The Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CTA) is completing work on a new book dedicated to the current security problems of equatorial and sub-equatorial Africa. The authors of the publication analyze the place and role of the African continent in the foreign policy of Russia and other leading non-regional actors (Great Britain, the EU, the USA, China and France), assess the economic potential of the states of Western, Eastern and Central Africa in terms of their needs for high-tech military, dual and civilian products. In addition, the book describes typical problems of African countries in the field of defense and security.

The Russian military conducted exercises with Syrian volunteer detachments for assault units.

This was reported in the Russian Ministry of Defense. Syrians of completely different professions temporarily forgot about their civilian occupations and signed up as volunteers for assault battalions.

The Russian military conducted exercises with Syrian volunteer detachments for assault units. This was announced on Monday, February 14, by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The press bureau of the SVR of the Russian Federation reported earlier that the US special services plan to target the sleeping cells of extremists in Damascus, the adjacent region and the province of Latakia to commit targeted actions against employees of the Syrian security forces, as well as military personnel of Russia and Iran.

The Taliban movement controlling Afghanistan (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) is sending 10,000 militants armed with modern weapons and equipment to the provinces bordering Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the chief of the general staff of the Taliban armed forces, Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat, said on Monday.

The Taliban movement controlling Afghanistan (banned in the Russian Federation) sends 10,000 militants armed with modern weapons and equipment to the provinces bordering Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The good news concerning military pensioners and their families came from the State Duma on Friday. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov said that monthly payments to retirees this year will definitely be increased.

In the sphere of military-technical cooperation with Iran, Russia does not consider itself bound by any embargo, including missile, and will act within the framework of the international legal framework, based on its interests and the interests of Tehran.

Conducting maneuverable defense by mechanized units with the support of artillery and aviation was practiced by the military at the joint exercises of Belarus and Russia "Allied Resolve-2022", the Belarusian Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization has announced a list of scientific events that are planned to be held this year in the Central Asian region.

The Russian military base in Tajikistan held a night tactical exercise at the Lyaur mountain range, which involved motorized infantry, armored vehicles and mortars, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Friday.

Battalion tactical groups of the military base of the Southern Military District in Abkhazia arrived at the Tsabal mountain range to participate in a planned live firing exercise, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

About 500 servicemen and over 40 units of military and special equipment were involved in the exercises

Complex exercises of crews of Mi-8AMTSh-V Terminator transport and combat helicopters and units of the S-400 Triumph air defense system of the Central Military District (CVO) were held in the Novosibirsk Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Friday by the press service of the district.

About 500 servicemen took part in the exercises

Servicemen of the mountain motorized rifle unit of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in Tuva, destroyed the enemy camp during exercises in the foothills of the Western Sayan. This is stated in a message distributed on Friday by the press service of the district.

Military builders have handed over a multidisciplinary medical center in Tyumen, built in record time, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told reporters on Friday.

The speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Munich in 2007 was revolutionary in terms of the directness of the presentation of current problems, said the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.

The situation on the European continent is becoming increasingly tense, and Russia is not to blame for this, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with his British counterpart Ben Wallace in Moscow on Friday.

The OSCE should become a universal organization that deals with security issues and cooperation in Europe, and not play the role of a tool, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian leader, told RIA Novosti.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held telephone talks with Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin on February 12, the Defense Ministry said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.