RIA Novosty / Russia

The Irkut MC-21, also known as the “Airliner of the 21st Century,” will soon plough the skies, Russian TV Channel Zvezda said.

The Russian robot submarine made an appearance at the international military forum, impressing with its new cutting edge technology.

Russia has hired lawyers and legal experts to defend its case regarding the seizure of its assets abroad, the country’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said Friday.

The seizure of Russian assets abroad reminds of robbery in the Middle Ages, Sergei Naryshkin, speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, said Friday.

American companies have clearly demonstrated their desire to stay in the Russian market and are certain that the current crisis will not last long, Daniel Russell, president and CEO of the US-Russia Business Council, said in Moscow on Friday.

Russia has no intentions to terminate or reduce cooperation with German firms, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

It is unacceptable to speak with Russia using ultimatums, Russia President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

Global decisions, such as the US exit from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, push Russia into the new round of arms race, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the ST Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

Active work with new centers of global growth does not mean that Russia aims to treat its dialogue with the Western partners less attentively, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

Russia managed to avoid a deep economic crisis despite predictions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

Russia’s T-90 main battle tank will become the quickest-firing of its kind, Defense Ministry officials said on the sidelines of the Army 2015 International Expo on Thursday.

Despite the economic recession and Western sanctions, foreign businesses are not willing to leave Russia. On the contrary, some of them believe that now is the perfect time to do business in Russia, said correspondent for Les Echos Benjamin Quenelle.

Western sanctions may benefit the Russian agricultiral industry and increase domestic agricultural output.

Ex-finance minister Alexei Kudrin ruled out running for the Russian presidency in 2018.

Russian servicemen will practice using the Iskander-M systems in Buryatia in September.

Over 400 missile service personnel will practice anti-air defense maneuvers.

A woman has been quarantined in Russia’s Far Eastern Primorsky Territory on suspicion that she may be infected with MERS.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry will help deliver humanitarian aid provided by Cyprus to Ukraine’s southeast.

A representative of the Saudi Arabian Navy says that the International military exhibition Army-2015 that kicked off Tuesday in Moscow region is a good opportunity to see Russian military equipment.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if someone threatens Russian territories, Moscow will have to aim its armed forces at the territories from which the threat is coming from.