Putin noted the destabilizing nature of the activity of the armed forces of the United States and NATO countries in the Black Sea

During a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, the topic of the conflict in Donbass was touched upon.

In a few years, the Armed Forces will have officers professionally trained to conduct psychological defense. Such specialists will be trained at the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This was reported on Thursday in the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the department.

On November 9, the first meeting of the Working Group on Regulatory and legal support of the financial stability of the organizations of the military-industrial complex at the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia took place, the press service of PJSC Promsvyazbank reported.

Specialists of the International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again flew to Laos to help local colleagues from the U-58 detachment in clearing the territory of explosive objects.

Motorized rifle and tank units of the 201st military base of the Russian Federation in Tajikistan conducted more than two hundred live firings in 2021, the Central Military District (CVO) reported.

In October of this year, formations, military units and institutions of the Central Military District received more than 150 units of weapons, special and aviation equipment.

It is envisaged to create a technopolis development fund, which will allow in the form of grants and interest-free loans to finance the research and work carried out by the participants

The State Duma at the plenary session on Thursday adopted in the first reading a bill on state support for participants of the innovative technopolis of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Era".

Pakistani artisans collect artisanal copies of the Soviet TT self-loading pistol, but sell it under the Mauser brand.

MiG-31BM fighters from the duty forces of the mixed aviation regiment of Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia in 2021 rose more than 70 times to escort foreign aircraft, the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) reported on Thursday.

37.3 billion rubles are planned to be allocated to provide disabled people with technical means of rehabilitation over the next three years, and additional expenses for sick leave will amount to 125 billion rubles.

On Wednesday in New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, as well as the secretaries of the Security Councils of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. On November 10, all of them participated in the multilateral consultations of the secretaries of the Security Councils of 8 countries on the Afghan issue.

The secretaries of the Security Councils of the Russian Federation, India, Iran and a number of other countries discussed Afghanistan, noted the need to combat terrorism in the region, the Russian Security Council said.

A group of armed men in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan announced the beginning of the fight against the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation).

A group of armed men in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan announced the beginning of the fight against the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia).

A representative of the Eastern Military District of China, Shi Yi, said that the country's Air Force carried out combat patrols in the Taiwan Strait zone to demonstrate the country's high degree of combat readiness.

In a couple of years, the Chinese Navy may have a third aircraft carrier. On November 9, the CNN news agency reported that according to an analysis of satellite images taken by the Washington analytical center, the ship, known as Type 003, could be launched as early as early next year.

From a geopolitical point of view, the Black Sea coast is the "soft underbelly" of Russia, approaching which the enemy can strike at the largest cities and defense centers of our country, military historian Dmitry Boltenkov writes in Izvestia.

Russian ships are tracking the actions of the US Navy in the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "Russian ships performing scheduled tasks in the southeastern part of the Black Sea since October 30: The missile cruiser Moskva and the frigate Admiral Essen are monitoring the actions of the US Navy in the Black Sea, which arrived to conduct an unscheduled multinational exercise,"the report says.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced Georgia's readiness to assist NATO in ensuring security in the Black Sea.

A Russian ship, presumably the Kildin, was spotted while shadowing the British Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth off the coast of Oman, and this caused concern among the British. The ship passed through the Bosphorus before entering the Mediterranean Sea en route to the Persian Gulf.