1 year agoLubov Sobol at protest on Trubnaya Square.
US will not sell Turkey any F-35 Lightning II fighter jets because of its purchase of a Russian missile system, says @POTUS in Cabinet room.
Moscow Elections commission refused to register pro-Sobyanin candidate Andrey Sokolov and opposition Dmitriy Gudkov
1 year agoRussian Ambassador to the UN Nebenzya called the law on state language in Ukraine a violation of the Minsk agreements
RUAF strategic bomber noted airborne
Moscow Elections commission refused to register opposition candidates Lyubov Sobol, Konstantin Yankauskas and Ivan Zhdanov for Moscow City Duma elections.
If we have a Union State, then energy prices should be almost the same, and not so that for us the price is two times higher than for the Smolensk region - Belarus Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko
1 year agoRussia called today's meeting to discuss Ukraine's language law. No objection to this but important Council maintains focus on Russia's continued attempts to undermine Ukraine's independence.
Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, Mark Esper, says Turkey's decision to buy the Russian made S-400 was "disappointing" and the "wrong one"
SECDEF nominee Esper just told SASC that Russian SSC-8s, the INF-busting missiles, were "nuclear-tipped."
Ukraine's security service says no recorded cases thus far of Russian interference in this Sunday's parliamentary elections.
"The growing threats posed by great power competitors such as China and Russia warrant a re-focus to high intensity conflict" @EsperDoD tells SASC at his nomination hearing to be the permanent @DeptofDefense secretary
Lockheed and the Army sign a $492M deal for HIMARS rocket launchers that includes Romania and Poland - marking Warsaw's first HIMARS buy. Polish officials have said they need because Russia would dominate the air in any conflict.
Computer system ZAGS of Russian Federation is experiencing outages for the 2nd day. Used for issuing death and birth certificates
1 year agoIt looks like Saint Pétersbourg is getting ready for the NavyDay parades. Lots of low level air activity, including Su-35, Tu-95, A-50 and Su-24s. Navy vessels moving to the banks of Neva after assembling in the Kronstadt over the past few weeks
There is no plans of meeting between Putin and President of Moldova on July 17 - the Kremlin
Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site
1 year agoS400 Triumf component delivery: 12th plane, Russian Air Force 224th Flight unit An124 Ruslan flew from Mozdok RuAFB to Mürted
1 year agoLight plane crashes on a house in Chechnya. Pilot hospitalised along with two women and a child who were in the house.
Trump sending high-level delegation to meet with Russian counterparts in Geneva this week to pursue an arms control treaty that for the first time would cap the nuclear arsenals of not just the two largest powers, but China as well.
1 year agoPolice came to Trubnaya square and arrest activists at whom SERB provocateur points
The GRU tried to hack Soros's Open Society Foundation
1 year ago"they hit us, we have to hit them back" - @IlyaYashin
1 year agoRussia ramping up its presence in the eastern Med to intensify the Syria campaign: Russian Navy Project 21631 Caspian Flotilla Buyan M class corvette Uglich 653 (x-022) armed with SS-N-30 Kalibr 3M-14 land attack missiles, transited Med-bound Bosphorus en route to Tartus Syria
1 year agoPro-government "SERB" provocateur has thrown smoke grenade at rally at Trubnaya square in Moscow
1 year agoRussian Ministry of Defense: 2 strategic Tu-160 bombers fly over Baltic Sea for 7 hours, were followed by Denmark's F16, Finland's F18 and Sweden's JAS39 Gripen
1 year agoFinnish Air Force intercepts Russian Tu-160, A-50, and Su-35s over the Baltic Sea
1 year agoProtest rally in central Moscow as city elections commission refuses to register opposition candidates
"Syria sees no cause for concern over the supply of Russian S-400 complexes to Turkey," said Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad.
Moscow in discussions re prisoner exchange to release the 24 Ukrainian servicemen seized near Kerch Strait in December - Russian Foreign Ministry