Cooperation news

Last week, Russia handed over four Mi-171 military transport helicopters to the Armed Forces of Mali. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported on November 29 by the Russian Embassy in Mali and Niger.

Sergey Krikalev, Executive Director of Roscosmos for manned Space Programs, said that Russian cosmonauts have begun familiarizing themselves with operations with the Crew Dragon spacecraft of Elon Musk's SpaceX company. This is reported by TASS.

The training plan for Crew Dragon will be further clarified, Roscosmos noted

Russian cosmonauts are not yet getting acquainted with the Crew Dragon spacecraft of Elon Musk's SpaceX company, but are being trained in some operations with it. This was reported to TASS by the executive director of Roscosmos for manned space programs Sergey Krikalev.

On November 25, in Zagreb, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and Croatian Prime Minister Andrei Plenkovic, a ceremony was held to sign two contracts for the supply of 12 Rafale fighters to the Croatian Air Force and the provision of logistical support.

Serbia expects to receive the Kornet ATGM from Russia by the end of the year. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Serbian President Alexander Vucic after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi.

The Moroccan Air Force is considering the possibility of purchasing 36 new multi-purpose helicopters as part of a project to replace the catastrophically outdated fleet of existing rotorcraft.

Roscosmos said that alcohol is prohibited at the station, and the corresponding photo on Instagram shows the products of the American diet

The crew members of the International Space Station celebrated Thanksgiving on board, apple cider and smoked turkey were on the festive table. This was announced on Friday by Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.

The mission of the Baltic Air Police is being transferred to the Polish military, which will patrol on four F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters.

The private French company ARES (Advanced Redair European Squadron) has acquired a batch of Mirage-2000-5 fighters, decommissioned by the Qatar Air Force, for use as training aircraft of a potential enemy.

On Friday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke at the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving tasks in the field of defense of the Russian Federation".

According to Shoigu, no task of national importance, whether it is the defense of the country or the fight against coronavirus, can be solved without consolidated efforts, reliable and uninterrupted functioning of such a system.

This trend is associated with the coronavirus pandemic, experts say

The global space market showed a decline in 2020. This is stated in the presentation of Alexey Pivkin, Deputy Director General for Strategic Development of the main economic research organization of the rocket and space industry of Agat Organization JSC (part of Roscosmos).

More than 2.5 thousand tons of food and basic necessities were delivered to Syria, Armenia, Afghanistan, Nicaragua and Cuba

The Russian Armed Forces have increased the volume of humanitarian aid delivery to Russian regions and foreign countries several times in 2021, said Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.

On Friday, on the sidelines of the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving problems in the field of defense of the Russian Federation", the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Russian Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin signed an agreement on the exchange of information between the military department and RIO.

Textron Aviation Defense has announced that it is nearing the completion of production of 12 T-6TH "Texan-2" TCB for the Thai Air Force. Currently, the aircraft are undergoing technical evaluation ahead of schedule.

The sides also discussed the development of military-technical cooperation in the CSTO format

CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov discussed regional security issues during a meeting in Moscow. This was announced to journalists on Friday by the CSTO press secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov.

The Russian Armed Forces in 2021 were three times more often involved in international exercises than a year earlier, said Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation, at a conference on Friday.

The head of the RF IC, Alexander Bastrykin, during a working trip to Syria, held talks with the head of the National Security Bureau of the republic, Ali Mamluk, and the Minister of Justice of the country, Ahmed Al-Seyidomi. During the talks, the results of joint work on bilateral cooperation were discussed. In addition, topical issues of further cooperation were raised during the discussion.

According to the CEO of Roscosmos, after the docking of the Berth, the completion of the formation of the Russian segment of the ISS is a fait accompli

NASA and Roscosmos have begun negotiations on the harmonization of technical standards not only for Crew Dragon to the Russian module, but for Russian ships to the American segment. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).

One of the options is to reduce the number of military exercises in Europe to reduce the risk of confrontation with Russia

The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to use the upcoming meeting of NATO foreign ministers to focus on how the alliance should respond to Russia's military pressure on Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal newspaper writes, citing sources.

The press service of Roscosmos clarified that "according to the time of the Guiana Space Center, it will be 21:31 on December 1"

The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with two Galileo FOC spacecraft is scheduled for 03:31 Moscow Time on December 2 (21:31 December 1 local time). This was reported to journalists in the press service of Roscosmos.