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Russia's representative Vladimir Safronkov used the informal form of address and shamed his British counterpart prior to the vote on the resolution condemning the chemical attack in Syria. Before Russia blocked the document, the Russian and British officials stoked up the war of words. The UK fears Russia's possible cooperation with the USA

Rex Tillerson, the head of the US State Department, arrived in Moscow for an official visit. Tillerson arrived in Russia during a critical moment. Tensions remain extremely high in many parts of the world - in Syria, on the Korean Peninsula, in the Balkans, in the Middle East. Whom does Tillerson represent?

Ever since 1945, the Russian society has been expecting a good president to come to power in the USA who would relieve the world of the never-ending confrontation and start building a dialogue with the USSR and then Russia. We've never seen this type of president. He won't come. "Strangulation in embrace" is not a new tactic of American diplomacy

US-Russian relations are based on the fundamental principle of mutual nuclear deterrence, as US Secretary of Defence William Perry said in January 1995. One can say a thousand times that we are partners, but everyone understands very well that partners do not hold nuclear pistols to their heads

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the US attack on Syria was an act of aggression against a sovereign state. The US missile attack on Syria was strongly condemned in Iran. Turkey, however, which the US used to call its staunch ally, announced support for the missile attack on the Syrian airbase

The Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy kicked off tactical exercises in Russia's Southern Military District. About 20 ships and support vessels take part in the naval maneuvers. Naturally, the exercises have not remained unnoticed. Many in Russia and abroad were expecting the Caspian Flotilla to attack targets in Syria again

In mid-March, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the government. One may say that the meeting was somewhat enigmatic. The Kremlin press service reported that "the main topic of the meeting will be the improvement of intergovernmental fiscal relations." Yet, the published transcript of the meeting ends abruptly

For many in the west, Russia has always been a pariah, the danger from the East, enshrined in many popular sayings about freezing easterly winds and frosts, enshrined today in political diatribes and sheer, barefaced lies in the media as a powerful "them" is created to justify the "us": NATO.

The meeting in Arkhangelsk showed that Russia intends to control all security issues in its Arctic zone, which, by the way, may soon expand significantly - by 1.2 million square kilometers. Today, after all that has and has not been said in Arkhangelsk, it appears that the ball is on Trump's side

"Opinion polls in the US show that Russia has many friends in the US. I want to tell them first and foremost that we perceive and regard the United States as a great power, with which we want to establish very kind relations," Putin said. "I hope that we will enter a two-way street to improve the Russian-US relations for the benefit of the world,"

Commander of NATO's Armed Forces in Europe, US General Curtis Scaparrotti gave a high assessment to Russia's new military equipment. Caliber systems, for example, can be ground-, air- and sea-based. This is a multifunctional system that gives the Russians great coverage, accuracy and so on, the US general admitted

Resolutions, petitions, requirements and political statements take a lot of time, energy and paper. As a rule, they stir up too much noise and a fat lot of good. If the strong one want to flex their muscles, they do not need to make any statements or resolutions. They can disregard international law and do what they want

Details about the unauthorized action of protest actions organized by opposition activist Aleksei Navalny continue to emerge. A video of a teenager sitting in a police van has gone viral on the Internet. The happy-looking teenager in the video can be heard saying: "We are fine, we will be paid 10,000 euros"

The multi-purpose aircraft carrier will have a total displacement of about 95,000 tons. Its length, width and draft will make up 330×42×11 meters. The width of the flight deck will be 85 meters. The project stipulates for the autonomy of 90 days. The vessel will be able to carry a stock of jet fuel of up to 6,000 tons and the crew of up to 4,000

Russia's Security Council develops a strategic forecast for 12 years. The strategic forecast is to become the ground for making decisions under various circumstances that may appear inside and outside Russia. Is it possible to make long-term forecasts under modern conditions? Will concepts of today be relevant, say, in two or three years?

Specialists of the United Aircraft Corporation are ready to start designing a combat aircraft of the 8th generation. The new development will be more than just an aircraft. The designers plan to create a conceptually new multipurpose combat aviation system with highly developed technical intelligence

Russian settlements need to be "liberated" from monuments to Vladimir Lenin, while Lenin's Tomb in the heart of Moscow on Red Square should be closed. What shall Russia do about 70 years of its history? Not all people may like it, but even if they do not like it, they can not strike this period out from history

Russia's Caliber missiles will be installed on 949A Antey submarine cruisers. Antey submarines are designed for the destruction of enemy aircraft carriers. The underwater cruisers are armed with Granit missiles. They are too big, more vulnerable and inferior to the performance of new Caliber missiles

John McCain spoke of Russia as a "gas station country." Russia the gas station has developed into a country that could allegedly show influence on the course and the outcome of the presidential election in the US. Western "partners" acknowledge that solving major international problems without the participation of Russia is impossible

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the anti-doping system in Russia has failed entirely. One should admit it, find the guilty and build a new system, he said. "We must listen, despite all those blunders in the work of the independent commission, we must listen to what the commission has done, to the results of its work," Putin said