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The multifunctional long-range radar surveillance aviation complex A-100 will be able to detect new classes of targets, including next-generation aircraft, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The A-100 is a system а long-range radar surveillance and guidance. These complexes are used to detect and accompany air targets, surface ships

Russia's economy will grow by 1.1% in 2017 against the backdrop of "relatively high oil prices." "The growth is possible, and one does not have to be too smart to predict it. If the situation does not deteriorate sharply, one may say that we will achieve the economic growth of one percent. However, this level is below the level of statistical error

The visit of Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to Russia has confirmed the transition of Russian-Japanese relations to a new quality. The most painful issue in bilateral relations between Russia and Japan has been resolved. The Kuril Islands will remain Russian territory, but will become an object for joint economic activity for Russia and Japan

Russia has been intensifying defence cooperation with Latin America, Alexander Denisov, the head of the department for marketing activities at Russia's defence export giant Rosoboronexport said. At an arms show in Mexico, Russia showcased Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile system, BTR-80A/82A armoured personnel carrier, Tiger-M and Ural vehicles

An upgraded version of the strategic Tu-160 bomber aircraft, also known as the "White Swan," is to be passed into service only in 2022 in the amount of 30-50 pieces. The new "Swan" has significantly strengthened Russia's military arsenal, which became reason for concern for American experts in strategic aviation

Russian President Putin has been losing control over his inner circle, Russian and foreign publications say. Although not all of them are ready to talk about it in the affirmative, some still doubt. Putin is said to be losing control over a variety of things on a regular basis. There are experts, who predict the imminent fall of Putin's regime

US-based RAND research organisation urged the Pentagon to assess a perspective of how NATO can suppress Russian missile defences in the Kaliningrad enclave in Europe. Should Russia take these calls seriously? It is hardly possible to unequivocally answer this question, given, inter alia, highly tense relations between Russia and the United States

The use of the most powerful Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) GBU-43/B against Islamic State fighters (the terrorist organisation is banned in Russia) in Afghanistan has generated many discussions, in which people compare US and Russian weapons. Some people believe that Russia wins the competition

Every year, we receive five sets of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and new radar stations. This is very good progress, and we work hard to develop the S-500 system. The state-of-the-art system will be added to the arsenal of air defence troops in the near future. Recently, Russian troops started receiving new Verba MANPADS

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