The Russian Ministry of Defence plans to deploy the optical-electronic intelligence satellites in 2019. These will be based on the latest Hrazdan spacecrafts, Kommersant reports, citing industry and military sources on Thursday, July 28, 2016.

In 2008 - 2015 the military launched three such satellites and now there are only two of them. According to the publication, they are actively involved in the operations of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria.

According to its description, Hrazdan is, " …

The European Union hasn't provided Ukraine with enough help financially and hasn't taken any steps to appeal to Ukrainians. These were the sentiments expressed by Hungarian ambassador to Ukraine Ernő Keskeny, expanding on the position of his country's government during an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

"Europe didn't provide enough financial help, it did not even make such gestures as, say, a visa-free regime, which costs nothing financially. In his [the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbá …

Any conclusions drawn from the statement can be attributed to campaign rhetoric.

Through the President of Russia’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin reported that the statement made by the US Republican Party's presidential candidate, Donald Trump, concerning the possible recognition of Crimea as part of Russia, will not change Russia’s attitude towards him, RIA Novosti reports.

According to Peskov, Trump’s statement was a case of campaign rhetoric.

“We know perfectly well that …

The Simple Strike 2016 joint military exercises have begun on the Adazi training ground in Latvia, Delfi reported, citing the country’s Ministry of Defense.

Servicemen from Latvia, the US, and several other NATO member states are participating in the exercises that last until August 5th.

The joint training operations will include a unit of US Black Hawk helicopters that are stationed at the Lielvarde airbase in Latvia, as well as a unit of A-10 attack aircraft, which are stationed in Estonia. …

As reported by the press-service of law firm Ilyashev & Partners, which represents the interests of the company in court, the Antonov State Company won a suit against Russian company Aviakor Aviation Plant for $2.9 million.

“Pursuant to the court judgment of July 4, 2016, the claims of the State Enterprise Antonov for more than USD 2.9 million were satisfied and shall be recovered in favor of our client,” the statement read.

The subject of the dispute was the payment of royalties for use of …