The Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands has presented the country's state budget for 2022, according to which 12.4 billion rubles have been allocated for defense. euro ($14.26 billion). According to Jane's Defense Weekly, this represents a nominal increase of 6.56% and a real increase of 5.4% compared to last year's draft budget.

The creation of a shipping channel through the Baltic Spit is necessary for Poland to transfer tanks in case of war with Russia, suggests Konstantin Sivkov, Doctor of Military Sciences. In conversation with the "Tape.He explained that such actions could be aimed at improving infrastructure in the interests of NATO.

NATO and Georgia are bound by a unique partnership, which has been further strengthened over time, Admiral Robert Bauer, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, who is in Tbilisi on a visit, said on Friday after a meeting with Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze.

Shipments of international technical assistance from the United States arrived at Kiev's Boryspil airport on Sunday, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.

Russia will formulate and implement retaliatory measures to NATO's actions based on its interests, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

The Kremlin said it was interested in resuming close relations with the European Union. "The Russian principle of relations with Brussels is quite simple: we are interested in thawing these relations. We were not the initiator of the curtailment of the work and are interested in defrosting," said Russian Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.

Vladislav Demkin, the representative of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh, told how our "blue Helmets" ensure the implementation of agreements on a ceasefire and hostilities in the region. According to the officer, no violations have been recorded recently in the area of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers. And minor incidents were jointly resolved on the ground.

According to Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, Moscow did this out of the principle of reciprocity

Russia did not invite military attaches of NATO countries to the main draw of practical actions of the strategic Russian-Belarusian exercise "WEST-2021" at the Mulino training ground on the principle of reciprocity, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said on Friday.

The main events of the final inspection of the troops will be held in 14 subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as at the military bases of the Southern Military District in Abkhazia, Armenia and South Ossetia

The units of the Russian military base in Abkhazia have worked out the fight against the drones of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported.

The Russian-Pakistani dRuzhba-2021 exercise has ended in the south of the Russian Federation.

A joint exercise of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and military personnel of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has ended in the Krasnodar Territory at the Molkino training ground, the press service of the Southern Military District reports. The

maneuvers took place from September 28 to October 9. 

At the Russian-Pakistani dRuzhba-2021 exercise taking place in the Krasnodar Territory, the guests were given the opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of our small arms and the firepower of BTR-82A armored personnel carriers.

The latest small arms of the Russian army were tested by special forces soldiers of the armed forces of Pakistan during the joint Russian-Pakistani exercise "Friendship-2021" at the Molkino training ground in the Krasnodar Territory, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

Landing from airplanes and helicopters is practiced in the Kaliningrad region by more than 250 military personnel of the airborne assault and reconnaissance amphibious battalions of the Army Corps and the Marine Corps of the Baltic Fleet (BF).

Formations of the Pacific Fleet Marine Corps (Pacific Fleet) have completed a planned bilateral brigade tactical exercise (DBRTU) with a live firing stage in Primorsky Krai. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia on Friday, October 8.

During the active phase of the exercise, live firing took place at the Clerk training ground

The marines of the Pacific Fleet practiced conducting combat during the offensive and defense of the coast at bilateral tactical exercises, which ended in Primorye. More than 5 thousand military personnel were involved in the exercises, the information support department of the Pacific Fleet reported.

The military will have to work out the order of actions for the alarm, make a multi-kilometer march and improve their skills in the possession of weapons

Bilateral exercises with the participation of more than 2 thousand servicemen of the Eastern Military District began in Primorye, involving 400 units of combat and special equipment, the press service of the district reported on Friday.

There are a total of 27 enterprises in the republic

Only five defense enterprises in Tatarstan have fulfilled the task of bringing diversification to 30%, the head of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov said on Friday during the annual address to the State Council of Tatarstan.

In Ukraine, work is underway to launch the country's cosmonaut into orbit. This was announced on October 8 by Vladimir Taftai, head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine.

Russia counts on the active participation of Power Machines in the modernization of Serbia's energy facilities. "We highly appreciate the level of interaction between the Serbian electrical industry and Power Machines, as well as the progress of the renovation of the JERDAP-1 HPP. And we hope for the continuation of successful cooperation in the modernization of the power equipment of other energy facilities, including the Jerdap-2 hydroelectric power plant and the Nikola Tesla thermal power plant," said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov.

On October 1, the US Department of Defense announced the signing by the US Navy Shipbuilding and Armament Command with United States Marine, Inc (USMI) of a contract with an indefinite delivery period for an indefinite number of ID/IQ products (indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity).