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The US Embassy in Moscow does not comment on individual visa cases, but Washington highly appreciates cooperation with the Russian Federation on the ISS and pays attention to issuing visas to astronauts.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, reacted to the statement of the US Embassy in Moscow, noting that the question remained unanswered why Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub was denied a visa.

On January 19, 2022, the State Defense Investment Center of the Estonian Ministry of Defense (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) announced the conclusion of a contract worth more than 40 million euros with the Israeli-German consortium EuroSpike GmbH (a joint venture of the Israeli company Rafael and the German Diehl BGT Defense GmbH & Co. KG and Rheinmetall Defense Electronics) for the purchase of a batch of Spike-SR portable anti-tank missile systems for the Estonian Defense Forces and Kaitseliit.

The Soyuz-2 medium-class launch vehicle (LV) will be in operation for another ten years, work is currently underway to improve it, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos.

This will lead to a boom in rocket engineering, said the CEO of the state corporation Roscosmos

Roscosmos is confident that hundreds, thousands of satellites will be built in the coming years, which will lead to a boom in rocket science. This opinion was expressed by the CEO of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Previously, it was supposed to integrate the manipulator during spacewalks on January 27 and February 2

The work on the integration of the European ERA manipulator (European Robotic Arm) into the International Space Station (ISS) will be carried out by the next Russian crew together with a European astronaut, cosmonaut Peter Dubrov, who works on the ISS, said.

A photo of a manual for the Ukrainian military on the use of the British NLAW ATGM appeared on the Web. The manual is written in a lively syllable and provided with illustrations, and the Ukrainian language gives the document a unique charm.

Former NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hop Scheffer said that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO in the near future. "In the foreseeable and unforeseen future, they (Ukraine) will not become a member of NATO. And I think the whole group at the table in Bucharest (in 2008) knew that. It was already clear that for the opponents (of Ukraine's membership in NATO), this (delay in joining the alliance) will last until hell freezes over," the Financial Times newspaper quotes the ex-Secretary General.

Ukraine will not be able to join NATO in the foreseeable future, former Secretary General of the organization Jaap de Hop Scheffer said.

To participate in the combat readiness check of the reaction forces of the Union State, an echelon with military personnel and military equipment from Russia arrived at the Polonka railway station in the Brest region on Sunday. Information about this was reported on January 23 by the official Telegram channel of the branch department of Belarus.

The eighth flight to Ukraine in the last three days was carried out by heavy military transport aircraft C-17A Globemaster III of the British Royal Air Force, according to data from Western aviation resources.

The Drive: NLAW missiles will act as a balancer for the Ukrainian military

The United Kingdom on military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster III delivered to Ukraine, probably hundreds of portable anti-tank guided missiles Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW). Defensive weapons will act as "a means of deterring future Russian aggression," says The Drive.

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have appealed to the US State Department with a request to approve the transfer of part of their American-made weapons to Ukraine, Politico reported, citing sources.

The ground segment of the Milky Way will include optoelectronic and radio equipment

The Milky Way system, which is being developed in Russia, will include radar stations not only in the Russian Federation, but also in other countries. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the general designer of the Automated Warning System for Dangerous Situations in Near-Earth Space (ASPOS OKP) Grigory Stupak.

The Republic of Korea showed a tank based on the K21 BMP, which will be offered to India

Hanhwa Defense Company showed a light K21-105 car. A tank based on the K21 infantry fighting Vehicle (BMP) will be offered to India. The development from South Korea will become a competitor to the Russian tank "Octopus-SDM1". This is reported by Janes.

Foreign Minister of the Republic Peter Szijjarto said that the topic of "joint space exploration project" will be discussed during the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Russia on February 1

Hungary expects to send an astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) by the middle of the decade as part of cooperation with Russia. This was stated in an interview with TASS by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Peter Szijjarto.

The new Russian ambassador to the CAR, Alexander Bikantov, speaking about possible deliveries of small arms to the country, said that they would depend on bilateral agreements.

Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi on January 19 at talks in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to agree on a plan for strategic cooperation.

The United States may approve Turkey's request for the purchase of F-16 fighter jets in order to strengthen a NATO ally on the Black Sea. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by CNN-Turk with reference to its sources in the United States.

According to information published on January 17 by the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post, the Israeli government may soon sign a contract for the purchase of an additional three Dolphin-class submarines in Germany.