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The Russian patrol ship Dmitry Rogachev, having passed the Bosphorus, entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Istanbul observers reported on social networks, publishing photos of its passage through the strait.

The annual US military spending on the purchasing power index is comparable to the combined defense spending of China and Russia, writes USNI News.

The commander of the troops of the Central Military District (CVO), Alexander Lapin, arrived in Kazan to check the readiness for the exercise of the collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO countries "Indestructible Brotherhood-2021", which will be held on November 8-12, the press service of the district reports.

The actions of the sailors of the large anti-submarine ship "Vice Admiral Kulakov" to rescue the container ship "Lucia" from a pirate raid in the Gulf of Guinea will certainly be studied by the military. The commander of the detachment of warships of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy, Captain I rank Stanislav Varik, revealed some details of the operation.

Russia should contribute to the establishment of a no-fly zone over the Donbass after Ukraine began using Bayraktar attack UAVs to protect Russian citizens living there, Director of the TSAMTO Igor Korotchenko told RIA Novosti.

The former commander of the submarine missile carrier, captain of the first rank Igor Kurdin on Wednesday, October 27, in an interview with Izvestia, appreciated the statement that the Russian Pacific Fleet will receive four new submarines.

A large and powerful Alliance needs the head of a small Finland to maintain a dialogue with Vladimir Putin. But can this need be called unconditionally mutual and permanent? This is how the Finnish newspaper reacted to the message about the upcoming visit of President Niinisto to Russia. It was announced after the visit of the NATO Secretary General to Helsinki.

Russia's proposal regarding a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) remains in force, and its relevance is growing. This was announced on Wednesday, October 27, by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Nuclear power companies in Central Russia have become targets of cyber attacks, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev. According to him, over the past three years, more than 11.5 thousand dangerous computer attacks have been registered in the Central Federal District, this year their growth exceeded 15%.

Within the framework of the international forum "Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: the Beginning of Trust", the Russian government, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Alliance in the field of AI (BEAC, MTS, VK, Gazprom Neft, Yandex, RDIF) and other major companies and research organizations signed the code of ethics in the field of artificial intelligence (CECI), which establishes general ethical principles and standards of conduct for participants in this industry.

About 200 servicemen of the two countries took part in the active phase of the exercises

The final stage of the joint exercises of Russian and Egyptian paratroopers "Defenders of Friendship - 2021" was held on Wednesday near Cairo. The active phase with practical landing and tactical actions was carried out at the Egyptian Armed Forces training ground Wadi Sakran near the city of Inshas, 60 km from the Egyptian capital, a TASS correspondent reports.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a planned raid over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas. The previous time such planes appeared in these places was at the end of July this year.

Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that the Russian Federation and the United States will discuss intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) in order to avoid an arms race. He made the corresponding statement at the annual meeting of the International Advisory Council of the Center for the Study of Nonproliferation Issues at the Middleberry Institute.

Representative of the Russian Mission to the UN Gloria Agaronova supported "a comprehensive discussion of the topic of exploration and use of space resources within the framework of the General Assembly"

Russia proceeds from the fact that the principles and norms of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty are fully applicable to the resources of the Moon and other celestial bodies.

Launches of Onyx and Kalibr-PL cruise missiles, including one salvo, from the Novosibirsk nuclear submarine of Project 885M (code "Yasen-M") are scheduled for mid-November. This was announced on Tuesday, October 26, according to TASS, citing a source in the shipbuilding industry.

The exercises took place in the Sea of Japan for four days

A detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet returned to Vladivostok after the Russian-Chinese exercises "Maritime Interaction", the press service of the fleet reported on Tuesday.

The head of the Japanese Defense Ministry, Nobuo Kishi, expressed his opinion about the "demonstrative" nature of the joint passage of Russian and Chinese military vessels through the Tsugaru and Osumi Straits.

The purchase by the United States for seven million dollars of the latest modification of the Ukrainian Oplota tank is explained by the interest in the developments of former Soviet tank-building enterprises, Viktor Murakhovsky, editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, told RIA Novosti.

A detachment of ships of the Black Sea Fleet conducted a special exercise to protect objects of maritime economic activity of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea, the fleet headquarters reported on Tuesday.

The Munich Security Conference on February 18-20, 2022 will be held in person for the first time in two years, the DPA news agency reports with reference to the chairman of the conference on Wolfgang Ischinger.