In the early morning hours of 3 March, an Il-62 aircraft (registration number RA-86496) belonging to the Russian Defense Ministry was detected in the region of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, according to information from Flightradar24.

According to the flight tracking service, the Il-62 took off close to the Chkalovsky military airport near Moscow on the morning of 2 March. The plane adopted a course towards South Africa, flew over the Moroccan capital, Rabat, and approached Caracas in the …

According to the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, over a hundred thousand police officers will ensure security duting the Ukrainian presidential elections on March 31.

“The Ministry of Internal Affairs will provide 131,000 policemen to ensure public safety during the election. I hope that the SBU [Ukrainian Security Service] will help us. Of course, the police had thirty thousand more officers in 2014, but despite this, we are ready to protect the electoral process,” …

On Sunday, March 3, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launched the production of Kalashnikov rifles together with Russia. Manufacturing will start at the Korwa City Ordnance Factory in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

In December 2019, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin reported that the production of Kalashnikov rifles in India could be established.

The joint venture will produce AK-203 model rifles that will replace Indian-made INSAS rifles …

The free trade area (FTA) negotiations between Ukraine and Turkey have reached the final stage. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the agreement between two countries could be signed in the near future, reports Anadolu news agency.

“Negotiations with Ukraine are at the final stage. The free trade agreement with Ukraine may be signed in the near future,” said the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

He noted that Turkey already has free trade agreements …

A new round of US sanctions, enshrined in the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression (DASKA) Act, threatens to cause the outright collapse of the Russian oil sector, which for more than half a century has been the country’s primary source of foreign currency earnings, enabling it to import western technologies, goods and the consumer lifestyle, finanz.ru writes.

As the old, Soviet-era oil fields run dry, if the country is unable to identify large deposits that can be easily and …