The portfolio of orders for Russian weapons exceeded $ 52 billion, said Dmitry Shugaev, director of the FSVTS. On Sputnik radio, military expert Alexander Zhilin explained the increased interest of foreign buyers in Russian weapons.

Dmitry Shugaev, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), named the most popular Russian weapons among foreigners. He told about this in an interview with RBC.

India, as part of the Make in India national program, will launch the production of 700,000 modern AK-203s, the country's ambassador to Moscow Bala Venkatesh Varma told TASS before completing his mission.

Deliveries of Su-30SM aircraft and Mi-35M helicopters have been completed, said Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Customs Service

Russia supplied Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with military products in 2021, including aircraft and missile systems. Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), said this in an interview with RBC.

The control check of combat training, in which over 70 thousand servicemen took part, was completed in the Central Military District (CVO), the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

Italian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Giorgio Starace believes that at the moment it is extremely important to make efforts to restart a constructive dialogue between Russia and NATO, he said in an interview published on Tuesday in the newspaper Kommersant.

The Pentagon announced monitoring of the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border after reports of "unusual activity of Russia." On Monday, November 1, this was stated by the press secretary of the US military department, John Kirby, during a briefing broadcast on the Pentagon website.

The American edition of Politico published satellite images that allegedly demonstrate the deployment of Russian military equipment "on the border with Ukraine – in the Smolensk region." On the air of Sputnik radio, political scientist Pavel Tarusin commented on the publication.

The United States continues to monitor the situation on the border of Russia and Ukraine and will pay attention to any aggressive actions in this region, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in connection with media reports about the alleged transfer of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine.

The 144th Guards Motorized Rifle Division is stationed in the area of Yelnya. On Tuesday, November 2, military expert Vladislav Shurygin recalled this in an interview with Izvestia, commenting on an article by Politico with pictures of Russian tanks allegedly near the border with Ukraine.

Western media publications, according to which Russia is pulling troops to the Ukrainian border, are a propaganda operation, the quality of which leaves much to be desired, experts interviewed by RIA Novosti said.

The Kremlin considered the materials of the American media, writing about the alleged movement of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, unworthy of comments, pointing to the poor quality of these publications.

Morocco and Algeria, in the context of growing tensions in the region, will significantly increase defense spending in 2022, respectively, by 12% and 7.8%.

The Aviationist was struck by the sound of the Su-57 fighter jet engine.

An authoritative resource dedicated to military aviation, The Aviationist drew attention to the "very cool videos" of the passage of Su-57 fighters over cities posted on the Web. The first one was filmed back in June 2020 during the opening of the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR Igor Petrovich Volk in Zhukovsky. The second was in May 2021 at the Victory Day Parade in Moscow.

The Indian company Hindustan Aeronautics has suspended participation in the program to create a fifth-generation fighter FGFA (Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft) based on the Russian Su-57. Dmitry Shugaev, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), told RBC about this.

The new fifth-generation fighter Checkmate and the Orion drone will be presented in November at the Dubai Air Show (UAE), said Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

The US Boeing E-8 aircraft on Tuesday, November 2, was spotted over the Black Sea. He was accompanied by two KS-135 tanker aircraft. This is reported by the REN TV channel.

The commissioning of Russia's first UAV test site, where developers will be able to conduct all types of flight tests, including technology demonstrations and certification flights, has been postponed to 2022 due to the pandemic.

The Russian army is armed with more than 2 thousand unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was announced on Tuesday, November 2, by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the defense industry.

Russia will develop kamikaze drone technology to protect the country's maritime borders from intruder vessels. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the military-industrial complex.