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Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the changing mood in foreign countries on the issue of new types of weapons in Russia.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Jong Yong agreed to strengthen the alliance of the two countries and discussed the problem of the DPRK during a telephone conversation.

The fire occurred in St. Petersburg on the nuclear icebreaker "Ural", under construction at the Baltic Plant (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), it is already localized, the press service of the plant told RIA Novosti.

If there is life lurking somewhere on the Red Planet, it is only under the surface at a depth of more than one and a half meters, says Oleg Korablev, scientific director of the Russian part of the project, head of the Department of Physics of Planets and small bodies of the Solar System of the ICI RAS.

[b]Former Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov also noted that with the current budget of the armed forces, these were "almost imperceptible expenses".]

About 10-20 billion rubles a year were spent over 10 years on the development of modern Russian weapons-the Avangard hypersonic complex, the Peresvet laser complex and the Poseidon underwater vehicles. This was announced on Thursday by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for environmental protection, former Defense Minister (2001-2007) Sergey Ivanov.

Preparations have begun for testing the Poseidon nuclear underwater robots from their first full-time carrier, the Belgorod nuclear submarine. Now the nuclear-powered cruiser is preparing to go to sea for the first time. Previously, a unique strategic underwater drone was tested from the B-90 Sarov diesel submarine. Experts believe that it may take several more years to complete the project of creating a complex with innovative ammunition.

The creation of the aircraft carrier project "Manatee" will provide a technological breakthrough in many segments of the Russian economy, including the nuclear industry, says the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov.

The most secret superweapon of Russia turned out to be the Burevestnik cruise missile with a nuclear engine, military expert Dmitry Kornev writes in Izvestia.

Neutron research reactor PIK, which is Gatchina near St. Petersburg, went to the next stage energy start — his power has begun to raise the level of 10 MW, and the output of the reactor operating power of 100 MW is planned EN 2022. The conclusion of the reactor on the energy mode of operation is stated in the message on the website of the Kurchatov Institute.

The Baikal neutrino telescope, the largest in the Northern Hemisphere, will start operating in March 2021. This was announced on Monday, February 8, by Grigory Trubnikov, Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Russian military scientists have offered guaranteed protection against a" multi-sphere operation " by NATO. On the air of Sputnik radio, Igor Korotchenko, the editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, shared his opinion on this issue.

Russian military scientists have proposed a variant of the combat use of the Aerospace Forces( VKS), which will provide guaranteed protection against a possible multi-sphere operation of NATO, a new approach is presented in the journal "Aerospace Forces. Theory and Practice", published by the Military Training and Research Center of the Air Force (Air Force).

If Washington wants Tehran to comply with its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), they themselves must return to compliance with the norms of this document and lift anti-Iranian sanctions, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, tweeted on Sunday.

Over the past two days, it has become clear that with the coming to power of the Joe Biden administration in the United States, American foreign policy has radically changed. The previous principles of the relative isolationism of the previous American leader, Donald Trump, are thrown aside.

This year, an underwater drone and the latest rocket will reach the finish line

In 2021, at least two promising domestic weapons systems will reach the finish line — the beginning of testing.

The issues of additional supplies of hypersonic and high-precision long-range weapons were discussed at a meeting held by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Military-Industrial Corporation NPO Mashinostroeniya JSC in Reutov near Moscow on Friday, February 5.

Washington is developing a common position with the "Eurotroika" (Germany, Great Britain, France) on the nuclear deal with Iran, and appropriate consultations are being held, said Assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will remain ready to respond to Russia's aggressive actions, despite the agreement between the United States and Russia to extend the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) for 5 years.

Modernization of JSC "Sevmash" should be accelerated to prepare for the construction of submarines of the fifth generation, said the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov.

The first deputy head of the international Committee of the Federation Council Vladimir Dzhabarov expressed bewilderment at the statement of the American Admiral Charles Richards about the possibility of a nuclear war with Russia and noted that a professional military "in a terrible dream" is afraid to imagine such a development of the situation.