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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.

In November, as part of state tests, the Novosibirsk nuclear submarine will perform several launches of Kalibr and Onyx missiles, including a two-type salvo launch.

At the Blue Flag-2021 exercises taking place in the Negev Desert, Israeli Air Force pilots are practicing actions to overcome Russian air defense systems in service with the Syrian army.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a video of the rescue of a Panamanian ship from pirates near the coast of Africa.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation posted on the Internet video footage of the operation that Russian sailors conducted last Monday against pirates who tried to seize a civilian vessel in the Gulf of Guinea.

Statements that Kiev could aim missiles at Moscow were not a threat to Russia, the emphasis was placed on the defensive nature of the country's state policy. This was announced on October 26 by Alexey Arestovich, a freelance adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine.

The servicemen worked out a joint landing from the IL-76MD aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces approximately 60 km from Cairo

Russian and Egyptian paratroopers performed group parachute jumps on Tuesday before the final stage of the Defenders of Friendship - 2021 exercises taking place near Cairo. The servicemen worked out a joint landing from the Il-76MD aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces approximately 60 km from the Egyptian capital.

On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that two Tu-22M3 bombers of the Russian Long-range Aviation performed a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Black Sea. The planes were in the air for about five hours.

The ministry stressed that when approving the draft Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence, comments on the priority of national interests and on the implementation of the requirements of the National Security Strategy were taken into account.