Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter spoke to US senators
The daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko, the ex-prime minister of Ukraine, tried to convince US senators that they bullied her mother in prison. Evgenia Tymoshenko 1 February on Wednesday spoke at a hearing in the Senate ...
The laying of the first "Mistral" for Russia
The laying of the first of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers for the Russian Navy took place at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard in France. During the laying of the helicopter carrier was ...
Between former rebels in Tripoli, new battles began
Fights broke out on Wednesday in the Libyan capital Tripoli. This time the rebels were on opposite sides. An armed conflict arose between groups from the cities of Zintan and Misurata, ITAR-TASS, ...
In Kaliningrad, 92-year-old veteran beaten and robbed by migrant workers
In Kaliningrad, a case is underway to rob a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. 92-year-old Nikolai Melnikov was beaten by two migrant workers, and his pension and military awards were stolen from him. One of the suspects was arrested ....
Field exits for the missile and artillery units began in the Southern Military District
Field exits are held with military units and subunits of the rocket forces and artillery (RV and A) of the Southern Military District. Gunners and rocket men improve their combat skills on ...
The loss of "Phobos" accused crooked hands of pirates
The head of Roscosmos does not exclude that imported microcircuits could become the reason for the death of the station. This became another version, put forward by representatives of Roscosmos, about the causes of the interplanetary accident ...
The new "Phobos-Grunt" will be half the price of its predecessor.
The new spacecraft, called the Phobos-Grunt-2, and similar to the crash victim in November 2011, is expected to be sent to the satellite of Mars in 2018. About this on ...
Canada has left the next Russian diplomats
After a spy scandal flared up, another party of Russian diplomats left Canada. This time, two Russians left the country - Sergey Zhukov, military attaché of the Russian embassy in Ottawa and ...
A total check of officers will be held in the special services of Russia
Soon in the SVR, the FSB and the GRU a large-scale inspection of senior officers will take place. According to a source in the Russian Security Council, special attention will be paid to those officers who have adult children who ...
Over 1000 sailors in the Northern Fleet received service apartments
Over the past year and the current January in the Northern Fleet, the waiting list for service housing has shrunk significantly. Over 1000 military personnel have improved their living conditions. Of these, 500 people ...
Lockheed Martin marks the delivery of the X-NUMX th C-2400 Hercules aircraft
Lockheed Martin has announced that the C-130 Hercules program has reached a historic milestone after the delivery of two thousand four hundred aircraft. The MC-130J Combat Shadow II was transferred to the command ...
The cruiser "Vella Gulf" in the port of Odessa
Despite the unprecedented frosts for Odessa - 14C and a gale-force wind, the inhabitants of Odessa came at 11.00:31 on January 2012, XNUMX to the sea terminal in the city of Odessa to express their indignation, how ...
Pentagon canceled Global Hawk Block 30 program
The US Department of Defense announced that it plans to cancel the Global Hawk 30 program in favor of the Lockheed Martin U-2 aircraft. The Department of Defense made this announcement on January 26, 2012, during ...
In St. Petersburg, at the "Northern Shipyard" lay two surface warships at once
On February 1, at the Severnaya Verf Shipyard OJSC in St. Petersburg, the laying ceremony of the Admiral Golovko frigate (project 22350) and the first lead corvette will take place ...
In Long-Range Aviation, 2020 Tu-30М22 will be upgraded to 3.
In the Ryazan Center for the combat use and retraining of flight personnel of the Long-Range Aviation, they began to take up training courses for pilots who graduated from 2011 of the year. Here they will learn the theoretical ...
Over 3 of thousands of new KAMAZ and Ural vehicles entered the Western Military District
Last year, manufacturing companies transferred ZVO (Western Military District) more than three thousand new all-terrain vehicles KAMAZ and Ural. In parts and compounds of the Guard ...
The development of the striking power of airborne assault formations will occur by equipping transport and combat aircraft.
The Airborne Troops Command plans to continue the development of the assault force of the airborne assault formations by providing them with combat and multi-purpose transport helicopters, thanks to which the "winged infantry" ...
There are changes in the list of professions for alternative service
The Ministry of Defense expanded the list of professions for alternative civilian service. This service completely replaces the army, but lasts a little longer. So, if to ...
American intelligence chief considers Iran, China and Russia the main sources of threats to the country's security
At a meeting of the Senate Committee on Special Services, which was held on January 31, James Clapper, who is the head of the National Intelligence Service of the United States of America, made a statement about ...
Russian ground forces purchased upgraded MLRS
The ground forces of the Russian Federation purchased modernized MRLS (multiple rocket launcher system) for state defense orders. "For artillery of the Ground Forces and Missile Forces in 2011, according to the state ...
Lavrov: Russian authorities will not ask Assad to leave his post
The Russian leadership does not intend to persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave his post. On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced this. "Russia's policy is not to ...
Having committed suicide, the designer of the "East" passed away
The police identified the man who committed the act of self-immolation and threw himself from the 12th floor. As it turned out, the suicide - the designer of the Vostok spacecraft, on ...
Tender for 7.3 billion dollars given by Russian manufacturers of the fifth generation fighter without a fight
According to the newspaper "Izvestia", the fifth-generation T-50 fighter manufacturers did not fight with foreign competitors for a lucrative tender for 7.3 billion dollars, which was ...
Russian rifles in service with American police
The United States units are purchasing Saiga-12 smoothbore, magazine-fed, semi-automatic magazine-fed shotguns for the police from the Izhmash plant. As reported on the website ...