Russian reconnaissance plane flies over Washington
On Wednesday 9th of August the Capital Police alerted the public that an "authorised low-altitude aircraft" would fly in restricted airspace between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm. The message stated that the aircraft "will be large and may fly directly over the U.S. Capitol."
The Capitol Police further added that the aircraft "will be monitored by U.S. Capital Police and other federal government agencies."
The Russian Air Force TU-154 aircraft conducted the flight under the Treaty on Open Skies …
Analysts: Russia deploying equipment on EU border under the cover of Zapad 2017 military exercise
Since the start of August 2017, large-scale deployment of Russian military equipment has been observed along all lines of the European border with Russia.
This is the finding of an OSINT investigation by the international investigative community InformNapalm, Ukrinform reports.
By monitoring social networks and analyzing photographs, InformNapalm volunteers established that since the start of August 2017, “large-scale deployment of Russian military equipment has begun along all lines of the …
OSCE camera at Donetsk Filtration Station destroyed by shelling after one day of operation
A video surveillance camera set up by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) at the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) was shot at and destroyed.
“The OSCE SMM camera at the DFS worked for only one day, and was shot from the south and south-west. The camera was destroyed,” said the OSCE SMM report on its microblog on Twitter on Wednesday, which included photos of the damaged camera.
Alexander Hug, Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE SMM to Ukraine stated that before the camera was …
Russia’s oil giant Rosneft provides $6 billion loan to Venezuela
Rosneft's advance payments under contracts with the Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA is approximately $6 billion in total; full repayment is expected before the end of 2019, as stated during a conference call on August 8th by Alexander Krastilevsky, Vice President and Advisor to the President of Rosneft and Director of the Department for Planning, Performance Management, Development, and Investments in Refining, Commerce, and Logistics. He specified that $5.7 billion is the principal …
Russia to send 4 mobile gas-turbine electrical power generating plants to Crimea
Four mobile gas turbine power plants (MGTS) with a total capacity of 88 Megawatts (MW) will be delivered to the annexed Crimea from the Russian mainland in order to cover the existing energy deficit in the Region. This was announced to the Russian media by the Member of the State Duma of Russia from the annexed peninsula, Mikhail Sheremet.
"Here, on the territory of the republic, we plan to supply four MGTS from the mainland of Russia with a capacity of 22 MW each. This is enough for us to …