• Swiss fighters escorted aircraft carrying Russian delegation

    An aircraft of the Swiss Air Force flew close to an airliner with the Russian delegation on board, as they were heading to Peru for the APEC summit. Members of the delegation on board included the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Alexander Fomin. They will accompany President Vladimir Putin at the meeting.

    It is reported that the incident occurred in the sky over Switzerland. One of the fighters flew up close to the Russian aircraft from the left side "at …

  • Turkey wants to buy Russian S-400 missile systems

    Turkey is holding talks with Russia on the possible purchase of S-400 anti-aircraft missile complexes. This was announced on Friday, November 18, by the minister of national defense of Turkey, Fikri Işik. He added that Turkey is also discussing the supply of S-400s with other countries.

    According Işik, for now Russia is positively responding to the opportunity to sign the agreement. Reuters agency notes that in 2015 Turkey canceled a contract for the purchase of long-range air defense systems …

  • Switzerland imposed sanctions against Russian deputies elected in the Crimea

    Switzerland has expanded its list of people who will not be able to bypass the US and EU sanctions imposed because of aggression by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, according to the Swiss state secretariat for economic affairs.

    The names of six people who were recently elected as deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the Crimea and Sevastopol were added to the list.

    “On November 17, 2016, the Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research (EAER) amended the list …

  • Belarus is ready to take control over the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Donbas

    Belarus is ready to take control over the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Donbas and organize local elections on the territories not controlled by Ukraine, as stated by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, during a conversation with the media and bloggers from Russia, Tut.by reports.

    "I spoke with Putin and told him that whatever the cost, we need to come up with something to begin the resolution process ... There will be no winners in this war. The longer the conflict lasts, the …

  • Lavrov is frustrated by meetings with the United States about Syria

    Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia is frustrated with the progress of the meetings with the United States about Syria in Geneva. According to him, there have been results, but everything is being hampered by the inability to distinguish the terrorists from the opposition. This was said by the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry on air with the Russian television station Russia 24, RIA Novosti reports.

    “The meetings are producing results, but everything is held back by the very …