I would like relations between Russia and Afghanistan to develop in the best possible way, but as for the recognition of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), we need to proceed from the realities in this matter.

The document provides for a ban on the accrual of interest to an authorized bank for the use of funds held in a special account under the State Budget

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to the State Duma a bill that provides for a ban on charging interest to an authorized bank for using funds held in a special account under a state defense order (GOZ). The document is posted in the electronic database of the lower house of Parliament.

Russian hypersonic missiles and a drone were included in the list of the main military technologies of 2021.

The French portal meta-defense analyzed the military technologies of the world powers in a geopolitical context. Not only the characteristics of the weapons were taken into account, but also how much these developments affected the defense strategy of different countries. The full list consists of ten items. Its first part has been published so far.

The Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan at a plenary session on Wednesday approved the draft law "On ratification of the Agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on military cooperation", the document was sent to the Senate for consideration.

The Russian armed forces are staffed by contract servicemen by almost 100%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The head of the Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that the Russian Armed Forces are staffed by contract servicemen by almost 100%

The Russian armed forces are staffed by contract servicemen by almost 100%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

Exercises to repel an attack by sabotage reconnaissance groups of a conditional enemy on military infrastructure facilities were held in formations and military units of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as in the army corps of the Southern Military District stationed in the Crimea.

An indoor swimming pool has been built and has already been commissioned on the island of Alexandra Land in the Arctic. This was announced by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the plenary session of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Wednesday. According to him, this is "the world's first indoor swimming pool beyond the 80th parallel."

The grouping of Russian troops stationed in Syria is a guarantor of peace in this Middle Eastern country, as are the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Topical issues of international security were discussed on Wednesday during telephone talks between Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milli, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

At the very beginning of 2022, the first round of negotiations between Russia and the United States on security guarantees will take place, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

It is impossible to name specific deadlines for agreeing proposals on security guarantees, but the negotiations should not turn into a marathon, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

Russia does not want war, but will strictly ensure its security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Earlier, State Department spokesman Ned Price wrote on Twitter that, "contrary to the statements of the Russian Defense Minister (Sergei Shoigu)," Russia, not Ukraine or the United States, is responsible for the escalation of tensions.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed the situation on the border of Ukraine with Russia during a telephone conversation.

Russia does not approve of the appearance in Turkey of a park named after the former leader of Chechen separatists Dzhokhar Dudayev. Moscow brought this point of view to Ankara through diplomatic channels.

The NATO command, in connection with the crisis around Ukraine, took concrete measures for the first time and increased the combat readiness of the rapid reaction forces consisting of 40 thousand people, the Welt newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed senior representative of the alliance.

Commander of the Air Force Chaiko: the first Su-57 will enter the Air Force in 2022

The troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO) will receive the first fifth-generation Su-57 fighters in 2022. The timing of the aircraft arrival was announced by the commander of the Air Defense Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Chaiko, during the final board of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

Minister Manturov: it is planned to produce more than a thousand aircraft in Russia

It is planned to produce more than a thousand aircraft in Russia by 2030, the statement of the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the country Denis Manturov, made at the government hour in the State Duma, reports TASS.

A batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers has arrived at the State Center for Training Aviation Personnel and Military Tests of the Russian Defense Ministry, stationed in Lipetsk.

The crews of MiG-31 interceptor fighters conducted piloting training in difficult weather conditions in the sky over Kamchatka, the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet told RG.