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Russia will see a politician one day, who will be able to reestablish the country and negotiate conditions for Russia to surrender with honors. He will be a pragmatic patriot, free of imperial ambition and obsessed with an idea to save the nation. It is only Russia that must take steps towards the West, whereas the West should not do anything

The history of Russian-American relations (including the Soviet-US period) has never seen such a significant reduction in the number of employees of the US embassy and consulate offices. Expelling diplomats is, of course, a common practice, albeit in a much smaller scale. This news shows how low the relationship between the two countries has fallen

Economic potentials of the DPRK and Russia are not comparable, and the structure of their economies is completely different. North Korea has been living under sanctions for 20 years already, and their prime goal is to ensure food supplies for the people. They also redistribute all types of income for the development of the military sector

It is impossible to imagine a situation, in which US congressmen would gather to vote for the abolition of sanctions against Russia. By and large, US-Russian relations return to their usual abnormal state. The relationship between the USSR, then Russia and the United States has never been normal

The Kremlin will not talk about Russia's reaction to new restrictive measures on the part of the United States, Putin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Meanwhile, there is an area of relations between Russia and the United States, which, as US congressmen believe, needs to be protected to avoid multi-billion losses

President Vladimir Putin conducted a Q&A conference with children at Sirius educational centre, which he established in Sochi in 2015. More than 900 schoolchildren from 66 regions of Russia took part in the conversation with the president under the title "A non-childish talk with Vladimir Putin."

In the Soviet Union, it was the Yakovlev Design Bureau that was developing vertical take-off and landing aircraft. TheYak-36 was the first such aircraft (tested in 1996). Afterwards, the Yak-141 followed, although the new aircraft was being developed at the time of the collapse of the USSR. The project was shelved

In Russia, the number of unemployed individuals holding higher education diplomas has decreased by 13 percent. People in their 40s and 50s have the education that they had received under the conditions of a different reality. Naturally, the market needs those whose knowledge is a reflection of today's reality, rather than the reality of the past

The Russian economy remains at the beginning of a new cycle of growth, Elvira Nabiullina, the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation said. Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the Russian economy was expected to reach the dynamics of the eurozone in 2017. Afterwards, Russia will aspire to world GDP growth

American lawyer Jerome Skinner stated that Russian President should personally atone for the death of the passengers of the Malaysian Boeing that crashed above Ukraine on July 17, 2014. Even before the court decision, the lawyer has found the culprit, even though many Russian and Western experts point out Ukraine's guilt in the tragedy

Russia builds small missile ships of Karakurt project. The new ships are said to surpass their predecessors in their combat power and seaworthiness. They are believed to become the new formidable weapon to strengthen Russia's maritime borders and enhance the presence of the Russian Federation in the Mediterranean Sea

The talks between presidents of Russia and the United States will take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have a lot to discuss indeed, and 30 minutes can hardly be enough for such a landmark meeting. Putin's schedule in Hamburg is going to be intense

The Russian industry is ready to build a 100-ton ballistic missile, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. According to him, the same can be said about the Barguzin railway-based missile system. During the times of the Soviet Union, Strategic Missile Forces had three divisions of "Molodets" rail-based missile systems

In September 2017, 16 Russian regions will hold gubernatorial elections. This year, the elections will have special significance, as Russia tends to update the management system and rejuvenate the political elite. The average age of acting governors, who will take part in this year's elections, is 44 years

Russia's relations with the USA remain in a deplorable condition and may worsen further quickly. Again, what should Russia do? Should Russia turn a blind eye on all statements from top US officials about "threat No. 1?" Russia was extremely compliant during the 1990s, and we all know what it ended up with

A Serbian political analyst said when describing Russia's foreign policy that Moscow has a tendency to support official authorities of foreign states unless they show hostility against Russia, at least formally. This is a strategic problem of Moscow, the analyst believes. How true is this judgment?

I can't even count the number of times the alarm has been sounded by the Russian Federation and its Foreign Minister, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, that US-Israeli support of, and participation in worldwide terrorism can only culminate in disaster if not all out world war. The US refuses to respond with any solution or compromise that may benefit all parties

Living in today's world, in which the Crimea became a part of Russia without a single gunshot, many people do not even realize that Russia's Black Sea Fleet was supposed to leave the Crimea when the peninsula was still a part of Ukraine. There was even a special website created, which published news stories about the Crimea and the Russian fleet

In an interview with NBC News journalist Megyn Kelly, Russian President Vladimir Putin strongly rejected any possibility of Russia's interference both in US elections and in the domestic political life of the United States in general. Some of Putin's remarks were rather emotional, but the Russian president was not rude at all

The topic of the "hand in the Kremlin" has become a huge hit in the USA. The Americans are not going to give up on it, especially before the midterm elections to te Congress. New "sensations" touch upon Donald Trump's ties with Russia, whereas "interference in the elections" is not even questioned - it has become an axiom for the Americans.