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Baijiahao: Washington's defense will not stop the Russian "Borey" strike

Russia has found a way to keep America from reckless actions, writes user Baijiahao. The secret is the new submarines of the Borey project. They are able to lie low and strike an unexpected blow anywhere in the world. These "authentic sea gods" really scare the USA, the author believes.

In particular, the President of Russia is very familiar with the structure of the station itself, Rafael Grossi noted

Russian President Vladimir Putin knows perfectly well all the details of what is happening at the Zaporozhye NPP (ZAES). This was announced by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi in an interview with CBS, broadcast on Sunday.

Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Karakayev reported on the successful tests of the Sarmat complex

The Sarmat complex, an intercontinental ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear charge of 8 megatons for 18 thousand kilometers, has successfully passed flight tests. This means that he is actually ready to be sent to the troops and combat duty. "Newspaper.Ru" recalls the panic caused by the Western media against the background of the launches of the latest Russian missile.

What is the goal of the collective West in the confrontation between Kiev and Moscow

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will not be able to dislodge Russian troops from Ukraine in the near future - this opinion was expressed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, on November 16 after a meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine, which is better known as the "Ramstein format". Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains why the American commander made such conclusions.

Vladimir Putin will take part in the CSTO summit in Yerevan next week, where, among other things, the improvement of the Organization's crisis response system will be discussed. The reforms of the CSTO are overdue: the work of the Organization has recently been criticized by both politicians and experts. What should be done to make the CSTO a full-fledged alternative to NATO, and what difficulties may arise during the reform of the Organization?

The heads of the CIA and SVR have not found a better place to meet than Turkey

Sergei Naryshkin, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and William Burns, head of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), spoke face-to-face. To do this, they urgently needed the help of aviation – both flew on their planes to hospitable Ankara. The conversation of the scouts was not announced in advance, all confirmations and comments were received after its completion.

The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, the European Union, Iran, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Chinese and Russian diplomats. Lausanne, April 2, 2015

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that another regiment of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) The Orenburg Region is being equipped with a new Avangard complex.

When about a month ago representatives of the Russian authorities at various levels, including at the UN, began to raise the topic that Kiev was going to stage a provocation with radioactive contamination (using a "dirty bomb"), at first these warnings were met with hostility in the West. But thanks to Moscow's political insistence and by direct order from Washington, the IAEA sent a group of inspectors to Ukraine, who spent several days checking at three nuclear facilities.

Severstal has started shipping the first bimetallic sheets for the construction of the outer skin of the bow of the hull of the main linear nuclear icebreaker Rossiya (project 10510 LK-120 I, cipher "Leader"). The ice protection of the nuclear icebreaker, the so-called ice belt of the vessel, will be made of bimetal. This is the reinforced lower part of the hull, which directly resists the ice.

Deputy Foreign Minister Vershinin said that Moscow is discussing with the IAEA a security zone around the NPP

It is necessary to agree on the creation of a security zone around the Zaporozhye NPP as soon as possible, Moscow is in contact with the IAEA on this issue, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The signing of the acceptance certificate will take place on November 29

The second serial nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220 Ural, which is being built at the Baltic Plant by order of FSUE Atomflot, will be available to the enterprise at the end of November. This was announced on Wednesday by Leonid Irlitsa, Acting Director General of Atomflot, during the strategic session "Implementation of infrastructure projects of the NSR under sanctions pressure", which is taking place in Murmansk.

The idea to ban the supply of nuclear fuel from Russia, along with a ban on coal, oil and petroleum products, led to the formation of two camps in the EU. Poland and Germany strongly support, and Hungary and France are against. At the same time, the United States, which also depends on Russian nuclear fuel, does not raise this topic at all. Why is Europe running ahead of the locomotive and what does it threaten?

The magazine of the Russian Defense Ministry "Military Thought" reports that the Pentagon is developing fundamentally new weapons that will allow attacking strategic enemy targets with impunity. They will bet on non-nuclear forces. About the conclusions of analysts — in the material of RIA Novosti.

French President Emmanuel Macron unexpectedly recognized the military weakness and lack of independence of his country. The answer to this will be a new military doctrine that will change the army and prepare the country for current challenges, including nuclear ones. What does Macron really want to achieve and what is Russia's role in this?

Recently, there have been more and more reports that, nevertheless, negotiations are underway between the main antagonists of international politics - Russia and the United States. What are Moscow and Washington talking about now, which makes us doubt the sincerity of the United States - and are there any chances to agree on Ukraine?

The Kremlin and the White House went to disarmament for a long time, and then abandoned it

The Treaty between the USSR and the United States on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-range Missiles (INF) officially terminated on August 2, 2019. The parties that concluded it in December 1987, apparently, reacted to this event without much regret. And there were plenty of reasons for this.

People's Daily: American obsession with nuclear weapons will ruin Europe

The US Department of Defense will accelerate the deployment of B61-12 atomic bombs in Europe as part of a plan to modernize nuclear weapons, the People's Daily reports. But Washington's true goal is to strengthen control over The EU and suppress its independence, the author of the article believes.

Asia Times: the US military-industrial complex will not allow Washington to stop sending weapons to Ukraine

The greatest influence on US foreign policy is exerted by arms manufacturers, Asia Times writes. The conflict in Ukraine has become a real success for them. Even under the threat of nuclear war, they will not allow the American government to resort to diplomacy.

The United States will build a small modular nuclear reactor on the territory of Ukraine, the decision has already been made, Ukrainian Ambassador to Washington Oksana Markarova said.