference call on Friday.

In 2018, the joint exercises “Ocean Shield” were held in the Mediterranean for the first time in the modern history of Russia.

"Such exercises will be conducted on a permanent basis," said Shoygu. He stressed that "a large inter-fleet naval group that was created in the Mediterranean is capable …

Ukraine has detained more than 3 thousand tons of products of the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant, located on the territory of the Donbas, which is not controlled by Ukraine, stated the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko on Facebook.

 “This is our response to sanctions. In the port of Mariupol, more than 3 tons of products of the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant, which is under the occupants’ control, were captured. The products were being transported by a ship under the flag of Liberia …