Large Landing Ship (BDK) The Russian Navy "Orsk", having passed the Bosphorus, entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Istanbul observers reported in social networks, publishing photos of its passage through the strait.

On board the "Epron" is a group of Sevastopol scientists of the Institute of Biology of the South Seas, who will conduct expedition studies of the ecological state of the seas of the Mediterranean basin.

TASS: the submarines of Project 955 "Borey" have a technical novelty of no more than 40 percent

According to unconfirmed reports, one nuclear submarine of the Borey project costs 23 billion rubles to the Russian budget, while the submarine of the Yasen project costs more than 200 billion. The submarines were compared by TASS military columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

The USA has officially completed the last of the experimental Zumwalt-type destroyers. On January 14, information appeared on the website of the Naval Institute of the US Navy that the Lyndon B. Johnson ship (DDG-1002) left the Bath Iron Work shipyard and went to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula (Mississippi) to activate the combat system.

The concept of the DDG(X) combat destroyer was presented in the USA. It will be a new generation ship armed with hypersonic missiles and lasers. It is assumed that they will be ten times more powerful than current missiles and laser installations.

The countries of the Middle East do not need external intervention to solve regional problems, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said after a series of talks with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Turkey and Iran.

China will not interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, Chinese Ambassador to Kabul Wang Yu said after his meeting with the acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) Sirajuddin Haqqani.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold talks with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi next week.

Iran should take into account that the time frame for reaching an agreement to return to compliance with the provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program is limited, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on NPR radio.

He became Colonel Yevgeny Kovylin

The new commander of the 201st military base in Tajikistan, Colonel Yevgeny Kovylin, has been introduced to the leadership of the Central Military District (CVO). This is stated in a message distributed on Thursday by the press service of the district.

More than 700 km of military roads have been laid in Kalbajar, Lachin, Zangilan and Gubadli districts of Azerbaijan (on the border with Armenia) since the end of the war, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the completion of the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan. This is reported by the website of the head of state.

According to Shoigu, after the relevant decisions, the military "immediately began planning and implementing an operation to create and transfer the CSTO peacekeeping forces involved."

Russian electronic warfare systems have proven themselves well during the operation of law enforcement agencies in Kazakhstan. The aerodynamic interference transmitter "Leer-3" and the drone "Orlan-10" left terrorist groups without GSM cellular communication.

The CSTO peacekeeping contingent will be withdrawn from Kazakhstan on time, Secretary General of the organization Stanislav Zas said.

On Thursday, an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CSTO member states was held via videoconference. On behalf of Russia, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu took part in it.

The Russian leader is convinced that peacekeepers played an important role in solving the crisis in the republic

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have completed their task in Kazakhstan, so now they need to return home.

Within the framework of the American projects "Clear View" and "Jefferson" in the post-Soviet space, the United States, in coordination with local governments, created a network of laboratories for the development of biological weapons. New strains of plague, smallpox, anthrax, cholera, brucella and other deadly diseases are being studied at these facilities for American grants.

Russia has the right to use military-technical measures in response to security threats from NATO.

This statement was made by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Grushko at a press conference dedicated to the results of the negotiations between Russia and NATO.

Moscow sees no reason to hold a new round of negotiations with the United States on security guarantees in the near future, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.

Russia has no plans to respond to the draft of new US sanctions, including against the Russian leadership, and hopes that the threats of restrictions are only loud statements, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.