In April to June, 2017, defense industry enterprises supplied over six hundred new models of military and special equipment to Russian troops, said Sergei Shoygu, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation during “the Single Day for Military Goods Acceptance” event.

“So far, 34.2% of the state defense order has been fulfilled with the delivery of new arms and 42.2% of the order has been fulfilled for repairs, which indicates satisfactory rates of smooth production flow of the defense …

For the third time, a group of residents on the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia have submitted documents to the country’s election commission, demanding a referendum on the return to the status of an autonomous region, said Stella Koch, a member of the group, according to Radio Liberty.

According to her, at the same time, representatives of the Evenkiysky District  sent a request to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation with a request to assess the Federal Constitutional Law on the …

Four military police battalions have been formed in Syria to carry out tasks in the de-escalation zones, according to the Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service.

"Four battalions of military police have been formed. They are currently carrying out tasks in the security belts of the de-escalation zones in the Syrian Arab Republic," Shoygu said at the Russian Defense Ministry meeting.

According to him, the battalions have been formed …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law ratifying a protocol to an agreement on the deployment of an air group of the Russian Armed Forces to Syrian territory.

The document was published on Wednesday, on the official portal for legal information.

"To ratify the protocol to the agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on the deployment of an aviation group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, …

The Netherlands is changing the legislation regarding in absentia condemnation for the perpetrators of the crash of the Malaysian Airlines jetliner MH17 which was downed over eastern Ukraine, said Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine on European integration Olena Zerkal during an interview with Hromadske.

"They [the Dutch authorities] are amending the legislation. This is why the negotiations on the agreement have continued for so long. In order to make this possible, together with the …