Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a final press conference in Budapest that Moscow does not want to see American soldiers in Central Asia.

Russia is the only country that has managed to eliminate terrorist formations, otherwise the current horrors in Afghanistan could have been in the Russian Federation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the second stage of the United Russia congress.

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, at the annual meeting of high representatives of the BRICS countries in charge of security issues, drew the attention of colleagues to attempts to impose alien ideals on the peoples of the five countries. According to him, they are trying to pass off these ideals as so-called universal democratic values.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will not interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and draw its armed forces into the conflict in this country.

The problem of Afghan refugees is alarming

The Taliban (the Taliban group is banned in the Russian Federation) got a huge amount of weapons that no one controls, said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, answering the question whether the Taliban movement poses a military threat to Russia.

The United States maintains contacts with the Afghan Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) on a number of issues, but there is no talk of trust or formal relations, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing on Monday.

Washington was in no hurry to evacuate from Afghanistan, so as not to provoke a "complete crisis of confidence", but this did not save the country's government. This was stated on August 23 by the US president's national security adviser Jake Sullivan during a briefing broadcast on Twitter.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov said that this will allow for closer contact between manufacturers and potential customers

A separate forum dedicated to the diversification of the military-industrial complex can be created in Russia. This was stated on Monday by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov at the Army-2021 forum.

The International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" is held from August 22 to 28 at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Complex in Kubinka, near Moscow.

The President drew attention to the fact that within the framework of the Army-2021 forum, the audience will be offered a meaningful, rich program

The holding of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" and the Army International Games in Russia will serve to develop cooperation with other countries in the military sphere. This was stated on Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the opening ceremony of these events in the Patriot Park.

The President stressed that Russian weapons have always been in demand on the world market and they reliably protect the security of many countries of the world

The enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) not only consistently provide supplies to the armed forces of the Russian Federation, but are also ready for the widest international cooperation. This was announced by President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the military-technical forum "Army-2021" and the Army International Games in the Patriot Park near Moscow.

The total volume of supplies to Russia through military-technical cooperation (MTC) in 2020 amounted to $15.6 billion, said the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.

As part of the scientific and business program of the Army-2021 Forum, the Department of Public Procurement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will organize a regular "round table" dedicated to procurement activities to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which will be held on August 24.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin noted that the internal political situation in the republic is "quite serious"

Russia is ready to develop military and military-technical cooperation (MTC) with Myanmar, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said at a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Maung Maung Ay, on Monday.

Russia is ready to localize the production of weapons and military equipment on the territory of the United Arab Emirates, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said during talks with his counterpart from the UAE, Al Jaberi Mubarak Said.

Russia and Iran, after the lifting of the UN arms embargo, are conducting a dialogue on the entire range of military products, Russian Ambassador to Tehran Levan Jagaryan said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The events in Afghanistan may lead to an increase in demand for Russian weapons, he said

The events in Afghanistan may lead to an increase in demand for Russian weapons, said the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.

Joint Belarusian-Russian rear exercises are being held in Belarus before the strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported on Monday, August 23, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.

The Russian military conducted exercises using helicopters in the mountains of Tajikistan, the application of conditional strikes on enemy positions was practiced. On Monday, August 23, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reports.

The reconstruction of the eastern branch of the Baikal-Amur mainline is planned to be completed a year earlier - in 2023, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation General of the Army Dmitry Bulgakov told reporters at the Army-2021 forum.