Russia has signed a contract to participate in the creation of the newest heavy Chinese helicopter. The agreement was signed on June 25, but it became known on Monday at a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with the CEO of the Russian Helicopters company Andrey Boginsky, RIA Novosti reports.

The President listened to the report of the CEO of the Russian Helicopters holding. Andrey Boginsky spoke about working with China on a heavy helicopter. "In 2008, the discussion of this project with our Chinese comrades began," the head of the holding said. "A heavy helicopter?" - Vladimir Putin clarified.

The Russian Helicopters holding company will produce more than 1,100 helicopters by 2025, the head of the company Andrey Boginsky said.

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation has commissioned one of the largest logistics centers in the Far Eastern Federal District with an area of more than 33 thousand square meters in Ulan-Ude.

Military columnist and retired colonel Viktor Litovkin spoke about the "unpleasant surprise" for the United States from Russia in an interview with the publication "PolitRussia". According to him, it could be a new Russian drone with resettable wings.

A new type of barrage ammunition has been patented in Russia. Yesterday, on November 7, the TASS news agency reported that the Russian Federal Nuclear Center has developed a project for a kamikaze drone with a retractable drop wing.

The combat capabilities of the Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan are constantly increasing, it is reinforced with upgraded Su-25SM aircraft and a new radar station, Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District (CVO), told reporters.

The commander of the district troops, Alexander Dvornikov, reported that the share of new equipment in the district as a whole exceeded 70%,

Aviation units stationed on the Crimean peninsula are equipped with the latest aircraft by 100%, and in the whole district the share of new equipment exceeded 70%, Alexander Dvornikov, commander of the Southern Military District (SE), said in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

Press Secretary of the President of Ukraine Sergey Nikiforov on Sunday, November 7, on the air of the TV channel "Dom" said that the main task of the new Minister of Defense of the country Alexey Reznikov will be to provide the army financially.

US CIA Director Robert Burns, during his visit to Moscow, confirmed the need to comply with the Minsk agreements, including granting a special status to Donbass, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

The presence of the Russian military in Transnistria is illegal, therefore all the armed forces of the Russian Federation must be withdrawn from the region.

The ceasefire regime is not fully maintained, not all Armenian prisoners of war have been returned from Azerbaijan

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan highly appreciates the role of Russian peacekeepers in ensuring security in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with Armenian Public Television on Sunday evening that Azerbaijan is taking actions in Nagorno-Karabakh that discredit Russian peacekeepers.

On October 29, 2021, the fourth annual Ogarkov Readings Conference was held in Moscow, organized by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (TSAST). Partners of the event are Rostec Group, JSC United Engine Corporation, JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation and PJSC Promsvyazbank.

The exercise of the special forces units of the Central Military District (CVO) "Cobalt-2021" will be held in the second half of November in Tajikistan, the commander of the troops of the Central Military District Alexander Lapin told reporters.

Russian specialists have already trained more than 6,000 Tajik military personnel, Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District (CVO), told reporters.

The troops of the Southern Military District are at the forefront of the combat training system of the Russian Army. Here it has long been put at the forefront, the commander of the troops of the Southern Military District, Hero of Russia, Army General Alexander Dvornikov, told the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

Exercises with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces have been launched in Tatarstan today. The opening ceremony was held at the training ground of the Kazan Higher Tank Command School.

The military contingents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, military police units, operational groups of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat, formations of internal affairs bodies, national guards, as well as authorized bodies in the field of prevention and elimination of consequences of emergency situations take part in the exercise under the overall leadership of the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel General Alexander Lapin. A total of 1800 people and 300 pieces of equipment are involved.

In Russia, the modernization of the employment service will begin, so that applicants can more easily find the right vacancy, and the employer can find a specialist. This was stated by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Monday, November 8, at a meeting with deputy prime ministers.

The document provides for the active introduction of six key innovations into production practice: artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, augmented reality technologies, new production and communication technologies. They, in turn, will help to increase labor productivity, reduce the cost of production and accelerate the introduction of goods to the market.