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U.S. representatives at talks with Russia plan to propose discussing the deployment of missiles and the scale of exercises in Europe, The Washington Post wrote on Saturday, citing sources familiar with these plans.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that Washington is not considering the possibility of reducing the number of American troops in Europe.

BRAV The Russian Navy will re-equip the Bastion complexes with new hypersonic missiles in 2022

In 2021, coastal rocket and Artillery troops (BRAV) The Russian Navy has found a new development. The Ministry of Defense decided to strengthen the capabilities of these forces in 2022, Izvestia writes.

Long-range anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 this year will continue to make long flights over the waters of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.

Aviation and air defense forces of the Black Sea Fleet conducted training in the Crimea, the press service of the fleet reported. During the event, the issues of detection and tracking of aircraft, including at ultra-low altitudes, were worked out.

The Russian Federation has recorded repeated attempts to interfere from outside in the affairs of Kazakhstan

Moscow does not plan to discuss events in Kazakhstan with Washington, this topic does not concern Americans, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Interfax on Sunday

The next round of talks on strategic stability between Russia and the United States will be held in Geneva on January 9 and 10. As part of the dialogue, the parties intend to discuss the draft agreement on security guarantees submitted by Moscow in December 2021.

Moscow has no optimism ahead of the upcoming negotiations with the United States in Geneva on security guarantees, expectations are realistic, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Interfax.

The Russian Defense Ministry is constantly being subjected to large-scale information attacks, said the head of the Ministry, Sergei Shoigu. "Today it is not just the presentation of information in one form or another. This is a big, I'm not afraid of this word, war. The information war that is going on on all fronts, and we have no right to lose in this war," Shoigu said on the program "Military Acceptance" of the Zvezda TV channel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in a session of the CSTO Collective Security Council on January 10, where they will discuss the situation in Kazakhstan and measures to normalize it, the Kremlin's press service reports.

The statements of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg following the results of an extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the alliance countries do not carry anything new, will not affect Russia's decision to negotiate security guarantees in Brussels, said Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.

Naval aviation and air defense forces of the Black Sea Fleet repelled attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles during exercises in the Crimea. This was reported in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

Moscow. January 9th. INTERFAX-AVN -A Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has arrived in Geneva to participate in Russian-American negotiations on security guarantees, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The CSTO peacekeepers will remain in Kazakhstan until the situation is fully stabilized, said the commander of the Russian Airborne Troops, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, who leads the contingent of CSTO peacekeepers in Kazakhstan.

In accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, the peacekeeping forces have completed deployment on the territory of Kazakhstan. This was stated on Sunday at a joint briefing in Alma-Ata by the commander of the collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO in Kazakhstan, Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov.

On Sunday, the Secretary General of the CSTO Stanislav Zas spoke by phone with the commander of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov. This was reported in the press service of the Organization.

Today, under the general leadership of the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, a working meeting was held with the participation of representatives of the general staffs of the armed forces of the CSTO member states. By video conference, the participants noted the main thing that the transfer of units of the CSTO peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan was carried out in the shortest possible time. Special words of gratitude were addressed to the Russian Aerospace Forces.

The United States next week, as part of negotiations with Russia in Geneva, intends to discuss the malicious actions of the Russian Federation, in particular, the violation of the arms control regime, the White House reported on Wednesday.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said that his position on the country's membership in NATO has not changed. He noted that many interpretations of the New Year's speech were voiced both inside and outside the country, in which he spoke about the possibility of Finland to apply for membership in the alliance.

Washington has not yet specified which Russian proposals are unacceptable to it, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation noted

Russia is counting on a fairly quick result at the January talks with Washington and NATO on security guarantees, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.